Top Four Finals

Grade	Winners		Runners-Up
	14 January 2018
U19 Boys	Sligo All-Stars	66	Ballyshannon 88ers	35
U19 Girls	Ballyshannon 88ers	53	Donegal	29

Venues

Grade	Home Court
U19 Boys	Colaiste Choilmcille, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
U19 Girls	Colaiste Choilmcille, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

Report

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U19 Boys – Ballyshannon 88ers 35 Sligo All-Stars 66 Irish International Jack Moran scored 20 points for Sligo All-Stars as they ran out comfortable winners over Ballyshannon. The half-time score was 20-37, however, the All-Stars were always in control, and thet ran out 35-66 winners, despite the best efforts of O O’Neill and P McCaffrey. U19 Girls – Ballyshannon 88ers 53 Donegal 29 Ballyshannon’s under 19 girls had more success, winning 53-29 over Donegal. The first half was close, Ballyshannon leading 19-13 at the buzzer, however, they upped the tempo in the second half and Anna McKeon and Andrea McGlynn each scored 6 of their 10 points in the third quarter. Ballyshannon went on to win 53-29 in what was an entertaining game.

Teams and Players

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U19 Boys

Ballyshannon 88ers P McCaffrey (11), O O’Neill (16), D Ward (2), C Ryan, T Dolan (1), D Dolan (2), D Ryan (1), J Birney, K McCaffrey (2), M Dale, C Foy. Coach: Borga San Miguel

Sligo All-Stars M Donnellan (16), D Byrne (10), M Walsh (10), D Harte (3), M Conell (5), J Gimena, J Moran (20), J Walsh, O Harte (2). Coach: Alberto Garcia

U19 Girls

Ballyshannon 88ers B McGuire (8), E Rooney (2), S McDevitt (5), A Keon (10), C Gillespie, S Hughes, A McGlynn (10), T Duffy (9), M Davitt (4), S Robinson (5) . Coach: Paul McDevitt

Donegal E Mackle, A Campbell, A Timone (6), S Oarr (6), C Harron (1), L Clinton, C Bennett, M Dorrian (3), S Doherty (“), O Carbery (4), A Furey (7). Coach: Kevin Sinclair

References

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Websites

Donegal Democrat (2018) PHOTO GALLERY: See Thomas Gallagher’s photo gallery from North West U-19 Basketball finals Thomas Gallagher, 19 January 2018. [Internet] Available from: https://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/gallery/sport/292517/photo-gallery-see-thomas-gallagher-s-photo-gallery-from-north-west-u-19-basketball-finals.html [Accessed 25 January 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Naomi Harte & Gabriel McCloyne

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