Titans 333333333’s stun Kilkenny cats!

In the National league game on Sunday at Renmore,the crowd enjoyed a fantastic performorance from their new look squad to cheer up what was otherwise a wet and dreary Galway afternoon.It was the long awaited debut of Brendan Barile who did not dissappoint, with an unbelievable 75% 3pt shooting display in amassing a gametotal 30points to announce his arrival and earn him the MVP for the game.

Kilkenny and Titans were both coming off Big wins from the previous evening with Kilkenny having scalped the high flying Ulster Elks by 4pts at home.The visitors were enormous, with 4 men around 6’10” and In the earlier exchanges, the enormous size of the Kilkenny men hurt the Titans inside,but Taofik Mustapha was undeterred as he made shotblocks and rebounds with the superior blocking out of Glen Hynes,Gintaris and Paulius P. Tomz was chipping away at the scoresheet in a much improved shooting performance that landed him 18pts by game end.The game was at all times under the stewardship of the vibrant and tenacious Argentinian Assist-Machine Latauro.The youngster tortured the opposition on Defense and led the nation in assists after only his first weekend.At half time the Titans were 40-18 in front,but instead of letting down their guard,Coaches Lint and Consodine availed of the opportunity to get their hardworking panel some gametime and put their skills on show…and how they did!Derek Mulvene opened his account with a big three from downtown, Ollie Brockmann hit the free throws,Gintaris plyed his trade in around the hoop and Seamus Garrity and Robertus Kinurius drove the basket hard to get 6points against the Kilkenny Bigmen.But the elder statesmen of Connel,Glen, Paulius(17pts) and Barile just kept raining in threes against the hardworking zone of Kilkenny for an eventual scoreline of 94-40 to the Titans!Combine that with the win on the road on the previous night of 109-67 against Donegal and the Titans have made a definitive statement that they have come together as a team and bagged their first six points as well!