UCD Marian had two wins in 24 hours to move up three places with wins at home to DCU Saints and on the road at UL Eagles.
DCU Saints were the first to fall on an 88-54 score line – Marian led 25-17 heading into the second frame when Preston Ross slammed open the scoring and followed up with a couple of successful drives. UCD were 25 points clear by half time, allowing them to conserve energy ahead of the trip to Limerick.
It was a tightly contested affair at the UL Arena but UCD Marian had the only run of the game and pulled clear in the third quarter. Dan James hit 6/9 three pointers and his free throw denied Eagles a losing bonus point with the last shot of the game.
BFG Neptune’s bid to climb back up the table fell apart in the second half as they lost 83-68 to Travelodge Swords Thunder at the ALSAA. Ger Noonan’s side were 13 points clear at half time after a blistering second quarter where they outscored Swords by 18 points.
The trend reversed after the break as Swords upped their intensity, moved the ball and used their size. Swingman Michael Goj was once again the chief marksman and finished the game with a season high 26 points while Michael Bonaparte broke the 20 point mark for the first time since October for the visitors. Neptune managed just 19 points in the second half.
League champions Killester put up their biggest score since mid-October to deny Dublin Inter a losing bonus point at the IWA.
Inter used their perimeter shooting ability to take an early lead and it was almost half time before the home side gained an edge. Jermaine Turner was the fulcrum of Killester’s attack and had 16 points in the first half. Killester upped the pace from the start of the second half but struggled to shake off the Dublin Inter challenge and it took good work from Niall Hegarty get the margin beyond six points.
Results:
Saturday Dec. 20th
Men’s Premier League
UCD Marian 88, DCU Saints 63
UCD Marian Top Scorers: Preston Ross 21, Neil Baynes 14, Dan James 13
DCU Saints Top Scorers: Martins Provizors 24, Mark Nagle 14, Eoin Darling 9
Half Time Score: UCD Marian 54, DCU Saints 29
Travelodge Swords Thunder 83, BFG Neptune 68
Travelodge Swords Thunder Top Scorers: Michael Goj 26, Spenser Mitchell 18, Juan Torres 16
BFG Neptune Top Scorers: Michael Bonaparte 21, Roy Downey 15, Ger Noonan 11
Half Time Score: Travelodge Swords Thunder 36, BFG Neptune 49
Killester 83, Dublin Inter 74
Killester Top Scorers: Jermaine Turner 29, John Behan 12, Michael Westbrooks 12
Dublin Inter Top Scorers: Mazvydas Cepliauskas 17, Audrius Dimiciukas 16, Irmantas Griksas 15.
Men’s Division One
JM&L Auctioneers Titans 75, Eanna 77
JM&L Auctioneers Titans Top Scorers: Tomas Mitkus 23, Darryl Durham 19, Tomas Fabriciuss 16
Eanna Top Scor7ers: Barry Glover 22, Neil Lynch 21, Alan O’Brien 10
Half Time Score: JM&L Auctioneers Titans 37, Eanna 41
Maree 63, Tolka Rovers 55
Maree Top Scorers: Cathal Finn 15, Ken Hansberry 14, Matt Hornbuckle 10, Padraig Burke 10
Tolka Rovers: David O’Beirne 13, Richard Sutton 12, Karl Fleming 11.
Sunday Dec. 21st
Men’s Division One
C&S Blue Demons 79, Fr Mathews 67
Andrew Fitzgerald 17, Shane McCarthy 15, David Murphy 13
Sean Cantwell 19, Michael McGinn 18, Donal McCarthy 7
Half Time Score: C&S Blue Demons 79, Fr Mathews 67
Men’s Premier League
C&S UCC Demons 101, Templeogue 81
C&S UCC Demons Top Scorers: Colin O’Reilly 26, Lehmon Colbert 12, Ciaran O’Sullivan 14.
Templeogue Top Scorers: Jason Killeen 26, Isaac Gordon 23, Lorcan Murphy 13.
