Team Montenotte Hotel fought off DCU Mercy to win 72-69 and secure the 2016 Women’s Premier League title. In doing so, the Glanmire club moved to the top of the all-time list with seven wins.
Mercy made a move in the third quarter with strong inside play from Aoife McDermott but Glanmire’s swarming defence took hold down the stretch.
“It’s game like that that you want to win,” said captain Aine McKenna. “We were six points down and we came back to win by three. It’s unreal.”
“It wasn’t a day for stars, it was a day for dogged defence, hard work and a great team effort,” said Coach Mark Scannell.
C&S UCC Demons claimed their fourth successive Champions Trophy to round out the Men’s Premier League season with an 82-77 win over PyrobelKillester.
It was a 19-point swing in the middle quarters as the league champions came from eight points down to take control through Kyle Hosford and Lehmon Colbert.
Colin O’Reilly was pleased with two trophies out of three at the end of a tough campaign, saying: “It’s been a very long season but we always had two or three guys who had the energy to keep pushing the tempo.”
NUIG Mystics’ 79-61 win over a doughty Fr Mathews earned them a first ever Women’s Division One playoff title.
It was an historic year for the Galway side whose first place in the regular season saw them promoted, while the Senior Women’s National Cup win ensured a clean sweep.
KUBS prevented a treble of Men’s Division One trophies by Maree as they claimed the League Cup with an 89-79 win at the Watershed, Kilkenny.
The Dublin side had finished runners’ up in their maiden Division One campaign but a solid weekend at the league finals game them their first trophy.
SUNDAY 20 MARCH, The Watershed, Kilkenny
Champions Trophy final
C&S UCC Demons 82,PyrobelKillester, 77
Women's Premier League play-off final
Team Montenotte Hotel Cork 72, DCU Mercy 69
League Cup final
KUBS 89, Maree 79
SATURDAY 19 MARCH, The Watershed, Kilkenny
Women's Division One play-off final
NUIG Mystics 79, Fr Mathews 61
Champions Trophy semi-final
C&S UCC Demons 75 UCD Marian 71
Champions Trophy semi-final
PyrobelKillester 94 Templeogue BC 76
League Cup semi-final
Maree BC 80Keanes Supervalu Killorglin 76
U18 Women’s National Shield final
Moycullen BC 71 Tolka Rovers 42
FRIDAY 18 MARCH, The Watershed, Kilkenny
League Cup semi-final
KUBS BC 91 Team Kilkenny 86
U18 Men’s National Shield final
Ballincollig BC 61 St Vincents BC 79
