Glanmire ease to victory over disappointing Fr Mathew's in Cork basketball derby
The Address UCC Glanmire's Del'Janae Williams lays up a basket from Catalyst Fr Mathews' Danielle Murphy-O'Riordan and Niamh Dwyer during the Women's Super League at Upper Glanmire community centre. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
The Address UCC Glanmire had a very comfortable victory against an all-at-sea Catalyst Fr Mathew’s in a Women’s Super League encounter at Upper Glanmire Community Centre.
Glanmire led by eight points 36-28 at the half, but in truth, the standard of basketball from both sides was terrible, riddled with turnovers and very shooting options.
Glanmire greatly improved in the second half with DelJanae Williams the driving force, however, Mathew’s coach Keith Daly will be very frustrated as his team were out-fought all over the floor.
Glanmire raced into a 4-3 lead with baskets from Mia Furlong and American player Callie Cavanaugh, however, a short jumper by Ciara McCarthy followed by offensive rebound and put back by Kyra White gave Mathew’s a 7-4 lead after four minutes of the opening period.
Both sides traded baskets for the next three minutes, but Glanmire regained the lead 14-13 with a bucket by Miriam Loughrey. The final two minutes featured mistakes by Mathew’s but Glanmire never capitalised and led by only five points 18-13 at the end of the quarter.
Glanmire increased their lead 22-15 with a Lucy Walsh bucket inside the paint and a powerful drive to the hoop and foul shot by Aine McKenna two minutes from the restart. Mathew’s reduced the deficit 24-18 with two buckets inside the paint by Makeda Clarke, however, a monstrous effort beyond the arc from Annalise Murphy had Glanmire leading 29-23 with 3.19 remaining in the second period.
American player DelJanae Williams then added a huge three followed by a beautiful floater to increase the home team’s lead 36-25, but another effort beyond the arc by Leslie-Ann Wilkinson saw Mathew’s trailing 36-28 at the half.
Williams gave Glanmire the perfect start to the third quarter with two stunning drives to the basket and a foul shot followed by a brace of foul shots by McKenna for Glanmire to increase their lead 45-30 in the 23rd minute. Mathew’s did reduce the deficit 47-35 with an effort beyond the arc by Niamh Dwyer, their third from a total of 17 efforts.
However, another breakaway lay-up by Williams had the home team leading 49-35 with 1.35 remaining in the quarter. McKenna nailed a baseline jumper to increase Glanmire’s lead 53-37, but a buzzer-beating three by Amy Murphy reduced the deficit to 53-40.
Glanmire made a stunning start to the final period with baskets by Loughrey, Williams and Claire O’Sullivan to push their lead out to 59-40 two minutes into the restart.
Mathew’s were totally disjointed on both sides of the floor and the reality was that Glanmire didn’t have to be at their best to comfortably win the game.
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