Half Time Score: C&S UCC Demons 52, Templeogue 81
UL Eagles 71, UCD Marian 78
UL Eagles Top Scorers: Orlando Parker 16, Neil Campbell 15, Scott Kinevane 12
UCD Marian Top Scorers: Dan James 20, Conor Meany 20, Preston Ross 15
Upcoming Fixtures:
Friday 2 January 2015
Men’s Premier League
C&S UCC Demons v BFG Neptune, Mardyke Arena, Cork 20:00
Saturday 3 January 2015
Men’s Premier League
DCU Saints v Templeogue, DCU Sports Complex, Dublin 19:00
BFG Neptune v Dublin Inter, Neptune Stadium, Cork 19:00
Women’s Premier League
Meteors v Killester, Colaiste Iosagain, Dublin 16:00
Team Montenotte Hotel v UL Huskies, Upper Glanmire Sports Centre, Cork, 17:00
Maxol WIT Wildcats v DCU Mercy, Mercy SS Waterford 19:00
Men’s Division One
Eanna v Maree, Colaiste Eanna 17:00
JM&L Auctioneers Titans v SSE Airtricity Moycullen, Community Centre, Knocknacarra, 19:00
Fr Mathews v Tolka Rovers BC, Colaiste Chriost Ri, Cork 19:15
Women’s Division One
NUIG Mystics v Portlaoise Panthers, NUIG, 15:00
Team Denjoes American Style v Garveys Tralee Imperials, St. Marys Community Centre, 19:30
Sunday 4 January 2015
Men’s Premier League
Travelodge Swords Thunder v UL Eagles, National Basketball Arena, Dublin 14:00
UCD Marian v Killester, National Basketball Arena, Dublin 16:00
Men’s Division One
C&S Blue Demons v Team Left Bank Kilkenny, Mardyke Arena, Cork 15:15
***NOTE***
January 9th/10th/11th
National Cup Semi-Finals Weekend
Men’s Premier League
P W L F A BP Points
1 C&S UCC Demons 10 10 0 932 740 0 30
2 Travelodge Swords Thunder 8 7 1 642 562 0 21
3 Killester 10 7 3 710 685 0 21
4 UCD Marian 10 5 5 768 735 3 18
5 Templeogue 10 5 5 748 799 0 15
6 Belfast Star 10 3 7 731 764 4 13
7 BFG Neptune 10 4 6 840 861 0 12
8 DCU Saints 9 3 6 682 743 1 10
9 UL Eagles 9 2 7 618 690 3 9
10 Dublin Inter 10 2 8 707 799 1 7
Women’s Premier League
P W L F A Points
1 Courtyard Liffey Celtics 8 6 2 534 460 20
2 Team Montenotte Hotel 7 6 1 488 371 19
3 Singleton Supervalu Brunell 8 5 3 533 546 18
4 DCU Mercy 6 4 2 422 361 14
5 Maxol WIT Wildcats 8 3 5 470 505 14
6 UL Huskies 9 2 7 487 636 13
7 Meteors 6 3 3 399 376 12
8 Killester 8 1 7 463 541 10
Men’s Division One
P W L F A BP Points
1 SSE Airtricity Moycullen 7 6 1 553 423 1 19
2 Maree 7 5 2 519 464 1 16
3 C&S Blue Demons 7 5 2 507 496 0 15
4 Eanna 7 4 3 498 463 1 13
5 JM&L Auctioneers Titans 7 3 4 518 514 2 11
6 Team Left Bank Kilkenny 7 2 5 508 518 1 7
7 Fr Mathews 7 2 5 422 514 0 6
8 Tolka Rovers BC 7 1 6 409 542 1 4
Women’s Division One
P W L F A Points
1 Garveys Tralee Imperials 4 3 1 247 231 10
2 Portlaoise Panthers 3 3 0 244 199 9
3 Oblate Dynamos 5 2 3 327 340 9
4 ITC Basketball 5 2 3 281 312 9
5 NUIG Mystics 4 1 3 258 270 6
6 Team Denjoes American Style 3 1 2 189 194 5
