Team Garveys, St Mary’s 41 Titans 25

THE curtain came down on another basketball extravaganza in Castleisland last night, their 42nd consecutive blitz, at a packed Castleisland Community Centre.

Garveys St Mary’s proved too strong — 41-25 — for an out of sorts Titans in the Premier Men’s final, with Declan Wall shooting the lights out as the locals raced 12-0 in front inside the opening four minutes, Wall shot eight points and was backed up by a basket each from Andrew Fitzgerald Declan Cahill.

Paul Freeman got Titans up and running from the free throw line and despite some excellent rebounding by Gerald Echefu and Freeman, Titans trailed 18-6 with 2.44 left in the half. Garveys introduced Saulius Marcinkevicious and he began to hurt Titans inside.