Poor third quarter derails St Marys
WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
Team Tom McCarthy’s 69 Maree 78
TEAM Tom McCarthy’ s hosted table toppers Maree in Castleisland on Saturday last. Demise Dunlea opened for the home side hitting a big three and good defence by the St. Mary’s side prevented the visitors from shooting inside regulation twice inside the first three minutes. St. Mary’s led 21 points to 10 at the end of the first.
Maree stepped up their performance in the second quarter outscoring the home side by five points with huge contributions coming from Claire Rockall, Catherine Connaire and Carol McCarthy.
St Mary’s new signing Mia Hopkins had a great second quarter hitting 12 of the sides 21 and setting up several other scores to see her side lead by six at the interval.
Men’s Superleague
PW Templeogue 10 7 Belfast Star 10 7 Killester 10 7 Tralee Warrior 9 6 UCD Marian 9 5 Swords 11 5 UCC Demons 10 5 DCU Saints 10 5 Maree 10 4 Neptune 10 4 Killorglin 10 3 Moycullen 11 2
Men’s Division One Northern Conference
PW DBS Eanna 13 13 Dublin Lions 13 10 Sligo All-Stars 13 8 Tolka Rovers 13 7 KUBS BC 13 6 Ulster Elks 13 4 LYIT Donegal 13 3 Titans 13 1 Pts 21 21 21 18 15 15 15 15 12 12 9 6 L PD
0 279 3 140 5 54 6 31 7 21 9 -67 10 -250 12 -208
Southern Conference
PW Ballincollig 15 15 Scotts Lakers 16 13 IT Carlow 15 10 Limerick Celtic 15 9 Portlaoise 15 8 Fr Mathews 14 6 UL Eagles 14 3 Waterford 15 2 LIT 15 1
Women’s Division One Northern Conference
PW Ulster Elks 7 5 Trinity Meteors 7 5 Phoenix Rocket 7 2 Swords 7 2 North West 7 2 Pts 39 30 24 21 18 12 9 3 L PD Pts 0 1261 45 3 188 39 5 71 30 6 17 27 7 -63 24 8 -15 18 11 -67 9 13 -182 6 14 -210 3
Southern Conference
PW Maree 7 7 Portlaoise 7 6 St Marys 7 2 UL Huskies 7 2 Limerick Celtic 7 2 L PD
3 98 3 85 3 51
3 46
4 18 6 9 5 -10 5 -36 6 -27 6 -56 7 -61 9 -117 L PD
2 99 2 58 5 -37 5 -64 5 -151
L0 1 5 5 5 PD 189 100 -62 -65 -67 Pts 15 15 6 6 6 Pts 21 18 6 6 6
Maree took control in the third quarter outscoring the home side by 11 and taking a five point lead going into the final 10 minutes.
Maree increase their lead early in the final quarter but a basket and bonus from Hopkins brought it back to five again. This was short lived as Rockall added five unanswered points before Dunlea and Hopkins reduced the gap once again.
It was still there for the taking with five minutes on the clock but Maree kept their lead to take the game and remain unbeaten in the league so far this season. TEAM McCARTHY’S: Mia Hopkins 30, Denise Dunlea 16, Lorraine Scanlon 15, Meabh Barry 4, Cliona Coffey 2, Mary Herlihy 2.
MAREE: Claire Rockall 31, Catherine Connaire 21, Carol McCarthy 15, Alison Blaney 6, Maggie Byrne 6.