Eanna into National Cup semis
DBS Eanna head coach Darren McGovern guided his team to the semi finals

Eanna into National Cup semis

LAST year’s finalists DBS Éanna are into the semi-finals of the InsureMyHouse.ie National Cup after an 83-76 Pat Duffy Cup win over Team 360 Financial Killorglin.

Stefan Zecevic (23), Devin Gilmore (15) and Romonn Nelson (14) led the home side’s offence, while Team 360 Financial Killorglin’s top scorers were Alan Thomas (17), Simon Fransis (15) and Isa Xander Brandon (15).

DBS Éanna head coach Darren McGovern was delighted to reach the last four: “We played great defensively tonight. We stuck to our tasks and delivered a big home win for our club. Many excellent contributions from the players tonight. Stefan (Zecevic) lead the offence and Devin Gilmore really showed up tonight. He’s capable of much more too. I thought Hillary Nets was exceptional on his defensive assignments too. Overall, everyone is always thrilled to get through to the next round. Two Cup semi-finals back-to-back is progress. We’ll now get back to prep for next weekend.”

DBS Éanna will play Garvey’s Tralee Warriors in the semi-finals. The Kerry side defeated Moycullen 77-62. Daniel Jokubaitis 20, Aaron Calixte 17 and Ronalds Elsknis 14 led scoring for Garvey’s Tralee Warriors, while Moycullen’s leading point scorers were Grant Olsson (18) and Connor Curran (14).

Elsewhere, the 2018 National Cup winners DCU Mercy beat the 2019 Cup winners Liffey Celtics 61-50 at DCU Arena.

Adrienne Jackson, Alexis Dillard and Sorcha Tiernan each had 12 Liffey Celtics. Ireland international Tiernan, lamented the fact they couldn’t build a bigger score. “They were very good defensively, they were very well prepared for us and I think we struggled to execute. 50 points is a pretty low score, defensively we only gave up 61 which is okay, but we can definitely do better”.

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