St Vincent's win Men's Division One final
Moycullen 65 St Vincent's 100
St. Vincent's made up for their disappointment earlier today by winning the Men's Division One Final this evening in the Mardyke Arena in Cork.
The first quarter was very closely contested with basket for basket. John Cunningham, the Moycullen captain lead the way for the Galway men scoring eight points in the first seven minutes.
Simon Flynn, Niall Conway and Chris Doyle all contributing scores for St. Vincent's.
The lead switched hands several times as the quarter remained tight but it was Moycullen who had the lead by a slight margin at the end of the first quarter.
Moycullen opened the second quarter with two baskets from Adrien Walsh to extend their lead to 29-24.
Chris Doyle replied with two of his own for Vincent's to narrow the gap to 28-29 with three minutes gone on the clock.
A basket from Karl Donnelly put the Dublin men in the lead for the first time and they never looked back.
Simon Flynn of Vincent's went on a scoring spree, scoring 11 points in two minutes. Cartain Karl Donnelly stepped in with another two baskets including a three pointer in the last minute and a half, shortly followed by a three by Cian Nihill for Moycullen but the Dubliners went in nine points up at the break, 46-37.
Moycullen's Fergal McAndrew opened the scoring in the third but St, Vincent's hit back once again, through Flynn and Karl Donnelly, who also set up his brother James to stretch the lead to 52-39.
Baskets from Nollaig Cunningham and McAndrew closed the gap but when Cian Nihill picked up his fourth foul with 3.16 on the clock, which resulted in Moycullen on team fouls, things looked ominous for the westerners.
James Donnelly scored two from the free throw line, followed by a three pointer and Vincent's led by 20 with three minutes to go.
The younger Donnelly brother added another basket and with five more points gained from the free throw line, St. Vincent's were 72-46 ahead at the end of this quarter.
It was all over in the fourth, as Moycullen tried to play catch up.
Flynn and Karl Donnelly continued on their scoring form and there was no way back for the Galway boys.
Despite three three-pointers from Moycullen the game finished out 65-100 to the Dubliners and they are guaranteed to take at least one cup back to the capital tonight.
