Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney stay joint-top of Domino’s Women’s Super League with win over FloMAX Liffey Celtics

Utility Trust St. Pauls Killarney remained joint-top of the Domino’s Women’s Super League table with an 84-65 triumph over FloMAX Liffey Celtics. The lead exchanged sides on six separate occasions in the first half, with Celtics last lead being a 31-30 lead with six minutes to go in the second quarter, but a 14-8 swing gave Killarney a 44-38 lead at half-time.

Tara Cousins, Maisie Burnham and Lorraine Scanlon scored 20 points each for Killarney in the win, with Burnham and Scanlon also bringing in 10 and 14 rebounds, respectively. Destinee Bursch and Aine O’Connor combined for 37 points for Celtics in the defeat. The defeat for Celtics leaves them in eighth with a record of 7-8 for the season. For Killarney, they are still level with Killester at the summit with a 12-3 record.

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Utility Trust St. Paul's secure an 84-65 win against FloMAX Liffey Celtics to regain top spot in the Domino's Women's Super League 😤#DominosWSL | #IrishBasketball pic.twitter.com/HJe307HXmR

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Killester also picked up their 12^th win of the season on Saturday with an 11-point victory over Trinity Meteors. The 76-65 win is Killester’s fourth straight, but it took until the third period for them to gain proper control against Meteors with free-throws from Ieva Bagdanaviciene and a score inside from Leilani Turner putting them up 43-39 midway through the third. That lead would inevitably be the lead to give Killester the win in the end.

Bagdanavicene led the way for Killester with 19 points as they kept up with Killarney at 12-3 at the top. For Meteors, Hazel Finn and Kylie Horstmeyer scored 15 each in the loss, which is a tough one to take as they now fall a game behind Brunell, who take up the final home playoff place.

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SETU Waterford Wildcats went level with Meteors in joint-fifth following a 68-49 win over McEvoy’s Cavan Eagles. Wildcats started the faster of the two sides, with them racing into a 20-7 lead after a pair of free-throws from Irish international Sarah Hickey. Wildcats kept a strong grip on the lead for the remainder of the game after Eagles lost Mazatkan Harris after she fouled out.

Wildcats join Meteors at 8-7 in the table after a 22-point, nine-rebound game from Hickey and also an 18-point, 14-rebound double-double from Tiarra Brown drove them to the victory. For Eagles, they stay level with FloMAX Liffey Celtics at 7-8, with both sides now level for seventh spot.

UCC Glanmire kept their one-win cushion ahead of fourth-placed Brunell with an 87-56 triumph over Catalyst Fr. Mathews. Glanmire built as much as a 39-point lead during the game. Four of Glanmire’s starters finished with double digits in scoring, with Viane Cumber scoring 19, Jewel Watkins adding 16, Claire O’Sullivan getting 13 and Aine McKenna hitting the ten-point mark. For Fr. Mathews, Laila Blair kept her scoring form going with 14 points, but it was Stacie Jones leading the way with an 18-point, 13-rebound showing.

The win was third-place Glanmire’s 10^th of the season, with them two games back from Killester and Killarney but also one game up on Brunell. Catalyst Fr. Mathews remain winless, at 0-15 at the foot of the table.

Irish international Edel Thornton scored 31 points as Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell defeated Midlands Park Portlaoise Panthers 82-65. Brailyn Joseph, Ava Walshe and Katie Walshe combined for 40 points for Brunell along with Thornton’s 31 to ensure Brunell picked up a ninth win of the season. Lynn Tunnah put Panthers ahead with a tough finish in the third quarter to get a 44-43 lead. However, Brunell ended the third on a 16-5 run including six points from Thornton in the last four minutes of the quarter.

The win for Brunell has them at 9-6 and has given them a one-win cushion over both Wildcats and Meteors following Meteors loss on Saturday. Panthers are now 2-13 for the season after a fifth consecutive defeat.