In front of a small crowd at Dundalk Sports Centre on Saturday evening the Ravens got off to a flying start going up 26-8 at the end of the first quarter with Darren McGovern scoring 14 of his 22 in the quarter. Some great steals and rebounds on the defensive end helped the Ravens score easy layups to gain a big advantage early in this game. The Kilnaleck Titans where made up of foreign nationals and where unable to cope with the early pressure put on them by the Raven guards of J. Rafferty and Tadas. Big rebounds by S. Byatt and L. Woods in the second quarter helped the Ravens again to establish a strong 53-16 half time lead.The Ravens where missing possibly three starters to this team and the underaged lads stepped up very well and in particular C. Murray and J. Rafferty who finished with 14 each to their credit. The Ravens long term pg K. Keparutis made some great assists and also kept the offensive running smoothly.
Though to the Titans credit they did not give in and gave a valiant effort in the third quarter outscoring the Ravens 20-18. D. McGovern with 8 and C. Murray with 7 kept the Ravens going offensively in the third quarter but also the young guys from Dundalk need to be switched on all the time when they face stronger teams in the future.
The Ravens got to give their full squad equal minutes in this game and this was reflected in the the great team performance put into show by the lads. The forth quarter was again easy for the Ravens but we need to learn quick that all games wont be this easy, staring with an away game to Kilenkere next Sunday.
Team and Scorers
Darren McGovern (22),
Tadas. N (9)
John Rafferty (14)
Liam Woods (5)
David Maguire (13)
Kostas Keparutis (9)
Ciaran Murray (14)
John Loughlin (2)
Steven Byatt
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