Senior Men: The men’s team suffered a narrow defeat to Old Leighlin in their Midlands League encounter on Saturday afternoon in the Mall. The Carlow visitors winning out 59 points to 56.
U18 Boys: The U-18 side were beaten in their Midlands League clash by Athlone.
Under 16 Boys: Our U-16 grey team were beaten by 10 points in their LonLeitRos clash at home to Boyle. Losing out 37-27.
An understrength Phoenix put in a superb performance against a very physical Boyle outfit.
Phoenix demonstrated a lot of steel and fight against their taller opponents. However, despite scoring some excellent baskets, Boyle pulled away in the final quarter to get the victory.
Team: Ben Trappe (8 points), Andris Gile (8 points), Kwasery Kuziemka (2 points), Conor Lennon (3 points), Eoin O’Connor (6 points), Alex Maguire Obasi and Rian Halse.
After a narrow defeat by five points to Maynooth recently; our U-16 Green team suffered another narrow five-point defeat in the Midlands League. This time at home against Athlone with the visitors winning out 42-37.
The Phoenix defence kept them in the contest forcing Athlone to take difficult shots, some of which they converted.
Our offence struggled in the first-half. While ball movement and running plays worked well, our shot execution did not deliver the deserved returns.
In the final quarter trailing by 12 points; Phoenix adopted a successful full court press which achieved several steals and with 10 seconds remaining the deficit was whittled down to just three points. However, Athlone scored the final basket to hold on for the win.
Team: Sean O’Boyle (9 points), Christian McGerr (19 points), Tadgh Reilly (2 points), Daniel Ivanov, Evan Lyons (2 points), Oliver Krzak (4 points), Ryan Adgeboyega (1 point), Aidan Harris, Aidan Nolan.
Girls team success
Under 16 Girls: Our U-16 team recorded comprehensive victories over both the Mohill Renegades and the Mohill Rebels in the LonLeitRos League.
Under 12 Girls: Our Flames team beat Mohill Mavericks in their LLR clash with just a point to spare. Winning out 19-18.
Flames trailed by eight points to seven at half-time. Then by 14 points to 13 at the end of the third-quarter.
In a brilliant finish to the game; the Flames won the contest by knocking down the winning basket right on the buzzer at the end of the match.
