Garvey’s Tralee Warriors produced a magnificent third quarter to defeat UCC Demons 89-76 in the Men’s Super League. 

UCC Ambassador Glanmire 61 Courtyard Liffey Celtics 48: Not a game to remember but the achievement will live in the memory.

Three of us hunched around a small table beneath the UCC Mardyke gym in Cork and there are no giveaways that Claire Rockall and Áine McKenna are history-chasing Glanmire and Ireland international basketballers. Proven winners.

Collegiate freshman at Quinnipiac University, Edel Thornton is one of five overseas inclusions in Mark Scannell’s provisional Senior Women’s squad for Ireland’s re-entry into international tournament play after a six-year hiatus.

Every day I take the same route.

This weekend, C&S UCC Demons will bid to bounce back from their shock, pre-Christmas defeat to DCU Saints with a double header on the road, against Killester and Moycullen.

Team Montenotte had to dig deep before overcoming Singleton’s SuperValu Brunell in a thrilling Women’s Premier National Cup quarter-final.

For every ambitious basketball club, the National Cup weekend in January is where it’s at. So when a women’s powerhouse like Glanmire is knocked out of the U18 and U20 competitions in the preliminary rounds, it understandably sets alarm bells ringing around the club.

A crucial weekend for C & S UCC Demons as they face a double header, beginning tomorrow with a visit to the capital for a clash with Eanna, following by a mouth-watering home clash against Swords Thunder on Sunday.

Jermaine Turner rolled back the years as he helped Killester defeat UCD Marian 84-75 in a cracking Premier League clash at Belfield on Saturday.

UL Eagles maintained their perfect start to the Men’s Premier League season when defeating Swords Thunder 77-71 at the Alsaa on Saturday.

Templeogue shocked champions C&S UCC Demons 97-87 in a highly entertaining Men’s Premier League clash at the Oblate Hall on Saturday.

Men’s Premier League champions C&S UCC Demons face a difficult opening game in their quest to retain their title, when they travel to Dublin tomorrow to play Templeogue.

Louise Galvin may well be the most versatile sportsperson in Ireland. She has played to an elite standard in three sports. Today, she represents her country in a sport she took up less than two years ago. But no challenge Louise Galvin faces will compare to the tragedy she suffered. No defeat will make her forget how precious life is now...

C&S UCC Demons were crowned Men’s Premier league champions following an emphatic 112-83 win over UCD Marian at the Mardyke Arena yesterday.

C&S UCC Demons will be hoping to take another step towards completing the Premier Men’s league and cup double when they host UCD Marian at the Mardyke Arena on Sunday.

Premier basketball: Team Montenotte produced a top-class second-half display to demolish Liffey Celtics 91-63 in the Women’s Premier League top-of-the-table clash at Leixlip.

Basketball: Table toppers Team Montenotte bid to extend their advantage in the Women’s Premier League with victory over second-placed Liffey Celtics at the Leixlip Amenity Centre (tomorrow, 7.30pm).

The straight-talking, record-breaking O’Reilly brothers are on the verge of another Cup final win for UCC Blue Demons tonight in the National Basketball Arena. They discuss how little coaching there was back in the day and how there’s plenty of it going on in the Mardyke these nights.

During the 2012-3 season her back got worse and worse. All along Marie Breen was thinking it was a muscle issue and pushed on with Team Montenotte, playing through the discomfort.

Women’s National Cup Final

Basketball

C&S UCC Demons’ 11-game unbeaten run in the Men’s Premier league will be tested on Sunday when they entertain Belfast Star at the Mardyke Arena.

Team Montenotte and Killester will contest the Senior Women’s National Cup final following their respective semi-final wins over DCU Mercy and UL Huskies.

TODAY

Few are feeling the absence of a full national senior women’s team more than the Dwyer sisters, but they remain standard bearers for Irish basketball. And tonight they aim to lead by example as their Team Montenotte Hotel Glanmire face DCU in the National Cup semi-final, writes Kieran Shannon

Basketball: Travelodge Swords Thunder got a timely boost before Friday night’s mouth watering National Cup semi-final against C & S UCC Demons when defeating UL Eagles 77-62 in the Men’s Premier League.

Basketball: The Mardyke Arena will be packed to capacity when C&S UCC Demons host neighbours BFG Neptune in an intriguing Men’s Premier League derby tonight. 

Basketball: Women’s National Cup

Team Montenotte moved to the top of the Women’s Premier League with a hard earned 64-55 win over Liffey Celtics.

Team Montenotte’s unbeaten record in the Women’s Premier League is sure to be tested when they play joint leaders Courtyard Liffey Celtics at Upper Glanmire Sports Centre tomorrow.

Basketball: C&S UCC Demons continue to set the pace in the Men’s Premier League following a hard earned 88-74 win against Templeogue.

Paul Kelleher has experienced the highs and lows of basketball in recent seasons but the UL Eagles coach is confident his new role in Limerick will be a success.