Monday, January 24, 2011
Poor performance from under strength squad provides another loss on the road for Ravens
Killenaleck Titans 77-58 Dundalk Ravens
The Dundalk Ravens suffered their second loss in as many games in a poor start to the second half of the season. The team traveled to Killenaleck to face the titans who the Ravens beat at home by forty points with only seven players. The team missed the experience and leadership of Fu Faapito, also absent where Andrius Burba, David Maguire, AJ O'Neil and Mateusz Karpinski. The Ravens where not helped by arriving at the wrong gym only to find out that the game was in Mullahoran which was another ten miles away. Eventually the team made it in the nick of time only forced to start the game with a technical foul for being late.
The game started without the Ravens getting much of a warm up which was an advantage to the Titans who went on a scoring spree at the start hitting 5 first quarter three pointers which led to a 24-8 first quarter lead. The Ravens where under sized compared to the bigger and more aggressive Titans. The Titans continued to get second chance scores off offensive rebounds. The Ravens finally found their feet in the second quarter with good scores coming from Aaron Lawless and Darren McGovern. Although, the Ravens only managed to close the gap by two points in this quarter. The good man to man defense was the main contributing factor here to help the Ravens settle. Good rebounding by Liam Woods and Mindi Savicius set up some good scores for the Ravens to go into the break trailing 37-23.
The second half began with some belief for Ravens after good scores fell for A. Lawless and L. Woods. Unfortunatley, the Titans continued their hot shooting from the three point line to keep their lead intact which made it difficult for the Ravens to get the lead down to single figures. At the beginning for the forth quarter the Ravens trailed by 13 points. The Ravens needed to find some sort of offensive spark early in the quarter to compete for the win and this happened with a three from D. McGovern and great individual scores from A. Lawless got the lead down to ten points but some good scores from the Titans and some suspect calls from the referees allowed the Titans to cruise to victory which was fully deserved from the start.
This loss leaves the Ravens sweating on results from the weekend to see if they remain in the top four for the end of year playoffs. The Ravens next game is at home to Carrick on Shannon Cougars on Saturday at 6.30pm in Muirhevnamor Sports Centre. Support is welcome and appreciated. Free entry to all spectators.
Team and Scorers
Darren McGovern (13)
Aaron Lawless (31)
John Loughlin
John Rafferty
Mindi Savicius (10)
Liam Woods (4)
Tadas Nerbusitas
The Dundalk Ravens suffered their second loss in as many games in a poor start to the second half of the season. The team traveled to Killenaleck to face the titans who the Ravens beat at home by forty points with only seven players. The team missed the experience and leadership of Fu Faapito, also absent where Andrius Burba, David Maguire, AJ O'Neil and Mateusz Karpinski. The Ravens where not helped by arriving at the wrong gym only to find out that the game was in Mullahoran which was another ten miles away. Eventually the team made it in the nick of time only forced to start the game with a technical foul for being late.
The game started without the Ravens getting much of a warm up which was an advantage to the Titans who went on a scoring spree at the start hitting 5 first quarter three pointers which led to a 24-8 first quarter lead. The Ravens where under sized compared to the bigger and more aggressive Titans. The Titans continued to get second chance scores off offensive rebounds. The Ravens finally found their feet in the second quarter with good scores coming from Aaron Lawless and Darren McGovern. Although, the Ravens only managed to close the gap by two points in this quarter. The good man to man defense was the main contributing factor here to help the Ravens settle. Good rebounding by Liam Woods and Mindi Savicius set up some good scores for the Ravens to go into the break trailing 37-23.
The second half began with some belief for Ravens after good scores fell for A. Lawless and L. Woods. Unfortunatley, the Titans continued their hot shooting from the three point line to keep their lead intact which made it difficult for the Ravens to get the lead down to single figures. At the beginning for the forth quarter the Ravens trailed by 13 points. The Ravens needed to find some sort of offensive spark early in the quarter to compete for the win and this happened with a three from D. McGovern and great individual scores from A. Lawless got the lead down to ten points but some good scores from the Titans and some suspect calls from the referees allowed the Titans to cruise to victory which was fully deserved from the start.
