League Table

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Marble City Hawks	12	11	1	769	659	33
UL Huskies	12	7	5	803	744	21
Fr Mathews	12	7	5	809	775	21
Griffith College Swords Thunder	12	6	6	818	799	18
Meteors	12	6	6	714	701	18
FabPlus North West	12	3	9	718	854	9
Ulster University Elks	12	2	10	747	846	6

Points System: 3 Pts Win / 0 Pts Loss / Tied teams separated by Points Difference (PF – PA) Green – Champions & Qualify for WSL Top 4 Playoffs / Blue – Qualify for WSL Top 4 Playoffs

Women’s Division 1 Top 4 Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away team
	Semi-Finals
18.03.18	Marble City Hawks	75	Griffith College Swords Thunder	52
18.03.18	UL Huskies	61	Fr. Mathews	73
	Final
24.03.18	Marble City Hawks	43	Fr. Mathews	48

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 4
07.10.2017	Marble City Hawks	71	Griffith College Swords Thunder	70
07.10.2017	FabPlus North West	46	UL Huskies	71
08.10.2017	Ulster University Elks	75	Meteors	57
	Week 5
14.10.2017	Meteors	66	FabPlus North West	51
14.10.2017	UL Huskies	79	Ulster University Elks	66
14.10.2017	Fr Mathews	58	Marble City Hawks	51
	Week 6
21.10.2017	Marble City Hawks	55	Meteors	53
21.10.2017	FabPlus North West	52	Fr Mathews	74
22.10.2017	Ulster University Elks	72	Griffith College Swords Thunder	78
	Week 7
28.10.2017	UL Huskies	53	Marble City Hawks	59
28.10.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	96	FabPlus North West	48
	Week 9
11.11.2017	Meteors	49	Griffith College Swords Thunder	59
11.11.2017	Fr Mathews	67	UL Huskies	66
12.11.2017	Ulster University Elks	53	Marble City Hawks	68
	Week 10
18.11.2017	UL Huskies	69	Meteors	65
18.11.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	64	Fr Mathews	86
18.11.2017	FabPlus North West	69	Ulster University Elks	65
	Week 12
02.12.2017	Meteors		Marble City Hawks
	Week 13
09.12.2017	Fr Mathews	70	Meteors	72
09.12.2017	Marble City Hawks	65	FabPlus North West	47
10.12.2017	Fr Mathews	78	FabPlus North West	82
	Week 14
17.12.2017	UL Huskies	73	Griffith College Swords Thunder	64
	Week 18
13.01.2018	Meteors	76	Ulster University Elks	35
13.01.2018	UL Huskies	70	FabPlus North West	64
13.01.2018	Griffith College Swords Thunder	55	Marble City Hawks	72
	Week 19
20.01.2018	Marble City Hawks	63	Fr Mathews	44
20.01.2018	FabPlus North West	47	Meteors	50
21.01.2018	Ulster University Elks	59	UL Huskies	62
	Week 21
03.02.2018	Griffith College Swords Thunder	64	Ulster University Elks	55
04.02.2018	Marble City Hawks	63	Ulster University Elks	53
	Week 22
10.02.2018	Marble City Hawks	67	UL Huskies	58
10.02.2018	Fr. Mathews	67	Ulster University Elks	56
10.02.2018	FabPlus North West	72	Griffith College Swords Thunder	67
	Week 23
17.02.2018	UL Huskies	80	Fr Mathews	53
17.02.2018	Griffith College Swords Thunder	66	Meteors	57
	Week 24
24.02.2018	Meteors	61	UL Huskies	57
24.02.2018	Fr Mathews	79	Griffith College Swords Thunder	62
25.02.2018	Ulster University Elks	85	FabPlus North West	79
	Week 26
10.03.2018	Griffith College Swords Thunder	73	UL Huskies	65
10.03.2018	Ulster University Elks	73	Fr Mathews	84
11.03.2018	Meteors	54	Fr Mathews	49
11.03.2018	FabPlus North West	61	Marble City Hawks	67
	Week 27
15.03.2018	Meteors	54	Marble City Hawks	68

Home Venues

Team	Home Court
Fr Mathews	Colaiste Chriost Ri, Cork City
Griffithh College Swords Thunder	ALSAA, Dublin
Marble City Hawks	O Loughlins GAA, Kilkenny
Meteors	Colaiste Iosagain, Stillorgan, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
FabPlus North West	Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Ulster Rockets	Methodist College, Belfast City
Ulster University Elks	Ulster University
UL Huskies	PESS Building, UL, Limerick

Report

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Week 21: 3-4 February 2018 [3]

A team effort by Griffith College Swords Thunder saw them defeat Ulster University 64-55, while the struggling Elks had another loss the following night when they went down 63-53 to top-of-the-table Marble City Hawks.[3]

Week 22: 10-11 February 2018 [4]

Marble City Hawks 67 UL Huskies 58: Marble City Hawks were promoted with this victory over the University of Limerick. the Kilkenny sides’ Head Coach Julian O’Keeffe described them as being “over the moon” with the news, as the side “came out strong in the third quarter when we needed it”.[4]

North West 72 Griffith College Swords Thunder 67: The Donegal side had a solid win over Swords with Aisling Nee top-scoring on 19 points.[4]

Fr. Mathews 67 Ulster Elks 56: Niamh Dwyer scored a phenomenal 32 points as the Cork side ran out winners over the Ulster girls.[4]

Week 23: 17-18 February 2018

UL Huskies 80 Fr. Mathews 53: Orlaith Woods scored 20 points and Rachel Sheehan 19 as UL took the lead in the third quarter and romped to victory.[5]

Swords Thunder 66 Meteors 57: Kelsey Carey top-scored on 22 points for Swords in the Dublin derby as they moved above Meteors in mid-table with this win.[5]

Week 24: 23-25 February 2018

Meteors 61 UL Huskies 57: Shannon Brady top-scored on 21 points for Meteors as the came out top with a big second half display.[6]

Fr. Mathews 79 Griffith College Swords Thunder 62: Niamh Dwyer top-scored on 20 Points as Fr. Mathews came out on top in this mid-table battle.[6]

Ulster University Elks 85 North West 79: This bottom of the table clash went Ulster University’s way as Nia Moore scored a huge 37 points to give them the win.[6]

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 (2018) Womens Division 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/womensdivision1/ [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Womens Division 1 Top 4 PO [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/womensdivison1top4po/ [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 3rd and 4th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10034873/ [Accessed 5 February 2018]

[4] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 10-11th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035168/ [Accessed 12 February 2018]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 15-18th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035394/ [Accessed 19 February 2018]

[6] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 23-25th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035732/ [Accessed 5 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

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