Colombo Basketball Club walked away with the prestigious Colombo Super League Basketball Championship when they convincingly beat Wattala Basketball Club in the grand final worked off at the Depot Police Courts in Bambalapitiya on Friday. It was a stunning display by the Colombo cagers who dominated the game right from the beginning and won quite convincingly by 15 points. There were more reasons to cheer for the Nugegoda based side as their female counterparts, playing under the name of Track Master won the women’s ‘A’ Division competition by 10 points. Earlier their junior team, Nugegoda Cagers had won the men’s ‘B’ Division title. All three teams are managed by national basketball coach Ajith Kuruppu.

The packed crowd at the Depot Police courts were expecting a close game with the two premier teams in the island playing the final. But eventually, it proved to be a mismatch as the Wattala cagers had a poor day on the court.

Colombo took a 19-08 lead at the end of the first quarter and by half-time were comfortably placed with the scoreboard reading 32-17. Although in the second half Wattala managed to keep pace with the Colombo players the lead they had conceded in the first half proved to be too costly. Colombo won 67-52.

Colombo’s captain Rasika Prabath was the top scorer with 19 points. He was also adjudged The Best Player of the tournament. Chaminda de Alwis scored 18 while Chamath Danawansha with 13 points also excelled for the winners. For Wattala BC, Pradeep Pushpakumara scored 10 points while his younger brother Prageeth Pushpakumara managed nine.

Roshan Randima of Colombo was adjudged the best shooter while 16-year-old Sidath Senanayake of Wattala BC walked away with a cash price of Rs. 5,000 for winning the dunking competition.

Easy win for Track Master

In the women’s final, that preceded the men’s game defending champions Track Master beat Hatton National Bank 58-48. The half time score was 33-27 in favour of Track Master.

Premila Fernando of Track Master top scored with 24 points while Danushka Wijesinghe of the same club scored 14. The duo were also awarded the best shooter’s and the best player’s awards respectively. Benika Talagala scored 10. For HNB, Kumarine Silva and Rosi Vanlengenberg scored 14 points each.