Air Force in 82-62 win over Puttalam

Sri Lanka Air Force Basketball Club overwhelmed Puttalam Basketball Association by 82 points to 62 after being well ahead at 60 points to 28 at half time on the second day of the 45th Senior National men’s Basketball Championship now being progress at the Depot Police courts, Bambalapitiya and played in last evening. The tournament is being conducted by the Basketball Federation of Sri Lanka.

R. Ravi played an outstanding game for the winners with a massive 32 points who was well supported by Indika Wijesinghe with 25 points. Anton Niroshan with nine points and Roshel Mendis with eight points were the main scorers for Puttalam Basketball Association.

Sri Lanka Schools cagers beat Colombo Basketball Association by a margin of 70 points 62 in a women’s fixture played at St. Joseph’s Girl’s School’s, courts, Nugegoda, yesterday. The former took a commanding 37 points to 17 lead at breather.

Nayanika Dhasani (22), Sulochana Ratnasekara (16) and Anjali Ekanayake (12) stood out for Schools team while Prasadi Fonseka and Shanali Weerasuriya with 21 points apiece and Shashikala Romen with 14 points did well for the losers.

Colombo Basketball Association defeated Sri Lanka Schools BA by 79 points to 64 after leading 28 points to 14 at the short whistle in a men’s match played at Depot Police, courts. S.D.Y. de Silva (22) and Chameera Ratnayake (15) were the best shooters for Colombo BA while R. Gomes and K.S. Sulakshana was on target with 17 points each for Schools team. - S.A.