THE draw has officially been completed for the Men’s Hula Hoops National Cup semi-finals and has teed up two very interesting games for the Cup semi-final weekend which will be held on January 6th, 7th and 8th in Co. Cork.
Pyrobel Killester were first out of the drum during the draw which was held on Sunday afternoon and will go on to play Dublin neighbours, UCD Marian in the semi-final. The second semi-final meanwhile will see SSE Airtricity Moycullen face off against Griffith Swords Thunder. Both games will take place on Saturday, January 7th in Neptune Stadium, Cork, as part of a fantastic three-day festival of basketball.
Indeed it was a busy weekend all round, with Men’s Super League action kicking off from Thursday evening when KUBS suffered a loss at home to Belfast Star. Elsewhere, Templeogue made it ten wins from ten as they ended Garvey’s Tralee Warriors’ unbeaten home record in Tralee on Saturday evening with a hard-fought 79-70 win. Griffith Swords Thunder meanwhile made it three wins in the space of six days, overcoming UCD Marian on Friday evening 88-79 (having beaten Templeogue in the Cup quarter final on Wednesday and Tralee in the Super League last Sunday). Pyrobel Killester had the better of Commercial.ie Éanna, DCU Saints lost out by four points to UCC Demons, while Radisson Blu UL Eagles had to settle for second best against an on-form SSE Airtricity Moycullen.
Singleton SuperValu Brunell meanwhile are celebrating their second win of the season and their first win of the Women’s Super League this weekend after they overcame Meteors in a nerve-wracking clash in Cork on Sunday afternoon. An in-form Kaylee Kilpatrick netted 20 points for her side to secure their four-point win.
Elsewhere, Ambassador UCC Glanmire continued their dominance in the League, winning out 55-48 over Pyrobel Killester while DCU Mercy had the better of their encounter with Maxol WIT Wildcats. Portlaoise Panthers also got back to winning ways following last week’s disappointment in the Hula Hoops Cup quarter-final to win out over NUIG Mystics 68-54.
Basketball Ireland Results December 7th-11th
Hula Hoops Men’s National Cup quarter-final
Templeogue 81-88 Griffith Swords Thunder
Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League:
KUBS BC 68-82 Belfast Star
UCD Marian 79-88 Griffith Swords Thunder
Commercial.ie Éanna 67-92 Pyrobel Killester
DCU Saints 76-80 UCC Demons
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 70-79 Templeogue
SSE Airtricity Moycullen 91-66 Radisson Blu UL Eagles
Basketball Ireland Women’s NICC
Maree BC 69-50 Tridents
Basketball Ireland Women’s Super League:
Ambassador UCC Glanmire 55-48 Pyrobel Killester
Portlaoise Panthers 68-54 NUIG Mystics
Maxol WIT Wildcats 49-57 DCU Mercy
Singleton SuperValu Brunell 62-58 Meteors
Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1:
LYIT Donegal 53-61 EJ Sligo All-Stars
Titans 72-79 Dublin Lions
Maree 94-80 Ulster University Elks
BFG Neptune 128-77 ITC Basketball
Fr Mathews 62-78 Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin
Basketball Ireland Women’s Division 1:
Ulster Rockets 82-72 Fr Mathews
Ulster University Elks 63-76 Marble City Hawks
Hula Hoops U20 Women’s National Cup:
DCU Mercy 78-50 Fr Mathews
Ambassador UCC Glanmire 70-58 Moycullen BC
Basketball Ireland Fixtures: December 14th –
Wednesday 14th December 2016
Women’s Super League:
DCU Mercy v Courtyard Liffey Celtics, DCU Complex, 20:30;
Friday 16th December 2016
Men’s Division 1:
Dublin Lions v Ulster University Elks, Colaiste Bride, 20:00;
Saturday 17th December 2016
Men’s Super League:
Pyrobel Killester v DCU Saints, IWA-Clontarf, 18:00;
KUBS BC v Commercial.ie Éanna, Greendale, 18:00;
UCD Marian v SSE Airtricity Moycullen, UCD, 19:00;
Belfast Star v UCC Demons, Methodist College, 19:00;
Radisson Blu UL Eagles v Garvey’s Tralee Warriors, UL Arena-Limerick, 19:30;
Templeogue v Griffith Swords Thunder, Oblate Hall Inchicore, 19:30;
Men’s Division 1:
ITC Basketball v Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin, Barrow Centre-IT Carlow, 15:30;
LYIT Donegal v Titans, Foyle Arena-Derry, 16:00;
