In a ding-dong battle, Nations Trust Bank outplayed HSBC by 62 points to 56, in a ‘C’ Division match in the on-going Delmege Super League Basketball tournament at Otter’s Aquatic Basketball courts, on Wednesday.

NTB were comfortably ahead 41-22 at half time but HSBC bounced back strongly in the second half to open up the game.

Prabuddha Jayaratne and Rony Roshan chipped in with 14 and 10 points each for the winners, while Ruven Mutalif and Gayan Pinto excelled for HSBC with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Thirty seven teams from the Mercantile sector are competing in the tournament and are pooled into six divisions. Matches are being worked off daily at Otter’s Aquatic Club courts from 6.00 pm onwards.

The ‘A’ Division final is scheduled to be played on December 18, at Otter’s Aquatic Club courts.

The tournament is organised and conducted by the Mercantile Services Basketball Association and sponsored by Delmege Forsyth & Co. Ltd.