Basketball: Celtics avenge cup loss to Glanmire

Liffey Celtics shocked cup champions Team Ambassador UCC Glanmire 72-65 in the Women’s Super League at Leixlip on Saturday.

Basketball: Celtics avenge cup loss to Glanmire
Mon, 13 Feb, 2017 - 00:00
John Coughlan

Reversing that cup final defeat, the Kildare side looked far hungrier, much to the dismay of Glanmire coach Mark Scannell.

He said: “We didn’t have the ideal preparations with key players unable to train, but credit to Liffey Celtics they played some wonderful basketball at times and deserved their win.”

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