Basketball: Double weekend delight for UCC Demons as Blount comes back to haunt struggling Neptune

Shane O’Meara’s men ran out 98-90 winners on Saturday night.

UCC Demons' Tobias Christensen with Bedrnat Vanadocha and John Burke, Maree at the Mardyke Arena. Pic: Jim Coughlan.

UCC Demons followed up on Saturday’s 102-86 success against the struggling Templeogue in the National Basketball Arena with a 96-82 triumph at home to Maree in Mardyke Arena on Sunday.

Elijah Tillman delivered big again for the Cork side with a huge 37 points and 12 rebounds, while Tobias Christensen’s intensity under the boards also featured heavily in this encounter as he registered 16 rebounds and seven assists against a Maree team, for whom Jarett Haines put up 27 points.