Moratuwa in 67-57 win

Thushan JAYASURIYA

Some enthralling basketball matches were worked off during the weekend in the Carlton Cup Basketball 2012 Championship at Henry Pedris Basketball Courts, Colombo.. The first “B” division match took place between Moratuwa Basketball Club and Buffaloes Basketball Club which ended in a 10 point win for Moratuwa lads (67 – 57) after trailing by 26 – 36 at half time. For Moratuwa Sanitha De Mel was the main contributor with 25 points. Buddhika Wijesundara was the best for Buffaloes BC with 20 points.

In the next match Royal College Basketball Club easily tamed the Old Senanayakians Basketball club by a margin of 19 points ( 59 – 40 ) in their “B” division match . Migara (18 points) was the highest scorer for Royalists while Vishwa (15 points) was the main scorer for Senanayakians.