Moycullen stunned Griffith College Templeogue on Saturday evening, running out five-point winners over the Dubliners in Galway.
Moycullen bookended the win in perfect fashion, delivering two big quarters in the first and the fourth period to push on to win the game. Grant Olsson led the charge for the hosts early on as they opened up a 26-20 first-quarter lead, but quickly got into foul trouble and Templeogue charged back with a strong second quarter to lead by five at the half, 40-45. The Dubliners still had the edge going into the last, 54-58, but Moycullen were in sharpshooting form in the last, with Olsson, Kyle Cunningham and underage international stars James Connaire and Paul Kelly running home some big scores to edge the victory, 75-70 and leave Templeogue still without a road win so far this season.
Speaking afterwards, Moycullen boss John Cunningham
stated: “I’m delighted to get the win. This league is about taking your
opportunity on the night and that’s it - we didn’t last week but we did
tonight. The most pleasing was that we closed out the game well. Starting the
fourth quarter down by four meant that we had work to do, but we played really
well at both ends. Grant Olsson was in foul trouble in the first half but he
led us very well in the fourth and I have to hand it to Kyle Cunningham who put
in a great fourth quarter and hit a big three to give us some leeway. James
Connaire made his first start for us tonight and really hit the ground running
and it’s great that we can be comfortable at times to go with the guys who step
up during the week in training. We’re learning game by game and that’s all I
can ask.”
Elsewhere, Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin were on form at home once more running out 88-79 point winners over Pyrobel Killester. Big displays from Rami Ghanem, Daragh Jones, Colin O’Reilly and Allan Thomas, kept the Kerry side out in front at the half, 40-31. Despite a big third quarter from Killester, with a superb display in particular from Ciaran Roe, Killorglin bounced back well in the fourth to see home the win. A late push from Coughlan C&S Neptune meanwhile saw them overcome DCU Saints on the road, 74-80 on Saturday evening. Both sides were without key players on the night with Saints missing Martins Provizors, while Neptune travelled without player/coach Lehmon Colbert and Spaniard, Nil Sabata. The game was close throughout with Mike Bonaparte causing trouble for the Neptune defence, while Peter Hoffman and Cian Heaphy were on form for the Cork outfit. Saints held a seven-point lead with just over three minutes to go, but big scores down the stretch from Gary Walsh, Heaphy and Kyle Hosford edged Neptune into the lead and they didn’t look back from there.
DBS Éanna got back to winning ways with aplomb,
running out 82-92 point winners over UCD Marian in their derby clash. Éanna
were in control from early on, opening up a 36-49 point lead at the half,
thanks to sharp shooting from Neil Lynch and Josh Wilson. Despite a big display
from UCD’s Mike Garrow, Éanna just had too much and held on to win out by 10.
Belfast Star were in flying form on Saturday evening to deny Abbey Seals Dublin
Lions their first win of the season, running out 20 point winners in the end,
91-71, while Garvey’s Tralee Warriors were also 20 point winners over Maree in
Galway, winning out 67-87.
DCU Mercy remain unbeaten still at the top of the
Women’s Super League as they won out in commanding fashion, 50-81, against
Pyrobel Killester in Clontarf. Despite a big first quarter from Mercy,
sharpshooting Killester were right back in the mix after the second quarter,
with Aisling McCann and Adella Randle El getting some big scores to see them
trail 33-40 at the half. A huge third quarter from DCU followed, which saw them
keep Killester to just three points for the period, while Meredith Burkhall,
led the scoring charge in style, finishing the game out with 28 points. There
were good displays from Ashley Russell and Sarah Woods, as well as a big
defensive effort from Nicole Clancy.
Speaking afterwards, head coach Mark Ingle stated:
“I thought it was a pretty emphatic win. I was more worried about this game
than any game in the last few weeks and rightly so because of their form at
home and how they’ve been playing. They’re a really exciting team, they play
from the three-point line, but credit to the team, our third quarter defensive
display was serious – we held that team to three points in that quarter which
gave us a platform to play from.”
