The U16Boys who played a Great Moycullen Team in The Galway League today at Kilannin.
The game began with some strong moves to the basket by the revamped Titan side,but unfortunately the ball wouldn’t drop and Moycullen led by 4 at the end of the first quarter.The Titans experimented with different players to try to pull down a few boards.Diego,Oisin and Johnathan kept them on the scoreboard but thy went in at the half 14points behind.Kelvin and David Dillon worked hard under the boards but struggled to improve the rebounding situation.Defensively,Eoin Coughlan,Sean Kelly and Oisin curtialed some of the strong outside shooting of Kyle Cunningham and Rurai but josh and joseph Tummon continued to score from in close.The Third quarter was much better for the Titans,with Bruce Silva taking an early exit through illness and Kenneth and johnathan finally getting their hands on some hard fought rebounds.Luke Palmer was playing tough dee,got a couple of rebounds and finished strong on a fast break.Eoin Coughlan drove kyle hard on the basline and finished to the hoop for six points.Johnathan, Diego and oisin kept chipping away and the Titans and Moycullen were both in foul trouble coming down to the wire.The City boys played 14 players in all and felt that they performed well overall.Final score 60-47 for Moycullen Johnarhan -20pts;Diego 6;Eoin 6;Oisin 10points