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National League Basketball Division One,
Scotts Lakers 89, Galway Titans 60

Scotts Lakers returned to winning ways with an emphatic victory over Galway Titans in Killarney Sports Centre on Saturday night. It was a magnificent all-round team performance from the home side and they laid the foundation for this victory early in the second quarter when they went on a 16-0 run to set them up for a comfortable win.

Titans were competitive throughout the first quarter with big American Keegan Ryan leading the way and the visitors were 25-22 in front at the end of the first quarter.

Antuan Bootle already had nine points for Scotts Lakers at this early stage but was rested for long periods of the match as Coach Vojkan Bencic utilised his full bench.

New signing Dan Griffin, Mark Greene, Justin Tuason , Padraig Lucey ,Andrew Fitzgerald, Mihail Kapitanov and Cian Clernon were all on target as Lakers hit 16 unanswered points to open up a 43-29 lead.

The Killarney side stayed in front to lead 50-33 at half-time and maintained that advantage to stay 68-49 in front at the end of the third quarter.

A Titans comeback was never on the cards and the final quarter was a mere formality. Scotts Lakers finished the match with five local Killarney players all on the court at the same time with young Dylan O'Sullivan outstanding alongside team captain Philip O'Connor, Andrew Fitzgerald and veterans Shane Horgan and Keith O'Grady.

A comfortable 29-point win in the end and it was easily Lakers best display of the season so far. However Titans didn't offer much resistance and much tougher tests lie ahead including an away game in Ballincollig next Saturday.

Scotts Lakers: Mark Greene 17, Antuan Bootle 15, Andrew Fitzgerald 11, Cian Clernon 11, Padraig Lucey 11, Dan Griffin 8, Dylan O'Sullivan 6, Mihail Kapitanov 4, Justin Tuason 3 Philip O'Connor 3 Shane Horgan, Keith O'Grady.

Titans: Keegan Ryan 29, Tom Fabricuss 10, Jan Stec 8

A minute's silence was held before this match in memory of Neptune and Ireland Under 18 star Liam Chandler, who sadly passed away at the weekend.