KieranDonaghy has issued a call to arms to Garvey’s Tralee Warriors’ fans ahead of tomorrow night’s Super League meeting with table toppers Templeogue (Tralee Sports Complex, 7.30pm).

C & S Neptune are staring Division 1 basketball in the face after their 96-81 home defeat to Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin left them in deep relegation trouble. In a game where the Kerry side dominated from start to finish a 25-point game high contribution from Daniel Jokubaitis paved the way for Killorglin’s impressive display.

The reality of relegation is staring both C & S Neptune and Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin in the face as defeat for either side in tomorrow’s Men’s Super League clash at Neptune Stadium could seal their fate.

A stunning exhibition of three-point shooting from Pyrobel Killester last night saw them become the first team this season to overcome league leaders and cup champions, Courtyard Liffey Celtics.

C & S Neptune secured maximum points in last night’s Men’s SuperLeague clash against Cork rivals UCC Demons at a packed Mardyke Arena last night.

Garvey’s Tralee Warriors displayed their tremendous battling qualities when overcoming C & S Neptune 92-95 in Saturday night’s Men’s Super League thriller at the Neptune Stadium.

Holders Templeogue are out of the Pat Duffy Men’s National Cup after losing 92-103 to Garvey’s Tralee Warriors, in Inchicore.

There will be no love lost in the Women’s Super League Cork derby on Sunday when UCC Glanmire host newly promoted Fr Mathews at the Mardyke Arena (1.15pm).

Templeogue are the only unbeaten side in the Men’s Super League following their impressive 85-70 over joint leaders Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin.

UCC Demons hope to produce a big performance against Garvey’s Tralee Warriors in tonight’s Men’s SuperLeague clash at the Mardyke Arena.

UCC Demons got their Men’s SuperLeague off to winning start with a comfortable 100-88 away win over great rivals C & S Neptune.

The Ireland Under 18 men’s basketball team stormed home to an 84-69 point win over Malta this afternoon in their opening group game at the FIBA Under 18 Men’s European Championship Division C in Kosovo.

Ireland’s re-emergence as a player on the international basketball stage won a huge boost last year when the country’s Under 18 girls ranked second in the European Championships. Now the senior women’s squad look to build on that momentum in Cork this week.

By the time Ireland tips off this evening against Norway in the FIBA Women’s European Championships for Small Countries (Mardyke, 6.15pm), team manager Grace O’Sullivan will have most of her work done.

A fired-up Templeogue employed the old-fashioned virtues of good hustle and aggressive rebounding to bounce fancied Killorglin out of contention for the Men’s U18 National Cup.

Neptune completed a glorious weekend cup final treble yesterday when their U20 starlets saw off the challenge of Kubs 85-75 at the National Arena.

The pre-eminent force in women’s basketball, Glanmire, provides four players to Ireland’s 12-person squad for the European Championships for Small Countries in Gibraltar next month.

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.

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.

Holders C & S UCC Demons begin the defence of their National Cup title when they travel to Limerick this evening for a first round, first leg clash with UL Eagles.

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.

Colin O’Reilly, the player-coach to C&S UCC Demons, is calling on his players to remain focused on completing the grand slam as they prepare to play UL Eagles in the Men’s Premier league at the UL Arena tomorrow.

National Cup Men’s Semi-final

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: Men’s National Cup

The season’s busiest weekend thus far, with quarter-final second-leg games in both Men’s and Women’s Premier National Cups taking place.

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.

Holders C&S UCC Demons are involved in the game of the weekend in the Mens Premier National Cup when they travel to Dublin tomorrow for a clash against their great rivals Killester.

C&S UCC Demons maintained their unbeaten record in the Men’s Premier League following a comfortable 104-84 win over UCD Marian in the battle of the colours at Belfield.

Team Montenotte are now outright leaders of the Women’s Premier League after a hard-earned 73-71 win over Meteors.

Basketball: Jermaine Turner rolled back the years for Killester as they defeated BFG Neptune 86-75 in the Men’s Premier League at Neptune Stadium.

Team Montenotte produced their best basketball of the season to stun UL Huskies in the Women’s Premier League final at the Neptune Stadium yesterday.

Killester will be crowned men’s Premier League champions if they beat UL Eagles tomorrow and Bord Gáis Neptune on Sunday.

UCC Demons point guard Kyle Hosford has just returned from his daily workout at the Mardyke Arena. Commitment to basketball and the Mardyke club is unconditional, but it wasn’t always that way.