Conor Meany on basketball: Ballincollig seal league and cup double

Meteors finished the year in joint fourth place yet rode a wave of momentum through the playoffs to be crowned Super League champions ending a 33-year wait.

MAKE OURS A DOUBLE: Ballincollig players celebrate with the cup. Pic: Paul Phelan/Sportsfile.

Killester asked plenty of questions of Ballincollig, but the Champions had every answer as they prevailed in what was a scrappy game that didn’t showcase the heights either team is capable of.

Fittingly in a season where the new two Irish players on the court rule was introduced, it was an Irish player standing tall at the end of the season with Adrian O’Sullivan winning a deserved MVP after a standout performance including 17 points.