HNB Women score 2nd win at 26th MSBA “A” division League Basketball Tournament

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HNB Women scored their 2nd successive win in the 26th MSBA “A” division League Basketball Tournament 2016 with a convincing 60/46 win over Seylan Bank, after leading 24/15 at half time at the Henry Pedris Courts.

Top scorers: Kumarinie Silva (20) and Anjalee Ekanayake (10) for HNB; D. Wijesiriwardena (15) and Jayaliya Kumari (08) for Seylan.

In a “B” division women’s match, NDB Bank trounced John Keells Group, 50/22, after leading 28/15 at half time, at the Otter AC Courts.

Top scorers: Natasha Perera (22) and Hashini Ariyaratne (12) for NDB; Binoli Barsanbach (10) for JK.

In a men’s “B” division match at Henry Pedris Court, MAS Holdings “Reds” scored a comfortable 59/41 win over Dialog Axiata after leading 26/18 at half time.

Top scorers: A. Alphonsus (25) and V. Sundaralingam (18) for the winners; S. Kapil Dev (10) for the losers.

Men’s “C” division at Otters:

Kanrich Finance scored a convincing 69/58 win over LB Finance, after leading 36/22 at half time.

Top scorers: K.V. Wijesinghe (20), N. Rajapaksa (13) and T.C.M. Perera (12) for the winners; G. Sarinda (31) and S. Fernando (13) for the losers.

NDB Bank proved too strong for HSBC, as they scored a huge 64/37 win over them, after leading 39/14 at the breather.

Top scorers: M. Fawshan (25) and Jude Perera (17) for the winners; Madushanka Ratnayake (10) for the losers.

Men’s “D” division at Henry Padris

MAS Holdings “Blacks” fighting every inch of the way, beat Nations Trust Bank 54/52, after leading 26/23 at lemons.

H. Fernando (15) and H. Kavisha played a hard game for the winners whilst P. Jayaratne (12) and P. Weerasinghe (13) played their hearts out for the losers

Newcomer Union Bank scored a well-deserved 72/44 win over Softlogic Group, after leading 38/24 at the breather.

UB’s top shooters were C. Shenal (25), S. Perera (15) and D. Wijendra (10); L. Kulatunga (16) played well for Softlogic.

The tournament was continued at the same venues on Friday 26 August.

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