Seylan women coast to 62 – 19 win over HSBC

Seylan Bank coasted to a comfortable 62 to 19 point win over Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in their Mercantile Women’s Knockout basketball fixture at the Otter Aquatic court on Friday. At the short whistle the winners held a 29 to 13 point lead. Benika Thalagala led the scoring for Seylan Bank with 17 points, while N. Lakmali added 17 and M. Kumari another 14.

For HSBC, S. Perera eight points and A. Fernando five were the scorers.

Ina another game played on Friday Brandix Group downed Singer Sri Lanka by 52 points to 30 in a men’s knockout cager fixture conducted. At half time Brandix Group led by 31 points to nine.

H. N. Kavinga with 18 points and L. Parakrama 13 were the best shooters for Brandix Group,while the top scorer for Singer was S. Wijesinghe with 13. Week’s results: Men’s: HSBC 76 (30) (A. Wijesuriya 30, S. Perera 14 ) beat DPMC 65 (30) (T. Nanayakkara 16, A. De Silva 13).

NDB Bank 65 (28) (A. Ajman 16, D. Samarasinghe 12) beat L.B. Finance 51 (28) (S. Fernando 18, R. Shantha 16).

Amana Group 65 (29) (R. Ekanayake 23, M. Romesh 12) beat Carsons Group 32 (13) (R. De Mel 21, A. Gunatilake 10).

Commercial Credit 59 (23) (G. Randeniya 17, P. Udumalagala 18) beat John Keells 31 (15) (L. Samarasinghe 22).

MAS Group 58 (29) (A. Alphonsus 18, R. Mendis 9) beat Chartered Bank 28 (18) (R. Mohamed and S. Palliyaguru11 each).

Hayley’s Group 71 (27) (R. Gunasekera 42, S. LIyanage 22) beat WNS Global 62 (18) (S. Fernando 26, A. Egodawattwe 22). Women’s: HNB 42 (18) (A. Ekanayake 15, D. Fernando 12 ) beat NTBB 31 (9) (W. D. Ananjali 22, N. Perera 7).

Seylan Bank 40 (23) (Benika Thalagala 13, N. Lakmali and T. Sivalingam seven each ) beat L.B. Finance 12 (6) (M, De Silva and B. Cooray 4 each)

MAS Group (37 (23) (S. Lokuge 9, S. Weerasuriya 8) beat NDB Bank 3 (S. Wickramasinghe 3).

MAS Group 39 (23) (M. Weerasuriya 8, W. Smith 19) beat HSBC 29 (18) (T. Almeida 11, A. Fernando 10)