Debutant, Moulana Travels and Virtusa booked their berths to play in the final of the Mens ‘E’ division in the 27th MSBA League Basketball Tournament 2017, continued at Sir Edward Henry Pedris Stadium, Colombo 5.
In the semi finals that were closely contested, Virtusa snatched a 38/36 win over WNS Global in extra time and Moulana Travels with a strong second half, managed to overcome the fancied CDB, 46/35.
Virtusa led 21/19 at half time, but WNSG caught up on the nick of time to level scores, 30/30 at full time. The match winners for Virtusa were Vishan Andrew (12), Minul Wimalagunaratne (12) and Kasun Ranasinghe (10). It was unfortunate for WNSG that their star shooters, Nipuna Samarakoon (15) and Rifkhan Nilufir (15) were fouled out during the dying moments of the game.
CDB went full steam as they led 24/9 at half time, but their tanks went dry in the 2nd half and Moulana Travels put their foot to the pedal through their dynamic point guard Inzamam Hassim (16) and Shelk Moulana (15) to give them a memorable entrance to the final. Dinuka Gamage (10) played a hard game for CDB.
The rest of the semis are as follows:
August 15: Mens ‘D’ division - LOLC Vs. HDPL at 6.00 pm. Softlogic Vs. JAT Holdings at 7.30 pm.
August 16: Mens ‘C’ division – NDB Bank Vs. Seylan Bank at 6.00 pm. Std. Chartered Bank Vs. HSBC at 7.30 pm.
August 17: Mens ‘A’ division - Commercial Credit Vs. Sampath Bank at 6.00 pm. DFCC Bank Vs. Fair First Insurance at 7.30 pm.
August 18: Mens ‘B’ division - MAS Holdings ‘Red’ Vs. winner of Sri Lankan Airlines ‘A’ Vs. John Keells at 6.00 pm. Kanrich Finance Vs. Nations Trust Bank @ 7.30 pm
In the women’s ‘B’ division final are – Nations Trust Bank and MAS Holdings.
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