Weekend Round Up: Star split leaves Neptune in driving seat
Star of the Sea won one of their two weekend fixtures, beating Killester 78-75 on Friday night before being edged out 65-67 by Neptune on Saturday. But that loss to the league-leading Cork side could be costly, leaving the Belfast team four points off the pace having played a game more.
Results
Star of the Sea 78(43) (38)75 Killester
Gareth Maguire 19 Damon Shoultz 35
John Leahy 18 Dave Weaver 18
Scott Summersville 15 Paddy Kelly 11Killester had a bad first quarter and on Damon Shoultz kept them in the game. The score at the end of the first quarter was 25-14. Killester improved in the second quarter and brought the lead back. Shoultz scoring 23 points in the first half.
Dave Weaver got a three pointer in the first 5 minutes of the second half putting Killester ahead for the first time. It was basket for basket after this. Killester were on team fouls at the end of the final quarter. John Leahy and Gareth McGuire took full advantage of this to help win the game for Star of the Sea.Star Of The Sea (32)65 67(31) Neptune
Gareth Maguire 20 Stephen McCarthy 15
J Leahy 17 Rasuel McKune 15
Scott Summersgill 14 Ricardo Leonard 13
Clare Jets 92 89 Team Kerry Spring WaterDungannon (33)78 89(43) St. Vincents
Brad Wedel 26 Brian Tonkovich 23
Trevor Smullen 15 Ferdinand Williams 18
Matt Collins 14 John Clancy 13
David Donnelly 13
Dungannon lost a number of turnovers and this contributed to their defeat, both teams were guilty of erratic play and had only a fifty-percent record from the free throw line. Brad Wedel for Dungannon and Brian Tonkovich for Vincents were outstanding.
Kerry Spring Water (59)123 87(39) Sligo Dairies
Robbie Turner 32 Chris Doyal 29
Vince Daly 23 Andy Wilmott 22
Terry Smith 22 Mal Daly 9
An explosive second quarter by Kerry Spring Water, where they opened up a 20 point lead, laid the foundation for their comprehensive 36 point victory over Sligo Dairies in Killarney on Saturday night.
The first quarter was closely contested and a brace of three pointers along with consistent scoring from John Teahan helped Kerry Spring to a 27-25 advantage at the end of the quarter, Andy Wilmott was equally impressive for Sligo scoring 13 points in this quarter.The home side dominated the first five minutes of the second quarter as a brace of three pointers from Vince Daly and one more from Shane Horgan along with some big baskets from Terry Smith had Kerry Spring leading 48-29. Cormac O'Donoghue helped maintain the home side's advantage to lead 59-39 at half time. Two three pointers from Sligo's Ian McMorrow reduced the deficit to 14 points but there was no stopping the Killarney side and with Turner, Daly and Smith scoring consistently, Kerry Spring led 84-65 entering the final quarter.
The last ten minutes was a formality as Smith continued to give an exhibition in slam dunking. Coach Dommie Mullins withdrew Americans Turner and Smith with four minutes left. All of Kerry Spring's ten players featured on the score sheet.
Hibernian UCD Marian (44)88 121(61) Killester
D Cooper 38 D Shoultz 45
D Jones 19 D Weaver 32
G Edge 10 S Behan 10
Clare Jets (38)76 83(38) Waterford Crystal
Micheal Ayanbadjejo 26 Roscoe Patterson 27
Anthony Pieper 24 R Scott 24
Lester Hunt 24 David Cunningham 22
Esat Telecom Demons 94(51) 93(43) Denny Notre Dame
John Estick 37 Anthony Jenkins 26
Joe McKenny 23 Eric Blair 24
BA Hernandez 13 Ciaran Dempsey 15Demons led all the way in this tremendously exiting meeting. In the first half they kept Denny well at bay. However in the second half Demon were fighting back with all they were worth. Anthony Jenkins and Eric Blair were both playing fabulous basketball. They managed to bring the lead back to within one point in the final half. Joe McKenny then scored a wonderful dunk with 2 minutes to the whistle. Demons managed to hold onto the lead until the end. A few calls at the end which were in dispute but all in all Demons had a great win.
Tolka Rovers 96(53) 74(31) Dungannon
Greg Haffner 20 Brad Wedel 23
Randell Mounts 19 Trevor Smullen 13
Joey Hastrip 18 Chris Pagan 10Tolka led from the start going 23-15 up in the first quarter. In the second quarter Tolka increased their lead. Dungannon brought the lead to 13 points in the third quarter but Tolka ran the ball in the final quarter and despite a press from Dungannon.
St Vincent’s 88(39) 75(40) Burger King Limerick
David Donnelly 24 Kareem Lewis 21
Brian Tonkovich 16 Rock Winston 19
Ferdinand Williams 12 Mick Norris 16
Stephen McGuirk 12The first half was tight all the way with Rock Winston having a great half.
The second half saw Vincents opening with a 7 point lead. Rock Winston and Mick Norris were very effectively shut down by Vincents. Kareem Lewis continued to do some damage but Vincents were away. They pushed their lead to 12 points in the final quarter. David Donnelly to great work in offence and Ferdinand Williams playing well in defence. Limerick came back at this point and got the distance down to 6 points with 3 minutes to go. But Vincents had done the damage and they continued on for a 8 point victory.
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