Pyrobel Killester left themselves with too much to do against an impressive looking Griffith Swords Thunder losing out 91-86 at the IWA in Clontarf. Brian O’Malley’s side were 20 points in arrears at half time before storming back into the game to set up a frenetic final quarter.
Thunder eventually pulled through with some late free-throws and 14 points apiece from debutants Justin Goldsborough, José María and Charlie Coombes.
Ireland International Lorcan Murphy scored 30 points as Templeogue beat DCU Saints in St Vincent’s and a last gasp three-pointer from Conor Johnson helped Belfast Star to a narrow win at home to UL Eagles.
UCD put up the biggest score of the weekend with 99 points away to Commercial.ie Eanna. There was an even spread of scorers for the students to offset 20 points from Australian big man Nathaniel Musters for the hosts.
There were defeats for both top tier new comers as KUBS lost 89-73 at home to SSE Airtricity Moycullen in Mark Ingle’s first game as head coach while Irish TV Tralee Warriors couldn’t prevent UCC Demons from opening the defence of their title with a 92-77 win.
Demons debutante Jacob Lawson debuted with 23 points and Kyle Hosford shook off an injury to hit 17.
Kieran Donaghy scored 15 points on his return to Super League basketball and his Warriors Head Coach says they learned a lot from the experience.
“We’ll be a lot better in about four or five games,’ said Mark Bernsen. “We weren’t as sharp mentally in the second half as we were in the first half and that’s something we have to work on.”
Kerry footballer Donaghy stayed on the floor until the 38th minute of action.
Dylan Cunningham was one of four Irish players to score 20 points or more this weekend in Moycullen’s come-back win at KUBS.
Results:
Saturday September 24th
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League
Pyrobel Killester 86, Griffith Swords Thunder 91
Commercial.ie Éanna 66, UCD Marian 99
Belfast Star 68, UL Eagles 67
KUBS BC 73, SSE Airtricity Moycullen 89
DCU Saints 79, Templeogue 92
Friday September 23rd
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League
UCC Demons 92, Irish TV Tralee Warriors 77
Upcoming Fixtures
Saturday 1 October 2016
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League:
Commercial.ie Eanna v Griffith Swords Thunder, Coláiste Éanna, Rathfarnham, 18:00
SSE Airtricity Moycullen v DCU Saints, Kingfisher NUI Galway, 19:00
UCD Marian v UCC Demons, UCD Sports Centre, Belfield 19:30
UL Eagles v KUBS BC, UL Sport Arena, Limerick, 20:00
Irish TV Tralee Warriors v Belfast Star, Tralee Sports Complex, 20:00
Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League:
Meteors v DCU Mercy, Coláiste Íosagáin, Stillorgan, 16:00
Maxol WIT Wildcats v NUIG Mystics, Mercy SS, Waterford, 19:00
Portlaoise Panthers v UCC Glanmire, St Mary's Hall, Portlaoise 19:00
Courtyard Liffey Celtics v Singleton’s SuperValu Brunell , Leixlip Amenities, 19:30
Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One:
ITC Basketball v Fr Mathews, Barrow Centre, IT Carlow, 15:30
LYIT Donegal v University Ulster Elks , Letterkenny IT Sports Centre 16:00
Titans v Sligo All-Stars, Knocknacarra Community Centre, 18:00
Team Kilkenny v Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin, The Watershed, Kilkenny, 19:00
BFG Neptune v Kestrels , Neptune Stadium, Cork, 19:00
Basketball Ireland Women’s Division One:
ITC Basketball v Team Denjoes American Style, Barrow Centre, IT Carlow, 13:30;
UL Huskies v Fr Mathews, UL Sport Arena, Limerick, 17:00
Oblate Dynamos v University Ulster Elks, Oblate Hall Inchicore, 19:30
Sunday 2 October 2016:
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League:
Templeogue v Pyrobel Killester, Oblate Hall Inchicore, 15:30
Basketball Ireland Men’s Division One:
Dublin Lions v Maree , Coláiste Bríde, Clondalkin,14:00