Team Kilkenny v BFG Neptune, O Loughlin Gaels Gym, 16:00;
Kestrels v Fr Mathews, Colaiste Iosagain, 18:00;
EJ Sligo All-Stars v Maree, Mercy College, 19:30;
Women’s National League 3×3 Championships
All women’s teams in Super League & Division 1, 11am-5pm, National Basketball Arena
Sunday 18th December 2016
Men’s Division 1:
Ulster University Elks v Titans, UUJ, 13:00;
| League table for Men’s Super League |
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff | Points |
| Templeogue | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 871 | 704 | 167 | 30 |
| Griffith Swords Thunder | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 890 | 734 | 156 | 27 |
| UCD Marian | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 937 | 818 | 119 | 24 |
| UCC Demons | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 838 | 821 | 17 | 21 |
| Pyrobel Killester | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 659 | 607 | 52 | 18 |
| Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 768 | 733 | 35 | 18 |
| SSE Airtricity Moycullen | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 795 | 802 | -7 | 12 |
| DCU Saints | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 738 | 791 | -53 | 9 |
| Belfast Star | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 685 | 751 | -66 | 9 |
| Commercial.ie Eanna | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 752 | 888 | -136 | 9 |
| Radisson Blu UL Eagles | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 618 | 767 | -149 | 3 |
| KUBS BC | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 608 | 743 | -135 | 0 |
| League table for Women’s Super League |
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff | Points |
| Ambassador UCC Glanmire | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 542 | 442 | 100 | 24 |
| Courtyard Liffey Celtics | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 478 | 421 | 57 | 15 |
| Maxol WIT Wildcats | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 488 | 457 | 31 | 15 |
| DCU Mercy | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 455 | 393 | 62 | 12 |
| Pyrobel Killester | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 547 | 508 | 39 | 12 |
| Portlaoise Panthers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 528 | 532 | -4 | 12 |
| Meteors | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 444 | 497 | -53 | 6 |
| NUIG Mystics | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 454 | 571 | -117 | 6 |
| Singleton SuperValu Brunell | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 456 | 571 | -115 | 3 |
| League table for Men’s Division 1 |
| Team | P | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin | 8 | 8 | 0 | 695 | 562 | 133 | 24 |
| Maree | 8 | 7 | 1 | 672 | 497 | 175 | 21 |
| BFG Neptune | 8 | 7 | 1 | 789 | 624 | 165 | 21 |
| Ulster University Elks | 8 | 6 | 2 | 676 | 583 | 93 | 18 |
| EJ Sligo All-Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 649 | 646 | 3 | 15 |
| Kestrels | 7 | 3 | 4 | 557 | 552 | 5 | 9 |
| Team Kilkenny | 7 | 3 | 4 | 551 | 561 | -10 | 9 |
| LYIT Donegal | 8 | 3 | 5 | 504 | 547 | -43 | 9 |
| Dublin Lions | 8 | 2 | 6 | 456 | 551 | -95 | 6 |
| Fr Mathews | 8 | 1 | 7 | 545 | 672 | -127 | 3 |
| Titans | 8 | 1 | 7 | 578 | 711 | -133 | 3 |
| ITC Basketball | 8 | 1 | 7 | 535 | 701 | -166 | 3 |
| League table for Women’s Division 1 |
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff | Points |
| ITC Basketball | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 205 | 49 | 12 |
| Ulster Rockets | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 396 | 371 | 25 | 12 |
| UL Huskies | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 378 | 372 | 6 | 12 |
| Fr Mathews | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 362 | 352 | 10 | 9 |
| Marble City Hawks | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 344 | 337 | 7 | 9 |
| Ulster University Elks | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 383 | 427 | -44 | 3 |
| Oblate Dynamos | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 359 | 412 | -53 | 3 |