The 32nd Mercantile League basketball tournament 2024 being played at the Royal Indoor Stadium had many one-sided finishes in the encounters and in one match Aitken Spence come from behind to beat WSO2 Lanka by 58 points to 50 after trailing 21-27 at half time.
It was the tireless play by Lawrence who scored heavily that made Aitken Spence emerge winners at the end. He was also named as the player of the match. Scorers for AS were I. Lawrance 24 and Agrga Umayanga 17.
Jared Fernando played best for WSO Lanka to obtain the highest score of 24 points.
Hayleys Group registered an impressive 94 points to 41 win over Standard Chartered Bank in another preliminary game. Hayleys led 53-19 at half time as D. Jayaweera 26, Meron Perera 18 scored for Hayleys while Chenud scored 19 points for the Bank team. Player of the match was Dinush Jayaweera from Hayleys.
Other results:
Legacy Health beat LESG 61-53. Half time: 28-25. Priyan Francisco 20 scored for Legacy Health while Chamith Karunakolage 10, D. Peiris scored 18 for LESG. Player of the match were Priyan Francisco of Legacy Health.
Legacy Health beat Hemas Holdings 74-45. Scorers for Legacy are Francisco Perera 19, Rajendram A 13 and L. Liyanage 12. Hemas Holdings scorers were P. Sahabandu 19 and Karunaratne 11.
Player of the match was Francisco Perera of Legacy Health.
LOLC beat Standard Chartered Bank 73-46. Scorers for LOLC were Chamal, 14 and Dulip 13.
Scorers for Standard were Chenu U 21, Lakshan A 12.
Player of the match was Chamal of LOLC
Daraz Sri Lanka beat Dialog Axiata 62-55, half time 31-22. Scorers for Daraz were Sajad S 20 and Lakmal K. 16. Scorers for Dialog were Amandhi 23.
WSO Lanka beat Commercial Bank 66-54. Scorers for WSO2 were Fareed 22, Adin 20.
Scorers for Commercial Bank were Lochana 15, Kavin 16.
10: DIMO beat Creative Software 61-35. Scorers for DIMO were Tharindu Fernando 29, L. Senasinghe 12.
MAS Holdings beat Wiley Global 71-34. Scorers for MAS were I. Pietersz 23, D. Gunawardana 10. Scorers for Wiley Global were R. Yogarathnam 16, S. Logitharajah 10.
Women’s Preliminary- Nations Trust Bank beat MAS Holdings 52-33. Niroshani Paiva 14, Ranudi Perera 13 and Rosemary 12 scored for Nations TB.
Standard Chartered Bank beat WSO2 Lanka 40-34. Scorers for Bank were H. Ariyarathne 22, M. Dassanayake 14.
(TBR)
