Maree continued their fine form in the Women's Super League, notching their sixth straight victory with a final score of 94-85 at home to Pyrobel Killester.
It took an overtime period to separate the two sides, but the hot hand of Dayna Finn proved to be the difference between the two teams, the young guard pouring in 33 points in the encounter. When the buzzer sounded at the end of the fourth, both sides were knotted up at 78 apiece.
However, led by Finn, the Galway side pulled away after a couple of quick baskets to start the extra period. Adella Randel El was most impressive for the visiting side, but the Hula Hoops Paudie O’Connor Cup finalists came up short in the end.
DCU Mercy sealed a hard-fought victory when they came up against Singleton's Supervalu Brunell in the solitary fixture on Sunday.
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Brunell had the upper-hand, entering the halftime break a point to the good. The sides were neck and neck throughout the third quarter also, with Brunell putting DCU under tremendous pressure to snatch a victory away from home.
With the game – and security of the Super Leagu title - hanging in the balance, it was DCU who pulled away as the final period wound on, snatching victory by a slender margin of eight-points in a 74-82 win which keeps them two wins ahead of title-chasers, Maree.
Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics managed to move to eight wins on the season when they took victory from a low-scoring affair in Cork, defeating Fr Mathews 50-54. The teams were locked at 28 points each at the interval, but neither side could put much together in the way of scoring in the second half, Mathews shooting just 29% from the field.
Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman was tremendous for the visiting side, chipping in with 21 points for the Dublin outfit. Sorcha Tiernan was also impressive for Liffey, coming up with some important scores when her team went down in the fourth while tallying 14 points for the evening.
Elsewhere in the Women’s Super League, Ambassador UCC Glanmire continued their fine run of form in taking down Maxol WIT Wildcats 64-72 in Waterford. The result makes it three wins on the spin, with Mark Scannell’s charges bouncing back from their last loss to rivals Fr Mathews at the start of the month.
Shrita Parker continued to impress for the visitors, the Virginia native walking off the court with 31 points, having had 29 and 38 respectively in her last two games. Jasmine Walker was impressive for the home side, but having gone into half time down by six points, the Waterford side failed to diminish the deficit as the game wore on.
IT Carlow notched their second win of the campaign on the road when they made the short trip to Kilkenny to face Marble City Hawks. Martin Conroy’s team walked away comfortable 53-81 victors, Kaitlyn Slagus doing the lion’s share of the scoring with 35 points in the game.
