Adrian O’Sullivan’s haul keeps home fires burning into January for UCC Demons

Adrian O’Sullivan’s 26-point haul didn’t just propel UCC Demons to a National Cup semi-final. It means they jump into January and 2018.

“Any season you are not in a cup semi-final, it’s hard,” O’Sullivan admitted in the wake of Demons’ 69-64 slugfest with Tralee Warriors on Wednesday night at the Parochial Hall. The win tees them up for a January 6th semi clash with Templeogue, who are 8-4 in the Superleague.

“You get a couple of weeks off around now and if you don’t have the cup semi weekend to look forward to, the Superleague games can feel like they mean nothing. You want to win your league games of course, but there’s an edge there now, like we are gearing up for the cup. It gets the engine going.”