St Paul’s break Tralee hearts

Scruffy’s St Paul’s claimed the Basketball Ireland Senior Women’s Cup to end a miserable day for rivals Tralee Imperials at the National Basketball Arena on Saturday.

Earlier in the day the Tralee outfit’s U18 and U20 sides fell short in their deciders and hopes were high that the senior side could ease the pain by collecting the day’s top prize against their Kingdom rivals. But it was not to be.

Tralee Imperials coach Liam Culloty admitted: “In hindsight it was too much for the girls to handle and after losing the U20 final (having led by 14 points entering the final) the hurt was very much in the senior team going into their final. But good luck to St Paul’s they took their chance.”