TOMORROW is Super Saturday for Irish basketball’s SuperLeague clubs, with the quarter-finals of the men’s National Cup throwing up interesting pairings.

UCC Demons’ tipped off their SuperLeague National Cup campaign by edging out DCU Saints by a 15-point margin today.

THE news that Luke D’Alessio had been appointed head coach of UCC Demons caused a stir throughout the basketball world.

American Diana D’Alessio and South Korea’s Jin-Joo Hong were the shock three-shot leaders on seven under par at Friday’s halfway stage of the Evian Masters in France.