UCD Marian, Griffith College Templeogue, Tradehouse Central Ballincollig and Garvey's Tralee Warriors remain unbeaten in the InsureMyVan.ie Super League after two games.
Griffith College Templeogue came through a thriller at the National Basketball Arena on Saturday, beating DBS Éanna 85-82 in a repeat of the 2020 National Cup final.
Griffith College Templeogue’s preparations for the game had been thrown into disarray when DJ Mitchell left the club.
Vladimir Tokishin top scored for Griffith College Templeogue with 22 points, while Jason Killeen (18) and Lorcan Murphy (16) also had big games.
UCD Marian beat Bright DCU Saints 78-68 in the other Dublin derby at the weekend.
UCD Marian appeared to be coasting to victory with a sizeable 52-25 half-time lead, but Gareth Winders’ side closed the gap after the break. Julius Brooks had a sizeable 26-point contribution in a losing effort.
Srdjan Stojanovic led the scoring for UCD Marian with 24 points, followed by Dan James (18) and Neil Baynes (13).
Newcomers Tradehouse Central Ballincollig are adjusting nicely to life in the top flight, and they picked up their first away win at the first attempt, beating Team 360 Financial Killorglin 69-64. Andre Nation picked up another big score with 20 points.
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors are also two from two after they edged Moycullen 84-81. New signing Aaron Calixte once again led the scoring on 31 points, with Fergal O’Sullivan (17) and James Fernane (10) also playing vital roles in the win.
There was a thriller at the IWA Clontarf, where defending champions Belfast Star picked up their first win of the season, although it took a three pointer from Max Cooper with 6.1 seconds remaining to clinch it.
Cooper led Belfast’s scoring with 28 points, followed closely behind by Conor Quinn on 23 points.
Belfast Star had a 10-point cushion by half-time, but Killester responded impressively and were level at 49-49 with three minutes to go in the third quarter.
The game appeared to be veering in Killester’s favour, before Belfast Star wrestled back the result.
C&S Neptune picked up their first win of the season with a 92-78 success over NUIG Maree.
The teams were level at 43-43 at half-time and C&S Neptune led by a point going into the final quarter, before pulling away to win by 14 points. Nil Sabata top scored for the Cork side with 25 points.
