Basketball Ireland | Women’s National Cup 2017-18

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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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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 14 July 2019

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