Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
15.10.2017	Ongar Chasers	78	Ballincollig	72
20.10.2017	Neptune	68	Blue Demons	77
21.10.2017	Glasnevin	85	Cork Celts	74
21.10.2017	St. Vincent’s 1st Team	50	Drogheda Bullets	95
22.10.2017	Killester 2	84	Waterford Vikings	49
22.10.2017	Tolka Rovers	69	Barrow Rovers	79
22.10.2017	BC Carlow	68	East Cavan Eagles	59
22.10.2017	UCD Marian	80	KUBS	62
	Round 2
29.10.2017	Ongar Chasers	70	Killester	49
04.11.2017	Dublin Lions	68	BC Carlow	55
04.11.2017	UCD Marian	106	Belfast Phoenix	77
04.11.2017	Presentation College Athenry	69	Glasnevin	79
05.11.2017	St. Vincent’s 2nd Team	61	Blue Demons	79
05.11.2017	Templeogue	49	Barrow Rovers	54
05.11.2017	Leixlip Zalgiris	74	Killester 2	57
05.11.2017	Eanna	66	Drogheda Bullets	60
	Quarter-Finals
21.11.2017	Ongar Chasers	71	Dublin Lions	79
23.11.2017	UCD Marian	76	Glasnevin	58
26.11.2017	Blue Demons	98	Barrow Rovers	80
26.11.2017	Eanna	56	Leixlip Zalgiris	73
	Semi-Finals
07.01.2018	Blue Demons	86	Dublin Lions	53
07.01.2018	Leixlip Zalgiris	74	UCD Marian	66
	Final
27.01.18	Blue Demons	82	Leixlip Zalgiris	60

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Report

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Final: Blue Demons 82 Leixlip Zalgiris 60

Blue Demons game plan of forcing Leixlip out wide and into taking mid-range shots worked, as Zalgiris’ shots would not drop into the basket for them. The match started at a fast pace, and with MVP Liam Carmody proving invaluable on both offense and defence the Blue Demons were 22-17 up at the end of the first quarter. Eight points in the first minute of the second from the Blue Demons forced Leixlip into an early time out to steady the players, and the match remained close until the third quarter, with Blue Demons going in 16 points to the good at half-time. The Blue Demons would eventually build up a 77-51 lead, before closing out the match 82-69 winners, to retain the National Intermediate Cup Competition. Ryan murphy’s fast break at the end of the first quarter and Shane McCarthy’s accurate shooting at the start of the second gave the Cork side the cushion they would keep for the rest of the game, despite the best efforts of Romas Eidukas, Marius Kasperavicius and Kestutis Damulevicius for Zalgiris. [3]

Awards and Stats

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Most Valuable Player

Award	Player	Team
MVP	Liam Carmody	Blue Demons
Top Scorer (36)	Liam Carmody	Blue Demons

[3]

Blue Demons – Final Stats

Player	Pts
Darren O’Leary	0
Kyle O’Mahony	2
Ryan Murphy	7
Shane McCarthy	8
Shane Coughlan	16
Daniel Thompson	0
Blake Murphy	2
Liam Carmody	36
David Lehane	11
Shane O’Connell	0
Stuart Rodgers	0

[3]

Leixlip Zalgiris – Final Stats

Player	Pts
Jurgis Butkevicius	3
Kestutis Damulevicius	10
Andrius Urnikis	0
Romas Eidukas	14
Andrejus Karcikas	0
Dalius Tomosauskis	7
Mazvydas Cepliauskas	9
Andrius Lekavicius	4
Marius Kasperavicius	3
Giedrius Trakauskas	6
Valdas Grabauskas	2
Eugenijus Pocius	0

[3]

References

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Websites

 

[1] Sligo Sport and Recreation (2017) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] available from: http://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/wp-content/uploads/basketball-ireland-logo.jpg [Accessed 10 March 2017]

[2] Basketball Ireland (2017) Hoola Hoops National Intermediate Cup Competition Men [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/niccmens [Accessed 11 December 2017]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Hula Hoops Cup Final Gamezone 2018: NICC & Wheelchair Basketball [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10034566/ [Accessed 29 January 2018]

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to John Folan.

 

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