Moycullen’s good away form leads to another league win

Moycullen 74

By Steven Heaney

A DOGGED third quarter performance from Moycullen away from home saw them record another Superleague victory, and their third win in four games since the Christmas break last weekend.

Their challenge on Saturday night was a physically imposing Eanna side, who, despite missing their top scorer Tamron Manning and Dublin footballer Michael Darragh MacAuley, boasted a significant advantage in size over the Galway outfit.

The home team’s strength around the basket showed early as they repeatedly found scores close to the hoop, with Moycullen being forced to rely on quicker ball movement and attempts from the three-point line.

However, good shooting from Moycullen’s Dylan Cunningham and James Loughnane were enough to see the Galway outfit take a narrow lead into the second quarter, 20-23.

The second quarter belonged to Eanna. Their twin towers of Conor Gallagher and American Mlynue Reeves performed well as the game slowed to a pace more suited to the Dubliners. Some fine internal passing facilitated the creation of high percentage scoring opportunities, and this put Eanna ahead at half-time.

The injection of Joseph Tummon into the game in the third quarter, along with fellow youngsters Connor Curran and Kyle Cunningham, upped the tempo of the contest back to a pace which suited Moycullen more, and the scoreboard soon reflected this as they retook the lead entering the fourth quarter.

It proved to be slightly nervy affair as Moycullen, while playing excellent basketball, failed to convert the many of the scoring opportunities they were creating.

For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.