Lyceum - AIS clash in boys under 19 final

Sanjaya ARIYARATNE

Lyceum International School, Nugegoda will confront Asian International School in the final of the under 19 boys inter international schools basketball tournament today at the British School courts, Elvitigala Mawatha, Colombo 08, the Asian International School who had a good run of success throughout the tournament also have reached into the final of the girls tournament where they will take on Colombo International School at the same venue today. The tournament is being conducted by the Brirish School.

In the boys semi finals Lyceum International School beat Elizabeth Moir International School by 63 points to 49.

The former were well ahead with 41 points to 20 at half time. For the winners Nipuna piled up a massive 22 points while Upeka on target with 12 points.

Luke with 18 points and Kaul (16) were the chief scorers for the losers.

Asian International School held to a narrow 48 points to 46 victory over Colombo International School to book their place in the final.

The winners were trailing 29 points to 24 at short whistle but put up a immense effort in the latter of the game to seal the victory in favour of them.

For Asian International School Avin was on a good form with 24 points and Quraish contributed tean points. For CIS Prashastha scored 12 points and Sineth Weerasinghe and Sashi added 10 points apiece.

In an earlier matches: (Boys) Elizebath Moir beat Stafford by aclose 47 points to 39 after trailing 23 points to 21 at breather.

Sheron (16) and Luke (18) best shooter for the winners Javar (16) and Ryan (8) excelled for the losers.

Asian International School beat Royal Institute by 75 points to 21 after being well ahead at 50 points to 8 at breather. Quareish (22) and Avin (16) were the top scorers for AIS while Ravindra (14) fought a lone battle for Royal Institute. Rumesh with a valuable 22 points steered Lyceum International School, Nugegoda to a thumping 74 points to 31 win over host British School. The half time scores read 37 points to 17 in favour of the winners.

Nipuna with 16 points was the other top performer for the winners. Yusuf Abdulhusssein (12) and Anis Saleh (10) played a good role for British School.