St. Mary’s (84) – (6) Pipers Hill College
Date: 22nd January 2024
Venue: Pipers Hill College
Reporter: Maria Caldes Albiol
Amazing performance by our 2nd year basketball team today against Pipers Hill. The first quarter started with great layups by Aoife Collings, followed by 2 shots by Ali Dowling. Together with scores by Núria Caldés and Katie Hill, the quarter finished 23-0.
Amber Blake began the second quarter with a brilliant drive to the basket. Great teamwork was shown by all the players. Super shots by Emily Breen and Ciara Nolan. St. Mary’s played excellent in defence keeping the opponent’s score at 0. Some more scores by Dara Kenny and a wonderful layup by Emily Breen in the last second of the first half brought the score up to 47-0
The third quarter kicked off with a score by Aoife Hayes and a superb shot by captain Núria Caldés. Isabelle Mcnamara then scored an amazing three pointer! Further scores by all the players including a layup by Anna Pamplin brought the third quarter to end 74-02
Alannah O’Sullivan and Ciara Nolan added some scores to the score sheet in the final quarter which finished 84-06