Basketball: Glanmire return to winner’s enclosure after battle royal

Ambassador UCC Glanmire were crowned Women’s Super League champions following a thrilling 76-63 win over Liffey Celtics at Waterford IT on Saturday night .

In a very competitive game, the Leesiders were pushed all the way - they led by three points with 1.25 remaining but a late scoring onslaught increased the margin to 13 at the final buzzer.

The Kildare side were competing well but an eye injury to their star, Tisha Phillips, three minutes into the second quarter changed the complexion of the game. At that stage, Celtics were 24-23 ahead but they failed to score in the closing six minutes of that quarter as Glanmire, inspired by the outstanding Gráinne Dwyer, took control and led 36-26 at the interval.