Basketball: MSBA Tournament 2017 weekly roundup

Commercial Credit & Finance (Commercial Credit) who got off to a bad start losing to HNB, quickly got into their winning groove, as they registered their second successive win in the Men's 'A' Division of the 27th Mercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA)Tournament 2017, defeating DFCC Bank (DFCC) 45-40, after leading 22-20 at halftime, at the Sir Edward Henry Pedris Stadium. 

Men's 

'A' Division: 
Commercial Credit 45 (Sanjeewa Kulamina 12, Clinton Stallone 13, Sanitha De Mel 9) beat DFCC 40 (Prageeth Pushpakumara 13, Roshan Fernando 9) 
Player of the Match: Gayan De Croos (Commercial Credit) 

Commercial Credit 46 (Clinton Stallone 26, Sanjeewa Kulamina 10) beat Dialog Axiata 40 (Dhanuka Dilshan 12, Sadharu Wickremasinghe 7) 
Player of the Match: Clinton Stallone (Commercial Credit) 

Fair First Insurance (Fair First) 62 (Roshan Randima 18, Sanjeewa Udayanga 16, Nimesh Fernando 12) beat Sampath Bank 47 (Dasun Ranasundera 15, Mohamed Aazir 13, Vimukthi Elangasinghe 8) 
Player of the Match: Roshan Randima (Fair First) 

'C' Division: 
NDB 62 (Mohomed Fawshan 30, Jude Perera 22) beat Union Bank 57 (Clifford Shenal 14, Nithishka Morais 14) 
Player of the Match: Jude Perera (NDB) 

LB Finance 69 (Mathew Suren 17, Stephan Fernando 11, Suhaim Naizer 14) beat David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC)54 (Nalaka Bandara 11, Thanushka Wanigarathna 16) 
Player of the Match: Mathew Surain (LBFin) 

Lanka Orix Leasing Co. (LOLC) 81 (Naveed Halaldeen 18, Rajitha Ekanayake 16, Shahen Silva 15) beat MAS Holdings 'Blacks' 42 (Prashan Imbulana 15, Gihan Samuels 11) 
Player of the Match: Naveed Halaldeen (LOLC) 

HSBC 60 (Shehan Perera 12, Praveen Perera 12, Promoth Weerasinghe 11) beat Orix Leasing 51 (Dion Muthukumarana 19, Yohan Dilakshan 11, Dharshaka Bandara 7) 
Player of the Match: Shehan Perera (HSBC) 

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) 57 (Devon Rebert 25, C. Weerawarnasuriya 14, Rishan Yoosuf 8) beat Union Bank 54 (Kenneth Wickremasinghe 16, Nithishka Morais 14, Cleart Ashan 12) 
Player of the Match: Devon Rebert (SCB) 

Seylan Bank (Seylan) 58 (Dion Muthukumarana 19, Dharshaka Bandara 7, Gayan Samaraweera 7) beat DPMC 51 (Jagath Bandara 19, Nalaka Kumarasinghe 10, Thanushka Wanigarathne 9) 
Player of the Match: Dion Muthukumarana (Seylan) 

HSBC 73 (Promoth Weerasinghe 18, Sandeepa Rathnayake 14, Hasantha Gunawardena 16) beat LBFin 40 (Mathew Suren 12, Stephan Fernando 12, Eshan Weerasinghe 8) 
Player of the Match: Sandeepa Rathnayake (HSBC) 

'D' Division: 

Softlogic Holdings (Softlogic) 38 (Anjelo Jayamanne 21, Kavinda Dissanayake 7) beat Amana Bank 32 (Nusky Ashraff 11, Najith Luqman 9, Givantha Karunathilaka 7) 
Player of the Match: Anjelo jayamanne (Softlogic) 

'E' Division: 

Hayleys Group (Hayleys) 52 (Abbad Fowzan 14, Rakitha De Silva 13, Nilukthara Dalpethado 12) beat Aitken Spence 45 (Rashmika Lawrence 17, Anuruddha Wickremasinghe 12) 
Player of the Match: Abbad Fowzan (Hayleys) 

Moulana Travels (Moulana) 61 (Nadeem Moulana 20, Inzamam Hassim 19, Sheik Moulana 15) beat IFS R&D International 27 (Nandun Withanachchi 9, Danister Ratnasothy 8) 
Player of the Match: Inzamam Hassim (Moulana) 

Abans Group (Abans) 42 (Lahiru Manawadu 28) beat London Stock Exchange Group 34 (Isuru Namal 16) 
Player of the Match: Lahiru Manawadu (Abans) 

Aitken Spence 34 (Rashmika Lawrence 20, Shuaib Shariffdeen 6) beat Airport & Aviation 31 (Indika Silva 15, M.E. Kodagoda 9) 
Player of the Match: Rashmika Lawrence (Aitken Spence) 

WNS Global (WNS) 65 (Rifkhan Nilafir 39, Nipuna Samarakoon 7, Inaam Ismail 11) beat IFS R&D Intl' 33 (Nadun Withanachchi 17, Danister ratnasothy 8, Brabhath Wasala 8) 
Player of the Match: Rifkhan Nilafir (WNS)