Maxol WIT Wildcats finished strong on Saturday
evening in Leixlip to win out 71-80 over Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics in
their clash. The lead changed hands on numerous occasions throughout the game,
with Wildcats just edging it by three at half time, before Celtics retook the
lead by one point going into the last quarter thanks to good play from Kylee
Smith and Aine O’Connor. A big fourth quarter from the visitors followed
though, with Jasmine Walker bagging some big scores, while Maria Palarino and
Stephanie O’Shea also worked hard under the boards to see Wildcats home to a
71-80 point win.
Maree remains in second place in the Women’s Super League meanwhile thanks to a hard-earned victory over Fr Mathews in Galway on Sunday afternoon. The hosts finished out 79-73 to the good after a tough battle, with Claire Rockall, Carly McLendon and Michelle Fahy doing most of the scoring damage for Joe Shields’ charges. It was a busy week for Singleton SuperValu Brunell and Ambassador UCC Glanmire meanwhile, as they both had two games – facing off against each other on Wednesday evening in a clash that Glanmire won 72-90 before Glanmire kept their recent winning ways intact with a hard-fought win over Marble City Hawks in Kilkenny, 60-72. Brunell eased passed IT Carlow Basketball on Sunday in their second game, winning out 81-60.
Basketball Ireland Women’s Division One
Ulster
University are now the only unbeaten team left in the Women’s Division One
after Portlaoise Panthers won out over St Mary’s Castleisland in Kerry on
Saturday evening.
Ulster kept
their winning streak intact with an emphatic 102-58 point win over Fabplus
North West, with Kollyns Scarbrough leading the charge for the home side with
27 points. She was matched score for score though by Dana Di Renzo for Fabplus,
who also finished out with 27, but a huge defensive effort coupled with good
scoring from young stars Erin Maguire and Alex Mulligan, had Ulster comfortable
winners in the end.
Portlaoise
Panthers meanwhile delivered St Mary’s Castleisland their first loss of the season
in Kerry on Saturday, running out 45-50 point winners in a tense and
low-scoring affair. Defense was the winner on the night, with both sides
putting in solid displays, and it was tied up at 24 points each at half time.
Good scoring from Panthers Jasmine Burke and Trudy Walker down the stretch got
them over the line.
It was double
celebrations for Trinity Meteors on Friday as they not only ran out impressive
92-49 point winners over Swords Thunder at home, but they also did so in front
of a crowd of 358 people. Sarah Kenny, Lauren Grigsby and Niamh Kenny were to
the fore for Meteors in an all-round polished display.
NUIG Mystics
meanwhile were pushed all the way by Limerick Celtics, but managed to drive on
in the fourth to win out 75-63. Rebecca Carmody and Ailish O’Reilly top scored
for the Galway side in a solid display, while Kendall Bradbury of Celtics had a
game-high 27 points.
Griffith College
Templeogue also secured a key win at the weekend, running out 75-58 point
winners over Phoenix Rockets in Dublin. Morgan O’Donnell was the stand out for
Templeogue on the night, scoring 23 points, with Lynn Tunnah again very
impressive for the Dublin outfit. Rockets kept right with them in the first
half, thanks to Rachel Kehoe and Kayonna Lee, but Templeogue had too much fire
power in the end.
