DFCC – Men, NTB – Women Preliminary Round Div. ‘A’ winners
DFCC and Nations Trust Bank (NTB) won the ‘A’ Division Men’s and Women’s Preliminary Round matches respectively, of the 26th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2016, at the Henry Pedris Courts last week. The DFCC men scored a close 54-46 win over Commercial Credit & Finance (CC&F), while the NTB women too had a close call against CC&F to win 43-40. In the Men’s ‘D’ Division, Union Bank scored their third win, overcoming Hirdaramani Group 61-53, after leading 30-25 at half-time. - LR
Results from Day 9 to 13:
‘A’ Division
Men’s:
DFCC 54 (N. Terrance 22, S. Tharindu 9) beat CC&F 46 (S. Clinton 15, N. Thimothi 12)
Women’s:
NTB 43 (N. Paiva 16, W. Dhananjali 16) beat CC&F 40 (F. Prasadi 17, A. Stephani 5)
‘B’ Division
Men’s:
MAS Holdings Reds 62 (S. Ismail 18, M. Roshel 13) beat SriLankan Airlines 47 (W. Dihan 16, W. Sanjaya 9)
‘C’ Division
Men’s:
Kanrich Finance 55 (P. Charith 27, R. Mihiraj 24) beat NDB Bank 53 (M. Fawshan 23, I. Perera 18)
LB Finance 76 (Gihan Sarinda 36, Mathew Surain 13) beat David Peiris Motor Company 73 (Jagath Kulatunga 20, Nalaka Kumarasinghe 17)
‘D’ Division
Men’s:
Union Bank 77 (S. Perera 21, C. Shenal 18) beat Lanka Orix Leasing 64 (I. Nazir 22, H. Chathura 17)
Softlogic Holdings 56 (K. Lakshan 14, L. Roshantha 12) beat SriLankan Airlines 40 (M. Thilakaratne 15, R. Avishka 
Union Bank 61 (W. Hasitha 17, W. Dhananjayen 12) beat Hirdarmani Group 53 (N. Pushpakumara 22, O. Kannangara 12)
‘E’ Division
Men’s:
Aitken Spence 43 9V. Rathnada 16, A. Wickremasinghe 9) beat UB Finance 26 (G. Joy 13, S. Perera
Millenium IT 63 (W. Akila 28, T. Fazal 11) beat Airport & Aviation 29 (W. Silva 16, K. De Silva
IFS R&D International 39 (B. Prabath 13, W. Nadun 10) beat Ceylon Tobacco Co. (CTC) 30 (C. Malwatta 21, C. Dias 6)
WNS Global 53 (S. Nipuna 31, K. Ekanayake 10) beat Citizens Development Business (CDB) 52 (D.L. Randika 21, D. Wijesinghe 16)
CDB 60 (Lahiru Randika 19, Dashika Wijesinghe 17) beat CTC 43 (Chiranga Malwatte 23, Nishan Fernando 15)
WNS Global 54 (Nipuna Samarakoon 15, H. Wishwage 12) beat Copal Amba 27 (M. Peries 10, R. Moais 6)
Mobitel 75 (Koshan Jayawickrema 36, Thilina De Silva 19) beat Airport & Aviation 52 (S. Silva 20, C. De Silva 12)