Overtime drama sees lowly Elks clip Eagles’ wings

ULSTER ELKS may be propping up the Northern Division table but they brought off the shock of the weekend when they beat UL Eagles 91-89 in a dramatic Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash after taking the game into overtime.

Before this game UL had only lost to the cup champions, Killester, while Elks were looking for only their third win of the season. Maybe they had shown signs of causing a major upset when they pushed UCC Demons to three points a week earlier.

This time they did not let the game slip away from them and showed great courage under pressure. With 14 seconds on the clock they were trailing by three points but Dave Neal, who had an outstanding game, converted one of two from the line to reduce the margin to two and then, with eight seconds left he went to the line for two more to tie the game 79-79.