Basketball
Ireland Results: November 13-17th
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Super League:
Belfast Star
91-71 Abbey Seals Dublin Lions
UCD Marian 82-92
DBS Eanna
Keanes Supervalu
Killorglin 88-79 Pyrobel Killester
Maree 67-87
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors
DCU Saints 74-80
Coughlan CandS Neptune
Moycullen 75-70
Griffith College Templeogue
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Super League:
Singleton
SuperValu Brunell 72-90 Ambassador UCC Glanmire
Marble City
Hawks 60-72 Ambassador UCC Glanmire
Leixlip
Amenities Liffey Celtics 71-80 Maxol WIT Wildcats
Pyrobel
Killester 50-81 DCU Mercy
Maree 79-73 Fr
Mathews
Singleton
SuperValu Brunell 81-60 IT Carlow Basketball
Basketball
Ireland Men's Division One
LYIT Donegal
79-74 Portlaoise Panthers
*POSTPONED: IT
Carlow Basketball v WIT Vikings
Ulster
University 91-101 Limerick Sport Eagles (after overtime)
McGowans Tolka
Rovers 94-101 Limerick Celtics
EJ Sligo
All-Stars 72-74 Tradehouse Central Ballincollig
Fr Mathews 84-72
Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One:
Trinity Meteors
92-49 Swords Thunder
NUIG Mystics
75-63 Limerick Celtics
Ulster
University 102-56 Fabplus North West
Team Tom
McCarthys St Mary’s 45-50 Portlaoise Panthers
Griffith College
Templeogue 75-58 Phoenix Rockets
Basketball Ireland Detailed Results: November 13-17th
Basketball
Ireland Men's Super League
Maree
67-87 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors
Top scorers
Maree: Darin Johnson 20, Paul Freeman 16, John Burke 8
Top scorers
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors: Eoin Quigley 21, Ivan Bogdanovic 16, Jonathan Lawton
13
Half time score:
Maree 34-51 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors
Moycullen
75-70 Griffith College Templeogue
Top scorers
Moycullen: Grant Olsson 17, James Connaire 14, Paul Kelly 13
Top scorers
Griffith College Templeogue: Darren Townes 16, Lorcan Murphy 15, Neil Randolph
14
Half time score:
Moycullen 40-45 Griffith College Templeogue
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Super League:
Maree
79-73 Fr Mathews
Top scorers
Maree: Carly McLendon 25, Claire Rockall 20, Michelle Fahy 10
Top scorers Fr
Mathews: Grainne Dwyer 26, Chantell Alford 16, Shannon Brady 12
Half time score:
Maree 40-38 Fr Mathews
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One
NUIG
Mystics 75-63 Limerick Celtics
Top scorers NUIG
Mystics: Rebecca Carmody 22, Ailish O’Reilly 20, Deirdre Brennan 8, Theresa
Harrison 8
Top scorers
Limerick Celtics: Kendall Bradbury 27, Emily Tinnes 19, Caoimhe Teehan 6
Half time score:
NUIG Mystics 42-39 Limerick Celtics
Basketball Ireland Fixtures: November 23-24th
Saturday 23rd November 2019
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League
UCD Marian v
Keanes Supervalu Killorglin, UCD, 19:00
Pyrobel
Killester v Griffith College Templeogue, IWA-Clontarf, 19:00
Coughlan CandS
Neptune v Belfast Star, Neptune Stadium, 19:00
DBS Eanna v Moycullen,
Colaiste Eanna, 19:00
Abbey Seals
Dublin Lions v Garvey’s Tralee Warriors, Colaiste Bride, 19:30
DCU Saints v
Maree, DCU Complex, 20:00
Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League
IT Carlow
Basketball v Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics, Barrow Centre-IT Carlow, 15:15
Maxol WIT
Wildcats v Marble City Hawks, Mercy Gym, 19:00
Maree v DCU
Mercy, Calasanctius College-Galway, 19:30
Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One
Ulster
University v Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney, UUJ, 12:30
IT Carlow
Basketball v EJ Sligo All-Stars, Barrow Centre-IT Carlow, 12:30
Tradehouse
Central Ballincollig v LYIT Donegal, Ballincollig CS, 16:00
Limerick Celtics
v Limerick Sports Eagles, St Munchins, 18:30
Portlaoise
Panthers v Fr Mathews, St Marys Sports Hall, 19:00
Waterford Vikings
v McGowans Tolka Rovers, WIT, 19:00
Basketball Ireland Women’s Division One
Limerick Celtics
v Tipperary Knights, St Munchins, 16:15
NUIG Mystics v
Portlaoise Panthers, Ballinfoyle CC, 16:30
Swords Thunder v
Fabplus North West, ALSAA-Dublin, 19:00
Sunday 24th November 2019
Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League
Ambassador UCC
Glanmire v Pyrobel Killester, Mardyke Arena, 14:30
Singleton
SuperValu Brunell v Fr Mathews, Parochial Hall, 14:45
Basketball Ireland Women’s Division One
Portlaoise
Panthers v Fabplus North West, St Marys Sports Hall, 13:30
Trinity Meteors
v Ulster University, Colaiste Iosagain, 14:30
UL Huskies v
Team Tom McCarthys St Mary’s, UL Arena-Limerick, 15:00
