Colombo Bulls and Otters register victories

Chinthana Wasala

Colombo Bulls and Otters recorded victories on Saturday in the Otters Diamond Jubilee Invitation Basketball Tournament which continued at the Otters courts.

Colombo Bulls defeated the Buffaloes in the first encounter while Otters won their game against the Wattala Cagers. Duke Rajapakse, the best player of the match and Chamira Ratnayake scored 13 each to help Colombo Bulls to gain a comfortable 64-36 victory over the Buffaloes. Half time score read 39-18 in favour of the winning team.

The Bulls were right on top from the beginning of the game.

Hasantha Gunawardena (10) and Thanushka Wanigarathne (08) were the best contributers to the losing team

Charitha Dodangoda and Ranil Suranga refereed.

Otters beat Wattala

68-57

Otters, the hosts of the tournament emerged victorious over Wattala BC(68-57) in their game on Saturday.

The half time scores stood at 31-26 in favour of Otters. M.K. Shiran top scored for the home team with 28 points and Gayan Meedeniya who was adjudged the best player of the game, added 23 to the Otters’ tally.

The best scorers of Wattala team were Pradeep Pushpakumara (12) and Prageeth Pushpakumara (10).

Ajith Kumara and Panduka Ranasinghe refereed.