Glanmire claim BIDL Women’s Plate with 61-48 win over Tralee Warriors

Glanmire were crowed BIDL Women’s Plate winners on Friday, thanks to a 61-48 win at the National Basketball Arena. Glanmire’s Roisin Quirke picked up the game MVP after a rounded performance with 11 points, 13 rebounds, five turnovers, four steals and two assists. Jessica Quirke also had a double-double, with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Glanmire had a four point advantage at the end of the opening quarter, 14-10, however a five point run by Tralee Warriors at the start of the second quarter, capped off by Holly O’Brien’s basket put them in front, 15-14, less than minute in. O'Brien would finish with a game-high 17 points.

Mia Finnegan scored eight points in the second quarter for Glanmire, her second from the three point line in the quarter helped the Cork outfit into 27-20 lead midway through. A three from Priya O’Donovan and another O’Brien score made it a two-point game, 27-25, with a little over two minutes to go to the break. Glanmire came out of the timeout with a six-point run, including a pair of Chloe O’Driscoll free throws to finish the quarter to hand her side a 33-25 half-time lead.

Glanmire pulled further clear in the third quarter, Laura Crean Hickey scored four of her six points in the quarter from the free throw line, she converted two of the those just before the midpoint in the quarter, to make it a 10-point game 41-31. Ruth Paterson’s jump shot at the end of the third made it 47-32 to Glanmire.

 Glanmire kept Tralee Warriors at arm’s length in the fourth quarter, to secure a 61-48 win and the silverware.

Quarter Scores:

Q1: 10-14, Q2: 15-19 Q3: 7-14, Q4: 16-14

Game Scores:

Q1: 10-14, Q2: 25-33, Q3: 32-47, Q4: 48-61

Tralee Warriors :

Priya O’Donovan (11), Claire O’Sullivan (0), Holly O’Brien (17), Niamh Collins (2), Lucy O’Donnell (0), Anna O’Sullivan (5), Sorcha Casey (7), Aisling Counihan (4), Emily Flynn (2)

Glanmire:

Shona Bohane (0), Mia Finnegan (10) Katie Mae O’Neill (2), Chloe O’Driscoll (2), Lauren Crean Hickey (10), Katie Quinlan (0), Abby Furlong (2), Jessica Quirke (11), Roisin Quirke (11), Ruth Paterson (6), Ella O’Sullivan (5), Sarahrose Walsh (2)