Killester went joint-top of the Domino's Women's Super League alongside Utility Trust St Paul's after defeating Gurranbraher Credit Union Brunell 74-61.
For Killester, it was the star duo of Audrey Roden and Samantha Haiby who showed out with a combined 46 points for Killester and also drawing in 17 boards between them.
With Brunell, they had somewhat of a shooting slump. They shot 19% from three in a game where the two sides went in at the half level, but Brunell could not cope with the pressure from Killester in the second half and would eventually build their 13-point lead. Killester will be looking to go four for four next week as they host Catalyst Fr. Mathew's on Saturday.
Utility St Paul's Killarney picked up where they left off against Portlaoise last weekend and gained a comfortable 80-67 victory over Catalyst Fr Mathew's today in Kerry. The win for St. Paul's keeps them at a 100% record in the league.
Fr Mathew's took the lead as the game tipped off, Killarney regained the lead two minutes in, and from there, they never surrendered it. Four Killarney players scored at least 15 points with both Tara Cousins and Lorraine Scanlon hitting 16, Lovisa Hevinder with 19 and then Maisie Burnham had her third-straight twenty-point performance keeping a 21.3 points per game average as the Kerry ladies go 3-0.
Unfortunately for Catalyst Fr Mathews, it is a third straight defeat. In what was a fairly sobering day for the Cork side, it was Laila Blair who provided a shining spark with 34 points, seven rebounds and three steals on 37 efficiency.
Blair had a strong shooting showing on her 34 with 5-9 from three and 56% from the field. Fr Mathew's will face a challenging task next weekend as they face the defending champions in Killester looking to get that first notch in the win column.
After a torrid start to their campaign, the newly-promoted McEvoy’s Cavan Eagles finally got their season up and running with a 70-57 triumph over Midlands Park Portlaoise Panthers.
Cavan's biggest lead turned out to be a winning lead driven by an all-around team performance with standout performances namely from Katie O’Sullivan and Mazatkan Harris. O’Sullivan scored 21 on 6-10 shooting from the field with 26 efficiency. As for Harris, she kept up her strong individual start to the season with 11 of her own points accompanied by 12 rebounds keeping up her double-double average start to her Domino's Women's Super League career.
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As for Portlaoise, it is now two losses on the bounce following a tough loss to St Paul’s Killarney. It was tough day at the office offensively for the Panthers shooting 7-20 from three and just 25% from inside the three-point line. Jessica Fressle was a positive on both sides of the ball for Portlaoise with 13 points and 10 rebounds on 15 efficiency. In a game where the Laois side led by as many as 15 points at one stage, they will come away thinking it is back to the drawing board as they prepare to welcome UCC Glanmire next weekend and look to break even in the table after four games have concluded.
In the last Saturday offering this weekend, we saw a battle between the 2-0 Trinity Meteors and the 1-1 SETU Waterford Wildcats go right down to the wire with Alyssa Frescas hitting a shot at the buzzer to hand Trinity their first defeat of the season and send Waterford to 2-1. Frescas dropped 32 points and 10 rebounds whilst being supported by Sarah Hickey who had 19 and 11 rebounds in a game that finished 68-66 to the Wildcats.
As for the Meteors, they had a trio to carry the weight of their scoring with Hazel Finn hitting 14, including the game-tying shot before the winner, Ava Learn with 14 points and 11 boards and Kylie Horstmeyer who had 15 points, 10 boards on an efficiency of 21 as Trinity moved to 2-1 and begin to prepare for the Dublin derby next week as they take on FloMAX Liffey Celtics.
Liffey Celtics' tough start to the season continued as they picked up their third consecutive loss of the season in a 76-64 loss to UCC Glanmire on Sunday. Irish international Sorcha Tiernan scored 24 points for Liffey and added seven rebounds as she tried to pull the Celtics through but ultimately, Glanmire had too much firepower.
For Glanmire, it was the Jewel Watkins show as she dropped 33 points and 5 rebounds for UCC. The supporting cast of 14 points from Viane Cumber and 11 from Claire O’Sullivan managed to drive the Cork side over the line in a game where UCC only grew into the game with 42 of the 76 points they scored coming in the second half. Glanmire will look to make it 2-2 for the season when they travel to Portlaoise to face the Panthers.
