CluneTech Kilkenny Stars 71
Swords Thunder 68
Coming off the back of a 5-point victory last week away to Limerick Huskies, the Stars Ladies welcomed Swords Thunder to O’Loughlins looking to secure their first home win and second win on the bounce. In front of a noisy full house they did just that. New signing Miah Ryan nailed a 3 pointer with 2 seconds left on the clock with the game all tied. The crowd erupted nearly taking the roof off the gym.
From start to finish this was a monumental team effort with Ava Coogan and Aoibhin Dunphy doing battle with the American playing with Swords who had done the most damage in their season opening win. Throughout the game the Stars American player Stephanie Davis was unplayable ending up with 20 points in the game followed closely by Ryan with 14 points.
This was a defensive masterclass however with Stars forcing the ball out of the Swords Americans hands. To be fair her team mates really stood up to the plate and shot the ball very well but it was enough. Big performances from Caoimhe Timmons and Aimee O’Reilly kept the scoreboard ticking over for the home team who were deserving winners in the end.
The Ladies find themselves in joint second after 3 games with an away trip to Dublin Lions coming this weekend followed by a huge National Cup game against Belfast outfit Cleveland Phoenix on Saturday 1st November at 6pm in O’Loughlin Gaels Gaa Club.
Our team would not be able to participate in this league without the help of our main sponsors CluneTech, our home game sponsor InFocus Opticians and our other sponsors Langtons, Kytelers and Cleeres Bar & Theatre.
Hope to see you all at our game on 1st November.
