Ireland U-18 girls’ basketball team gear up for historic Euro effort

Ireland’s Under-18 girls’ basketball squad are aiming to write themselves into the history books tonight as they prepare for the quarter-final of the FIBA European Championship against Israel in Dublin.

The two teams face off before a sell-out crowd at the National Arena in Tallaght at 6.15pm.

Tommy O’Mahony’s players are hoping to go further than any other underage Irish team as they bid to reach the semi-finals tomorrow, from where they would have two opportunities to qualify for Division A – a feat no underage Irish team has ever achieved.