Neptune take control

DEFENDING champions Neptune added to St Vincent’s woes by inflicting a second defeat of the weekend on them in Glasnevin as the new conference structure in Irish basketball went into its first series of crossover games.

Neptune are top of the South Conference with eight points from five games, alongside Horans Health Store Tigers from Tralee, the only unbeaten team in the competition, who had a free weekend and are joint table toppers with a game in hand as a result.

Up north, Hibernian UCD Marian top the table with eight points from their five games played, two clear of Dart Killester who have a game in hand. St Vincent’s not only lost 81-61 to Hibernian UCD Marian, but lost Mike Phenizee to a dislocated shoulder and had a number of players disqualified after a serious bust-up.