D'Orlando's late impression keeps Neptune clear
Tolka Rovers 69 (34) Neptune 72(39)
G Haffner 12 Rasuel McKune 24
L. McMillan / J Haastrup 11 J D'Orlando 16
Tolka Rovers were unlucky not to pull of a shock defeat of league leaders Neptune in Glasnevin today. Tolka played superb defence against the table toppers and were leading by 6pts for most of the second half. Tolka lost Paddy Boylan to five fouls early in the 4th quarter and he proved a big loss for the Dublin club. Tolka were in team fouls early in the fourth quarter as opposed to Neptune who only drew five fouls in the second half - three of these from Stephen McCarthy who fouled out of the game for Neptune. With 23 seconds to go in the game the sides were level and Tolka held possession when Randal Mounts was called for travelling giving Neptune vital possession. With 1 second remaining on the clock, Jon D'Orlando was fouled by Mounts on the shot. He made the shot and the bonus to give Neptune a 3pt victory and the vital 2pts that keeps them clear of Denny at the top of the table.
Esat Telecom Demons 81(41) Dungannon 86(39)
J Estick 27 T Smullen 22
B Hernandez 25 B Wadel 21
J McKenny 10 M Collins 12Kerry Spring Killarney 79(34) Killester 76(40)
Terry Smith 29 Dave Weaver 25
Robbie Turner 25 Ed Randoph 18
Cormac O'Donoghue 9 Mike Trimmer 14
A dramatic buzzer beating three pointer from John Teahan clinched a sensational victory for Kerry Spring Water against Killester in the Presentation Gym, Killarney last Saturday night. With five and a half seconds remaining Killester had a chance to win the game but Jerome Westbrooks made one from two free throws to level the game at 76 apiece.
With the game destined for overtime Teahan threw up a last gasp effort to beat the buzzer and clinch victory amid a frenzy of excitement.
Killanrey led 19-17 at the end of the first quarter but Killester's Dave Weaver was outstanding scoring 18pts in the first half and he ensured Killester led by 2pts at half time.
Cormac O'Donoghue picked up his fourth foul three minutes into the second half and sat out for the remainder of the quarter and his absence allowed Killester, especially Ed Randolph, to dominate the boards. Killester led by 67-59 going into the final quarter.
Terry Smith enjoyed his best game of the season to date and clawed back the deficit to just 1pt. Cormac O'Donoghue put Killarney ahead 72-71 with three minutes to go. James Fleming stole the ball from Jonathan Grennell setting up Robbie Turner for the dunk to make it 74-71. Trimmer kept the visitors in touch to see Killester trail 76-75 with 28 seconds to go. Westbrooks went to the line with 5.5 seconds to go making 1/2 to level the game before Teahan devastated Killester with his last gasp three-pointer. As well as this winning basket, Teahan's superb marking of Weaver in the last 16 minutes of the game kept the American to just 2pts.
Denny Notre Dame 78(38) Sligo Dairies 66(35)
Ciaran Dempsey 26 Chris Doyal 39
Eric Blair 16 Deora Marsh 11
Anthony Jenkins 14 Michael Murphy 6
Despite the outstanding 39 point performance from Sligo's Chris Doyal and a slow start from the Sprite Cup Champions, Denny did enough to take the two points and leave Sligo languishing in bottom spot with just 1 win.
Sligo opened brighter with Chris Doyal scoring 15pts in the first quarter. hw was assisted by Michael Murphy with 6pts and at the end of the quarter Sligo led by 25 to 18.
Denny switched to man to man defence in the 2nd quarter and Eric Blair and Ciaran Dempsey came to the fore with 10pts apiece and by half time Denny had turned the game in there favour to lead by 3pts.Denny continued to play tough defence in the second half and managed to restrict Doyal to 4pts while Jenkins with 3 three-pointers put Denny ahead by 8. Ciaran Dempsey hit a further 8pts to extend Denny's lead to 11pts going into the last 10 minutes of the game which proved sufficient.Clare Jets 76 St Vincent’s 95
A. Pieper 27 B Tonkovich 26
M Ayanadejo 23 F Williams 18
Burger King Limerick 121(67) Clare Jets 71(40)
R Winston 41 A Pieper 22
K Lewis 26 M. Ayenbajo 20
M Norris 24 L Hunt 12
Superb performance for Burger King Limerick who became the first team to go over 100pts this season. Packed gym - people turned away the crowd was so big. Limerick went up 15pts in the first quarter and were never threatened from this point on Rock Winston scored 41pts the highest individual tally to date in the SuperLeague.ESB Women's SuperLeague
Univ. of Limerick 47(31) Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats 82(47)
N Cleary 13 C White 17
U Kyne 8 J Hayes 14
E Kyne 7 O O'Reilly 13Tolka Rovers 62(29) Meteors 60(33)
R Kelly 20 K Hennessy 23
N O'Brien 15 O Nolan 20
S Kelly 10 S Harvey 7
An in form Meteors side nearly pulled of a shock defeat of league leaders Tolka in an superb game at Glasnevin. Great shooting from Karen Hennessy and Orla Nolan kept Meteors in front for most of the game with Tolka trailing until the final 30 seconds of the game. Meteors led by 6pts with 90seconds remaining and defeat seemed on the cards for Tolka. But Nicky O'Brien scored an incredible two three pointers to tie the game and with 10 seconds to go Denise Walsh stole the ball and scored a lay up to give Tolka Rovers the 2pt victory.
Crusaders 39(19) Killester 66(32)
S O'Rourke 9 S Vaughan 13
E Pierce 9 M Thompson 10
C McDermott 8 J Blount/L Murphy 7
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