Last-gasp Neptune edge Killester

BORD Gáis Neptune coach Mark Scannell set his side a target of 80 points against defending champions 11890 Killester in yesterday’s Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash at Neptune Stadium and, while they did not achieve that, a close 73-72 victory was more than satisfactory.

In what was a fiercely contested game, neither side could rack up a comfortable lead. They were all square at 39 points apiece at half-time and the trend continued throughout the second half with defences coming out on top.

Neptune were in danger of surrendering the tie on team fouls but, in the dying moments, their star American Ron Thompson highlighted his class by shooting the game’s winning basket for a one-point victory which pleased coach Scannell no end.