Belfast Star make it three wins in a row with a comeback win against Limerick Celtics in the Men's Super League.
The victors came back from 18 points down in the third quarter to defeat the promoted side 81-73 to extend their unbeaten start.
A Limerick Celtics side led by the duo of Abdul Wurie and AJ Williams started the game well and really hammered home their impressive first half performance by going in at half-time up by 14 points, but as the third wore on and as we entered the final ten minutes of the game, Star quietly chewed away at the Celtics lead and would eventually be rewarded with a lead with eight minutes left. Once Star went in front, there was no going back.
Max Richardson, Rapolas Buivydas and Roger Wilson combined for 48 of Belfast's total of 81 points. Richardson had a very efficient 15, shooting 5-8 from the field. Buivydas and Wilson dominated the boards with a total combined 17 rebounds for Adrian Fulton's team. What will be of note for both sides however is how poor shooting was from beyond the arc.
Celtics shot 6-32 from three and Star similarly shot 6-31 from behind the three point line. Belfast will head into next weekend with all the confidence, as the only undefeated side left in the leaguer and they travel to Killorglin to face Flexachem KCYMS. Meanwhile, the Limerick Celtics will be at home as they welcome the 2-1 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors.
Latavious Mitchell put on a show-stopping performance for Ballincollig, as they managed to pick up their first victory of the season with a 108-91 win over Energywise Ireland Neptune. Mitchell dropped 38 points in just 28 minutes of play along with nine boards and a massive 41 efficiency.
The supporting cast of Latrell Jossell, who had 23 points, six rebounds and eight assists and Josh Steel, who had 18 and six assists, made the difference as Ballincollig cruised to a win in the Cork derby, to get to a record of 1-2 this season.
As for Neptune, they are still in search of that elusive first win of the season. But what will be cause for concern is the average of almost 112 points being given up so far this season by the Cork outfit. In a game where they only led by one point, yet went behind by as much as 26 at one stage, the saving grace can be the duo of Joe-Junior Muvezolo and Adon Gregorio, who dropped a huge 40 between them to try drive Neptune, but ultimately it wasn’t to be.
Neptune will have a tough task next week with a visit from Griffith College Éanna, who are fresh off two wins on the bounce.
Griffith College Éanna made it two in a row after a week one defeat, by cruising to a 104-77 win against St Vincent’s on Saturday.
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Six players had over ten points for Éanna, but the standout performers were Kristijan Andabaka and Jalen McAfee Marion. Andabaka had 16 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, along with a game-high 24 efficiency. As for Marion, he dropped 23 points in 19 minutes and had a 23 efficiency in a game where Éanna would feel they were mostly comfortable in a 27-point win.
Flexachem KCYMS were left stunned as they lost their undefeated status against a Killester side who had a mixed start to the season.
KCYMS suffered a 28-point loss as Robert Braswell IV and Josh Wilson combined for 43 to defeat as it finished 90-62. Braswell had quite a dominant performance with 23 points, seven rebounds and a strong efficiency of 24. Wilson had a game-high efficiency of 25, to go with his 20-point showing for the Dublin side.
UCC Demons' slow start to the season continued, succumbing to a 86-79 defeat at Garvey’s Tralee Warriors in MTU Tralee. Tala Fam Thiam continued a strong start to his Demons campaign with 16 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. However it wasn’t enough to topple the Tralee trio of Irshaad Hunte, Jordan Perkins and Daniel Jokubaitis. Hunte managed to drop 23 points and add 10 boards to his stat line.
Perkins had his own 17 points to accompany six rebounds and 10 assists and Jokubaitis has 19 with six boards and four assists in a game that saw the Warriors extend to 2-1 and send the champions to a tough 1-2 start.
UCD Marian defeated EJ Sligo All-Stars 87-81 to go 2-1 and hand Sligo their second defeat of the season in three games.
Joshua Reynolds was the leader for Marian as he scored 23 points on 8-12 shooting and an efficiency of 30 for Reynolds. James Connaire and Tanner Graham also contributed 35 points together for UCD as they dug deep to grind out their second win of the season.
