Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
30.11.2017	NUIG Mystics	84	IT Carlow Basketball	77
	Quarter-Finals
01.12.2017	Courtyard Liffey Celtics	76	DCU Mercy	81
03.12.2017	Singleton SuperValu Brunell	72	Maxol WIT Wildcats	68
03.12.2017	NUIG Mystics	58	Portlaoise Panthers	52
30.12.2017	Pyrobel Killester	74	Ambassador UCC Glanmire	89
	Semi-Finals
06.01.2018	NUIG Mystics	50	DCU Mercy	92
06.01.2018	Ambassador UCC Glanmire	77	Singleton SuperValu Brunell	66
	Final
28.01.2018	DCU Mercy	72	Ambassador UCC Glanmire	71

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Report

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Final – DCU Mercy 72 Ambassador UCC Glanmire 71

DCU Mercy won their third National Cup Final of the weekend in a last-gasp 72-71 victory over Glanmire. A point was all that separated the teams at the end, leaving DCU captain and MVP Sarah Woods to wonder if she was dreaming. It was DCU Mercy’s first Cup Final win since 2011 and they stopped Glanmire’s five-in-a-row attempt in the process. DCU took a 19-16 lead in the first quarter, however, Glanmire fought back in the second quarter, Casey Grace netting a 20-footer for her first points of the game to put Glanmire 37-35 half-time lead, and cap a 13-0 run. The lead would change hands 12 times over the course of the matc, and Glanmire could have won it if Ashley Primm’s three-point shot had gone in on the buzzer, however it wasn’t to be and DCU Mercy finished one point winners in a game that had all the tension and drama won could imagine. Sarah Woods would finish top-scorer on 21 points to cap a glorious weekend for her and her team. [3]

Awards and Stats

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Most Valuable Player

Award	Player	Team
MVP	Sarah Woods	DCU Mercy
Top Scorer (21)	Sarah Woods	DCU Mercy

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Game Summary – Final

	DCU Mercy	Ambassador UCC Glanmire
Field Goals	28/68 (41%)	28/80 (35%)
3 Points	3/16 (19%)	7/14 (50%)
Free Throws	13/22 (59%)	8/11 (73%)
Rebounds	48	36
Assists	12	13
Steals	7	12
Blocks	6	5
Turnovers	17	10
Fouls (Fouls on)	15 (15)	15 (15)

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DCU Mercy – Final Stats

No.	Player	Pos	Min	FG	3P	FT	Reb	As
5	S Woods (c)	SG	33:21	8/24	1/4	4/4	6	1
8	T Corselli	PG	27:37	6/13	2/7	1/2	3	2
10	A Sullivan	PG	23:57	1/5	0/3	0/2	6	1
11	R Huijsdens	C	27:01	4/6	0/0	3/4	11	4
23	A Masaquel	SF	29:25	3/10	0/0	4/6	17	1
4	M Connolly	SG	04:09	00:00	0/0	0/0	0	0
6	C Newell	PG	00:00	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0
12	M O’Seaghda	PF	00:00	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0
13	B Power-Cassidy	SF	23:31	3/4	0/1	0/0	4	2

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Ambassador UCC Glanmire – Final Stats

No.	Player	Pos	Min	FG	3P	FT	Reb	As
4	A McKenna	PG	25:29	1/9	1/4	0/2	2	3
6	C Grace	PF	27:15	3/10	0/0	0/0	4	2
7	C Rockall	SG	28:49	3/12	0/1	0/0	7	4
9	G Dwyer	SF	27:33	8/19	0/1	2/2	11	1
10	A Primm	SG	26:25	5/13	5/7	3/4	4	2
8	A Braham	SF	00:00	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0
11	L Scannell	SG	08:25	1/3	1/1	0/0	1	0
12	H McCarthy	SF	00:00	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0
13	M Byrne	SF	14:52	2/3	0/0	2/2	5	0
15	A Murphy	PG	02:57	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	0
23	A Martucci	SG	22:09	5/11	0/0	1/1	1	1

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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 Womens National Cup [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/womensnationalcup [Accessed 29 January 2018]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Hula Hoops Cup Finals Gamezone 2018: Senior Men & Women [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10034567/ [Accessed 29 January 2018]

[4] FBA Live Stats (2018) Hula Hoops Women’s National Cup Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3077/20/70/50/90nt2VSIGQ2k6/ [Accessed 29 January 2018]

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

 

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