Colombo BA cager champs

Sampath Bandara

Colombo Basketball Association beat Mercantile BA by 86 points to 81 to clinch the final of National Basketball Men's title at St. Joseph's Girls School Courts, Nugegoda on Sunday.

Heavy rain spoilt the Men's and Women's games. At Half time Mercantile led 41-36 points. Mithila Abeysekera of wining team was selected as the Best Shooter with 20 points, Fisal Mohomad with 17 points and Roshan Fernando scored 12 points for Colombo BA to win the final.

Prageeth Pushpakumara and Roshan Randima was top shooters for Mercantile BA. Prageeth scored 22 points and Roshan 13 points.

Mithila Abeysekera of Colombo BA was selected as the Best Men's Player of 46th Senior National Basketball Championship and Inoka Sadamale who captained Mercantile team was the Best women's player.

Mercantile Basketball Association beat Sri Lanka schools by 86 points to 66 in the final to take the National Basketball women's title.

Sri Lanka schools were third in the men's tournament and University Basketball team took 3rd place in the women's event.

Best players (Men): Mithila Abeysekera, Roshan Fernando, Fisal Mohomad, Chaminda Jayasinghe (Colombo BA), Prageeth Pushpakumara, C. Roshan Randima, Thisan Chaturanda (Mercantile)

Women's: Benika Thalagala, Kumarine Silva, Inoka Sadamali (Mercantile), Rasadi Fonseka, Anjalee Ekanayake (Schools)