UCD Marian and Swords do battle for glory as Mystics and IT Carlow is Rescheduled

All eyes will be on Cork this coming weekend as Ambassador UCC Glanmire and Courtyard Liffey Celtics go head-to-head in a top of the table clash in the Women’s Super League.

Liffey Celtics are now the only unbeaten team in the women’s league having recorded five wins to date, and will be hoping to keep their winning streak at the top of the table going this coming Sunday.

Glanmire come into the game off the back of a tough loss on the road against DCU Mercy two weekends’ ago, which saw the Dubliners secure a 20-point win over last year’s Regular Season champions.

The two sides are no strangers to each other having met in the Hula Hoops National Cup final last January – which Glanmire won – and also in the Basketball Ireland Top Four play offs at the end of the season, which saw Liffey Celtics scoop the honours.

Elsewhere, Portlaoise Panthers will be hoping to build on last weekend’s first win when they welcome DCU Mercy, while a close contest will tip off in Waterford as Maxol WIT Wildcats and Singleton SuperValu Brunell face off. The Hula Hoops National Cup preliminary tie between NUIG Mystics and IT Carlow Basketball has now been refixed for Thursday, November 30^th.

In the Men’s Super League meanwhile, UCD Marian will be hoping to cement their place at the top of the table this weekend, but will have a tough battle ahead as they face Griffith College Swords Thunder on Saturday evening. Marian come into the game off the back of a tough win against Belfast Star while Swords got their season back on track last weekend with a comprehensive win over Garvey’s Tralee Warriors.

Black Amber Templeogue meanwhile will make the big trip down to Tralee on Saturday evening where they will be hoping to claim a win, while Warriors will be aiming to bounce back strong after two losses in a row against UCD Marian and Swords. Elsewhere, Éanna take on Pyrobel Killester, DCU Saints do battle with UCC Demons, Moycullen face off to Belfast Star while KUBS – who are chasing their first win of the season – welcome Maree on Sunday afternoon.

Basketball Ireland Fixtures – November 18^th and 19^th

Saturday 18th November 2017         

Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League:  

Griffith College Swords Thunder v UCD Marian, ALSAA-Dublin, 17:00;

DCU Saints v UCC Demons, DCU Complex, 19:00;

Éanna BC v Pyrobel Killester, Colaiste Éanna, 19:00;

Moycullen v Belfast Star, NUIG Galway, 20:00;

Garvey’s Tralee Warriors v Black Amber Templeogue, Tralee, 20:00;

Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League:  

Portlaoise Panthers v DCU Mercy, St Mary’s, 18:00;

Maxol WIT Wildcats v Singleton SuperValu Brunell, Mercy Gym, 19:00;

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One:  

IT Carlow Basketball v Fr Mathews, Barrow Centre-IT Carlow, 12:30;

LIT Celtics v Titans, St Munchin’s College, 18:00;

Dublin Lions v Ballincollig, Colaiste Bhride-Clondalkin, 18:30;

EJ Sligo All-Stars v Paris Texas Kilkenny, Mercy College, 19:30;

Scotts Lakers St Paul’s Killarney v Ulster University Elks, Killarney Sports Centre, 19:30;

Basketball Ireland Women’s Division One: 

UL Huskies v Meteors, PESS Building-UL, 17:00;

Griffith College Swords Thunder v Fr Mathews, ALSAA-Dublin, 19:00;

Fabplus North West v Ulster University Elks, Ballyshannon, 19:30;

Sunday 19th November 2017           

Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League:  

KUBS BC v Maree, Greendale, 15:00;

Hula Hoops Women’s National Cup (preliminary round)

NUIG Mystics v IT Carlow - Calasanctius College, 15:00;

Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League:  

Ambassador UCC Glanmire v Courtyard Liffey Celtics, Mardyke Arena, 15:00;

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One:  

Ballincollig v LIT Celtics, Ballincollig CS, 13:00;

Titans v Neptune, The Jes, 15:30;

Fr Mathews v EJ Sligo All-Stars, Colaiste Chriost Ri, 15:45;

LYIT Donegal v Portlaoise Panthers, Bishops Field, 16.00;