Old Bens fight back to beat Moratuwa BC-88/83

Chris Dhambarage

Old Bens BC produced a magnificent second half rally to beat Moratuwa BC ‘B’ by 88 points to 83 in their Carlton Cup 2010 inter-club basketball tournament match worked off under lights at the Depot Police Courts in Bambalapitiya yesterday.

Old Bens BC were trailing by a huge margin of 37-50 at half time but came back strongly in the second half to pull off a thrilling victory at the end. Nushan Eranda (27) and Sanjay Ganlath (23) were the two key players who turned the game in their favour with their all round performances.

Moratuwa BC ‘B’ of course rallied around through the individual brilliance of Charitha Kaluwardena (30) with Thaminda Fernando (17) providing the back up support.

All Greens triumph

Meanwhile All Greens BC pulled off a convincing 58-37 victory over Sri Jayawardenapura University BC after having led 33-24 at half time in another encounter played at the same venue. Ifthaz Nasi (12) and R. Shahin (10) were the main contributors for All Greens BC while Joy Fernando (12) and A. Kasun (10) excelled for Sri Jayawardenapura University BC.

Field Force win

In another fixture Field Force BC had the better of Moratuwa University BC 79-67 after having led 42-27 at the half way mark. H. Chatura (15) and Shiyan Dole (14) did the bulk of the scoring for the winners while S. Mahesh (20) and M. Prashan (19) figured in a vain effort for Moratuwa University.

Easy for Old Peterites

In another one sided encounter Old Peterites BC trounced Sri Lanka Police ‘B’ team 75-45 after having built up a commanding 36-19 at half time. S. Lakshan (34) had a tremendous game for the winners in both attack and defence and received good support from M. Ahmed (13). T. Greasy (14) and T. Dissanayake (14) were the two outstanding players for Police ‘B’ team.