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Interactive Hang-Time News by Email Hoopchat Frequently Asked Questions Waterford stretch lead as Star wane
ESB Men's Superleague
St Vincent's 106 (52) S McGuirk 24, M Richardson/M Trimmer/ C Dickerson 21
Sx3 Star 94 (45) M Dixon 27, G Maguire 20, D McGhee 18Abbey Foods Sligo 81 G Burston 43, Y Fontenau 19
Hibernian UCD Marian 85 P Glover 21, H Jones 19Neptune 71 (39) K Gamble 25, C Watson 18, N O'Reilly 11
Dart Killester 87 (39) E Jackson 39, C Davis 22, D Sealy 14Tolka Rovers 95 (43) C Patterson 30
Esat Business Demons 89 (59) J Estick 36Tyrone Towers 99
Gleneagle Lakers 71 B Gilligan 36, M Horton 23Big Al's Notre Dame 72 (30) B Hughes 29, A Jenkins 13, S Camera 13
Frosties Tigers 74 (38) R Leonard 20, J Turner 19, B Craddock 13St Vincent's 94 (36) C Dickerson 32, M Richardson 25, D Donnelly 15
Burger King Limerick 91 (49) BJ McFarland 38, C Brown 14Sx3 Star 70 (34) G Connolly 23, M Dixon 21, E McGrattan 8
Waterford Crystal 79 (31) J Singleton 29, M Keohane 25, R Gorman 10ESB Women's Superleague
Dart Killester 82 E Pierse 19, C Kissane 18
Glanmire 50 D Walsh 21, C Lynch 14Sasha Meteors 63 (36) E Lindsay 16, C Harvey 15, C O'Sullivan 10
University of Limerick 65 (20) M Aspell, J Aherne 10Bausch & Lomb Wildcats 87 C White 21, J Kelly16
Tolka Rovers 82 L O'Brien 17, S Kelly 16
ESB Men's Superleague Game Reports
Neptune 71 87 Dart Killester
Neptune took an early lead, thanks to an outstanding first quarter
performance from Kenny Gamble. Gamble hit 12 points to win Neptune the
first quarter 25-16.Killester's Eric Jackson had a superb game, both offensively and defensively
and come the second quarter he was all over Gamble to keep his damage to a
minimum for the remainder of the game. Killester cut their deficit to 6
points with four minutes remaining and took the lead for the first time in
the game going into half-time 39-37.The third quarter was scrappy with turnover after turnover and Killester
pulled away leading 51-43 with five minutes remaining. Neptune cut it back
to 2 points going into the final quarter 57-59.Neptune threw away any chance of a victory in the last quarter scoring a
mere 11points to Killester's 30. With four minutes to go the teams were
even on 69 points apiece but Neptune had only one more point in the game
giving Killester their fourth win in a row.
Sx3 Star 70 79 Waterford Crystal
An off form day for Star but the Northerners can find comfort knowing a
defeat over their Cup rivals is still a possibility. The first quarter
started and ended slow with a mere 7 points from Star. Waterford looked to
be off form also but finished the quarter with a 7-point lead 14-7.The game picked up in the second quarter and Star took the lead at half time
34-31. Star struggled with their American centre Deric McGhee who had his
worst performance of the season. McGhee was 0/12 at the 3pt line and
finished with a game total of 5 points. The game was basket for basket in
the second half with Waterford taking back the lead going into the last
quarter 52-57.Star were unable to bring it back and Waterford picked up the points in the
Cup semi preview winning 79-70.Tolka Rovers 95 89 Esat Business Demons
An incredible 18 points for John Esitck in the first quarter put Demons in a
good position, leading 33-14 at the end of the first period. Demons
maintained that lead and at half time with a 16pt lead, the game looked to
be over. Demons led 59-43.The second half saw the Cork team fall apart and Tolka managed to cut it
back to 9pts, 69-78 at the end of the third quarter. With 8 minutes to go
in the final quarter it looked all over for Tolka when Zedrick Smith fouled
out of the game. With six free throws in the last 30 seconds Tolka pulled
it off and picked up the valuable 2 points by winning 95-89.St Vincent's 94 91 Burger King Limerick
A great home win for St Vincent's, despite Mike Trimmer fouling out with six
minutes to go in the last quarter. A game high of 38 points from BJ
McFarland was not enough for Limerick and the usually reliable Cleotis Brown
was off form scoring a mere 4 points from play.The opening quarter was basket for basket with Vincent's finishing on top
20-19. Limerick had the better second quarter and they pulled away to take
a 13point lead at half time 49-36.
Mick Richardson had a superb game for Vincent's and in the third quarter he
helped Vincent's right back into the game and pushed them ahead 67-64 at the
end of the third period.With 4½ minutes left in the game the sides drew even 80-80 and stayed neck
on neck for the closing minutes. A vital steal from John Kelleher won the
game for Vincent's. Limerick led 91-90 but Kelleher intercepted a long pass
to Brown and a basket soon followed to give Vincent's a narrow 92-91 lead
with seconds remaining. A final basket from Richardson sealed the game for
Vincent's.ESB Women's Superleague
Bausch & Lomb Wildcats 94 91 Tolka Rovers
Wildcats won a pulsating top-of-the-table clash with Tolka Rovers to go four
points clear in the Women's Superleague. Wildcats fought back form 4 points
behind to bring the game into overtime thanks to a score on the buzzer from
Olivia O'Reilly
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