Double delight for Irish basketball teams

Ireland’s Men’s and Women’s Senior Basketball teams secured semi-final berths at the FIBA European Championships for Small Countries yesterday with impressive victories on day two.

Ireland’s men proved too strong for Malta 91-34 while Ireland’s women endured a war of attrition against Moldova, winning 77-53.

For the men in Chisinau, captain Kyle Hosford finished with a game-high 19 points in their 57 point win and felt it was a better performance all round: “We improved as a team today so that’s a real positive. If it was a tougher game, we’d be in a different situation but right now we’re just happy to be in a semi-final.”