NBCC Men’s Division One:
Griffith College Dublin: 90 NUI Galway: 60
GRIFFITH COLLEGE DUBLIN (GCD) eked out a worthy revenge on NUI Galway in the NBCC Men’s Division One final this afternoon as they overcame the Galway style in emphatic manner at Oblate Hall, Inchicore.
In a repeat of last year’s final which NUIG won, GCD were in control from the off, with Conroy Baltimore, Alex Calvo and Charlie Coombes dominating early on to drive them into a 29-18 point lead at the end of the first.
Eugene Williams and Joseph Tummon were the star of the show for NUIG, and put in a hard-working second quarter to close the gap somewhat, outscoring GCD 20-21, to leave the gap at 10 going in at half time, 49-39.
Despite the hard work from Galway though, it just wasn’t enough in the face of the well-drilled and well-oiled machine that was GCD, with Justin Goldsborough and Jose Maria Gil Narbon dunking them to glory and as the third quarter got under way, the Dublin college didn’t take their foot off the pedal at all, producing yet more dunks and superb three-point shooting to open up a 69-48 point gap. Good scoring from Tummon, Paddy Lyons and Williams was just not enough in the face of a pacey and thrilling offense from Griffith, and it was truly their day as they won out 90-60 in the end.
GRIFFITH COLLEGE DUBLIN: Alex Calvo, Pocholo Buenaventura, Charlie Coombes, Munkhabdullaki Mikael, Wei Haau Pang, Alex Dolenko, Alan McLoughlin, Conroy Baltimore, Justin Goldsborough, Jose Maria Gil Narbon.
NUI GALWAY: Evan Maher, Patrick Lyons, Charlie Crowley, Stephen Commins, Stephen O’Brien, Eoin Rockall, Joseph Tummon, Mark Chambers, Eugene Williams, Joe Henry, Martin McAndrew, Kevin McCarthy.
MVP: Conroy Baltimore (GCD)
NBCC Men’s Division 3 final
Limerick IT: 78 GMIT: 71
LIMERICK IT stormed home to glory in the NBCC Men’s Division 3 final at Oblate Hall, Inchicore, Dublin this afternoon as they came back from a half time deficit to secure victory.
Dillon Burns and KrystianBurchardt were the stars of the show for Michelle Aspell’s side, as they bagged all the first half points for their team, with 22 and 15 points respectively to keep themselves within 10 of GMIT going in at the break.
GMIT came out sharpest from the start though, with Emmanuel Saah and John Hackett driving them into an early 16-29 point lead at the end of quarter one. Strong scoring from Hackett in the second quarter kept their scoreboard ticking over as LIT began to find their feet courtesy of Burns and Burchardt.
An intense and fast-paced third quarter saw just two points between the sides midway through, with GMIT trying to cling on to their lead, but LIT had it narrowed to just one point at the end of the third, teeing up a thrilling finale.
Quarter four is where the Limerick side really hit the ground running though, drawing the sides level with two minutes gone, before stretching out their lead midway through and soon had opened up a 73-67 point gap. Burns and Burchardt remained the danger for the Limerick men and they drove on home to a 78-71 point win in the end.
LIMERICK IT: Frank Andrews, EmmaunelBabatunde, Bernard Thompson, Adnan Ishaq, Robert Splawski, Eoghan Mooney, Tagdh O’Connor, Dillon Burns, KrystianBurchardt, Jay-R Miranda, Van Paz.
GMIT: MamdouhBaroudi, EmmaunelSaah, Darragh Clifford, Kevin Maloney, ArmenPetrosyan, Kevin Atu, Anderson Egbadon, KeighlumLedwith, Novak Zekic, John Hackett, Armstrong Adado.
MVP: Dillon Burns (LIT)
NBCC Basketball Finals Results:
Men's Division 1 Final
NUI Galway 60-90 Griffith College Dublin
Women's Division1 Final
UUJ 62-58 DCU
Men's Division 3 Final
LIT 78-71 GMIT
