Maree edged a nail biting contest on Sunday afternoon (21st October) as they edged out UCC Demons in the Men’s Super League for their first victory of the season.
Kyle Hosford was once again outstanding for Demons, but even his 38 points weren’t enough to help his team over the line.
Maree’s Sean Sellers was tough to stop from beyond the three-point line, finishing with 28 points and helping his side home to their first win of the season.
“We’re really delighted at this stage,” said Maree’s Mike Lynch to Basketball Ireland afterwards. “We’ve had a tough couple of games, all of which we started off really well, but we needed a bit more concentration, especially going into the third quarter.
“We did have that today, so I’m very happy with how they’ve done.”
Sean Sellers ices the game ❄❄❄ FT @Bluedemons_BC 86 @mareebasketball 90 #ThisIsSuper pic.twitter.com/Ts7uoZiIvD
— Basketball Ireland (@BballIrl) October 21, 2018
UCC Demons 86-90 Maree
Top scorers Demons: Kyle Hosford 38, Girts Lazdans 16, Colin O Reilly 15
Top scorers Maree: Sean Sellers 28, Neils Bunshchoten 24, Eoin Rockall 10
Half time score: UCC Demons 44-46 Maree
Maree’s next game in the 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Super League is at home against UCD Marian on Sunday, 4th November. Action begins in Calasanctius College, Galway at 3pm.
| TEAM | PLD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeogue | 4 | 4 | 0 | 337 | 286 | 51 | 12 |
| Belfast Star | 4 | 3 | 1 | 334 | 292 | 42 | 9 |
| Garveys Tralee Warriors | 4 | 3 | 1 | 362 | 337 | 25 | 9 |
| Keanes Supervalu Killorglin | 4 | 3 | 1 | 307 | 299 | 8 | 9 |
| UCC Demons | 4 | 2 | 2 | 332 | 326 | 6 | 6 |
| Pyrobel Killester | 4 | 2 | 2 | 289 | 283 | 6 | 6 |
| Moycullen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 305 | 301 | 4 | 6 |
| UCD Marian | 4 | 2 | 2 | 302 | 300 | 2 | 6 |
| Griffith College Swords Thunder | 4 | 1 | 3 | 321 | 330 | -9 | 3 |
| Maree | 4 | 1 | 3 | 280 | 310 | -30 | 3 |
| DCU Saints | 4 | 1 | 3 | 305 | 352 | -47 | 3 |
| CandS Neptune | 4 | 0 | 4 | 319 | 377 | -58 | 0 |
