HNB-Seylan clash in 'A' Div. final

A spectacular last minute basket by S. Sulaiman helped Avan Garden Basketball team to pull off a nail biting 75 points to 74 win over Nations Trust Bank `B' team in their mens' `D' division final of the MSBA Knock out Tournament played at otters courts, Colombo.

The tournament is conducted by the Mercantile Services Basketball Association of Sri Lanka.

The scores were deadlocked at 64 points all but during the extra time Avan turn the game in their favour following a basket by Sulaiman. For the winners the best shooters were Shiyan Doole (23) and Tharindu Rupasinghe (18) while Niroshan Anthony (20) and Nissanka Ruwanpura (13) stood out for the losers.

In the womens' `B' division final SriLankan Airlines trounced Mobitel by 59 points to 25 after taking a 34 points to 14 lead at breather played at Otters. Malika Chamari (16) and Sashi de Silva (13) were the top scorers for the winners while Gayani Wijesiri (19) fought a lone battle for Mobitel.

In the womens' A division final Hatton National Bank will take on Seylan Bank at 4.30 p.m. which will be followed by the mens' A division final with defending champion Delmege Group battling it out with Sampath Bank today at Otters Aquatic Club courts.

S.A.