Moycullen Basketballers win in Killester

Despite losing their third straight Super League game, Maree produced their best performance of the season against Garvey’s Tralee Warriors in Calasanctius College on Saturday night.The Warriors, much the bigger of the two sides, got off to a good start taking a 23-20 at the end of the first quarter, and extended that advantage to 11 points at the half. Fergal O’Sullivan with 10 points for Warriors while Maree point-guard chipped in with 13.It was a 6-point game after 3, and Maree had the gap down to just two points in the final quarter, but some wayward shooting and rushed passes gave the Warriors the opportunities to close out the game 87-74. Maree’s American Watkins Williams, while impressive in the end with 20 points, will look back at some missed chances.Maree Head Coach John Finn was happier with this weeks performance, but knows they still need to improve, “We played much better than the previous game. We played with better structure in offence but it was disappointing that every time we got close to them we let them off. We need to build on that performance and continue to improve next week.”Eoin Rockall who top-scored with 22 points said, “It was another tough game tonight but I felt like this was our best game of the season so far. We are adapting more and more to the pace and style of the game in Super League every week.”

“I felt like Tralee just executed a bit better down the stretch than we did but that's something we'll learn from and take away from the game.”

On new signing Watkins Williams, only playing his second game for the club and his home debut Rockall said, “Watkins is a really good scorer, he can do a lot of things really well so it's real easy to play with him. He's only been with us for a week so I think the more he plays with us, the better he'll get.”