Sligo Weekender

SEASONSTAT­S

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EJ SLIGO ALL-STARS’ RESULTS

BASKETBALL IRELAND MEN’S SUPER LEAGUE – REGULAR SEASON

R1: Griffith College Éanna 89, EJ Sligo All-Stars 78 (September 30) (L); R2: EJ Sligo All-Stars 86, Belfast Star 93 (October 7) (L); R3: EJ Sligo All-Stars 97, Bright St Vincent’s 91 (October 14) (W); R4: Maree 92, EJ Sligo All-Stars 70 (October 21) (L); R5: EJ Sligo All-Stars 86, UCC Demons 100 (October

28) (L); R6: EJ Sligo All-Stars 93, Pyrobel Killester 76 (November 18) (W); R7: Templeogue 95, EJ

Sligo All-Stars 90 (November 25) (L); R10: EJ Sligo All-Stars 85, Griffith College Éanna 105 (Scheduled for December 30 but played on December 2) (L);

R8: Flexachem KCYMS 76, EJ Sligo All-Stars 94 (December 9) (W); R9: Ulster University 69, EJ Sligo All-Stars 86 (December 16) (W); R16: Maigh Cuilinn 74, EJ Sligo All-Stars 63 (Scheduled for February 24 but played on January 6) (L); R11: Belfast Star 98, EJ Sligo All-Stars 97 (January 13) (L); R12: EJ Sligo All-Stars 105, Irish Guide Dogs Ballincoll­ig@

bagged 29 points in this fixture, with Tom Child (21 points) and Christian Williams (11 points) also making valuable contributi­ons.

Leading the way for Maree were Terence Lewis II, who scored 21 points, Tahmir Gadsden (18 points) and Zvonimir Cutuk (18 points).

Despite not getting to the next stage of the play-offs, the Shane O’Meara-coached EJ

Sligo All-Stars can reflect on another positive campaign – 10 wins from 21 games (two competitio­ns), with November’s round one exit in the InsureMyHo­use.ie Pat Duffy Men’s National Cup a definite blip. Sligo All-Stars Basketball Club hailed the efforts of the team in this season’s Men’s Super League. A post on the club’s

MTU 97 (January 27) (W); R13: Bright St Vincent’s 95, EJ Sligo All-Stars 105 (February 3) (W); R14: EJ Sligo All-Stars 102, Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 101 (February 10) (W); R15: Pyrobel Killester 103, EJ Sligo All-Stars 86 (February 17) (L); R17: EJ Sligo All-Stars 98, Templeogue 94 (March 2) (W);

EJ Sligo All-Stars 126, Energywise Ireland Neptune 98 (March 9) (W); R19: EJ Sligo All-Stars 86, Ulster University 78 (March 16) (W).

BASKETBALL IRELAND MEN’S SUPER LEAGUE – PLAY-OFFS

QUARTER-FINAL: Maree 104, EJ Sligo All-Stars 84 (March 23) (L).

PAT DUFFY MEN’S NATIONAL CUP

R1: Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 103, EJ Sligo All-Stars 77 (November 4) (L).

RESULTS SEQUENCE: LLWLLL*WLLWWLLWWW­LWWWL.

*Cup fixture – the rest are Super League games.

Facebook page said: “It wasn’t to be in Galway against a strong Maree side with EJ Sligo AllStars fighting to the very end. Well done to the players and coaches on qualifying for the players in our first two seasons back in the Super League.”

Maree will take on Griffith College Éanna in the semi-finals – the other semi-final sees Pyrobel Killester up against UCC Demons.

In last weekend’s other quarter-finals, Griffith College Éanna were one-point winners over Garvey’s Tralee Warriors, 82-81, UCC Demons defeated Belfast Star, 113-111, and Pyrobel Killester defeated defending champions Irish Guide Dogs Ballincoll­ig@ MTU 83-70.

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