Ballincollig sweat their way to OT Cup semi-final win

Amazingly neither side scored from open play in OT.

FINAL SPOT BOOKED: Ballincollig's Latavious Mitchell performs a slam dunk. Picture: ©INPHO/Tom Maher

National Cup semi-final: Ballincollig 70 Limerick Celtics 67 (after OT)

THE only trouble with long, unbeaten runs isn’t losing them – it’s worrying about losing them. Ballincollig came into Friday night’s National Cup semi-final as the hottest team in the game – 12 wins on the bounce, setting them top of the Superleague and steaming favourites to book passage to the Cup final.