MBSA Basketball Tournament kicks off

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The 26th MSBA Men’s & Women’s League Basketball Tournament 2016 got off to a start on Thursday, 18 August, simultaneously at the Edward Henry Pedris and Otter AC Courts.

18 and 19 August match results:

Women’s “A” division

Seylan Bank beat Nations Trust Bank, 46/42; the scores were leveled, 25/25 at half time T. Sivalingam (14) and Jayaliya Kumari (13) top scored for Seylan Bank; W. Dananjali (10) and N. de Silva (15) top scored for NTB.

HNB beat Commercial Credit & Finance, 35/6, after leading 18/2 at half time. Umanga de Zoysa (17), Kumarinie Silva (16) and S. Samarasinghe (15) were the top scorers for HNB; Prasadi Fonseka (11) stood out for Commercial Credit.

Men’s “D” Division:

Seylan Bank beat Std. Chartered Bank, 70/43, after leading 29/19 at half time. R. Mario (17), V. Nandaka (15) and M. Niranjan top scored for Seylan; R. Mohamed (28) played a hard game for SCB.

Mens “E” division

Abans Group beat UB Finance, 61/36, after leading 29/18 at half time.

Fritz Roy (20) and B. Prabath (15) were the top scorers for Abans; J. Seneviratne (15) and J. Gregory (12) top scored for UBF.

Mobitel beat Millennium IT, 55/39, after leading 29/20 at half time.

Koshan Jayawickrama (17) and Thilina de Silva (15) top scored for Mobitel; Thahir Fazal (18) stood out for MIT.

WNS Global beat IFS R&D International, 55/04 after leading 31/01 at half time. Nipuna Samarakoon (25) and Kanishka Ekanayake (11), Nadun Withanachchi (15) proved too strong for the newcomers, IFS.

Amana Bank beat Copal Amba, 35/5, after leading 18/2 at half time.

Lakshan Kulatillake (12) G. Karunatillake (15) and Mohamed Najath (13) were top scorers for Amana Bank.

The tournament with a record of 47 teams containing a massive card of 128 matches, will continue daily on weekdays, at the same two venues, up to 7 October.

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