Ireland bidding to bounce back

IRELAND will bid to bounce back from last week’s two-point defeat by Switzerland against Romania in this afternoon’s European Championship clash at the National Basketball Arena.

Coach Greg Gurr insisted: “We have the potential to turn the narrow loss to Switzerland into a really good result if we can beat Romania. But if we lose this game to Romania it leaves us with a very difficult if not impossible task ahead next year.”

Last weekend they went to with point-seven of a second of a turning around last year’s disastrous defeat to the Swiss. Pat Burke’s last-gasp shot came off the rim after Donnie