This loss leaves the Ravens sweating on results from the weekend to see if they remain in the top four for the end of year playoffs. The Ravens next game is at home to Carrick on Shannon Cougars on Saturday at 6.30pm in Muirhevnamor Sports Centre. Support is welcome and appreciated. Free entry to all spectators.
Team and Scorers
Darren McGovern (13)
Aaron Lawless (31)
John Loughlin
John Rafferty
Mindi Savicius (10)
Liam Woods (4)
Tadas Nerbusitas
Friday, January 21, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Pics from the Savi Game
Front row, Left to right: Tadas Narblstas, AJ O'Neil, John Rafferty, John Loughlin, David Maguire
Andrius Burba on the hight post
Fu with great finish at the basket
Aaron Lawless finishes the fast break
Another power move by Andrius Burba
Lawless hits a mid range shot
Monday, January 10, 2011
Savi BC 87-82 Dundalk Ravens
On Saturday night the Dundalk Ravens let slip a fantastic opportunity to pull further ahead at the top of the league by losing to Savi BC with a helping hand I must say from some poor calls by the officials down the stretch of the game. The Ravens missing a few starters from the team began brightly with a solid team performance which was lead by Fu Faapito. Fu made some great assists and also contributed to the scores himself early in the contest. Fast break points by Aaron Lawless and strong inside plays by Andrius Burba put the Ravens up 7 at the end of the first quarter. It could have been alot more only for the five threes scored by Savi.
The second quarter of the game was exciting as it was score for score with great scores coming from Darren McGovern, Liam Woods and AJ O'Neil. Great defensive rebounds by Andrius Burba kept the smaller Ravens in touch with Savis' strong emergence into the game. By half time the Ravens where still up by seven points with a scoreline of 48-41.
The third quarter was a difficult time for the Ravens as Savi came out the better after the half time break. The Ravens struggled to keep up with the physical aggression but to them by Savi. This lead to bad decision making and poor passes which lead to easy scores by Savi. Though the Ravens managed to find some composure towards the end of the quarter with two three points coming from Darren McGovern and good inside scores by Andrius Burba to leave the Ravens up by three.
The final quarter was entertaining to say the least. Savi hit a couple of long three pointers at the beginning and also added a fast break lay up to move 5 points ahead before the Ravens could mange to settle into the forth quarter. Some poor rebounding by the Ravens gave alot of second chance opportunities to Savi to help themselves to a healthy lead. Though the Ravens where boosted by the hot shooting hand of Darren McGovern who hit five second half three pointers and had six in total. This helped the Ravens to pull back to being two points down with 24 seconds remaining. To anyone who understand the final few seconds of a basketball match knows that to get the ball back you must steal it quickly or foul to put the team on the free throw line and hope they miss. So after they did not manage a steal a quick foul was committed on the ball by Fu Faapito but it was adjudged by the referee as intentional which meant that Savi would have two shots and the ball back in their possession. The referees claim that it is a new rule that you can't intentional foul in the final minutes, but this was a play to steal the ball and was judged as an intentional foul. Worse was to follow as when the Ravens almost stole the ball for a second time a second intentional foul was called by the referee to the amazement of not only the Ravens but Savi also. So the game was settled on the free throw line and left the Ravens to savour a poor loss to a team they should have beaten.
Team and Scorers
Fu Faapito (6)
Darren McGovern (31)
John Rafferty
Liam Woods (5)
David Maguire (3)
Tadas Nerblstas (3)
AJ O'Neil (2)
Mateusz Kirpinski
John Loughlin
Andrius Burba (16)
Aaron Lawless (15)
The second quarter of the game was exciting as it was score for score with great scores coming from Darren McGovern, Liam Woods and AJ O'Neil. Great defensive rebounds by Andrius Burba kept the smaller Ravens in touch with Savis' strong emergence into the game. By half time the Ravens where still up by seven points with a scoreline of 48-41.
The third quarter was a difficult time for the Ravens as Savi came out the better after the half time break. The Ravens struggled to keep up with the physical aggression but to them by Savi. This lead to bad decision making and poor passes which lead to easy scores by Savi. Though the Ravens managed to find some composure towards the end of the quarter with two three points coming from Darren McGovern and good inside scores by Andrius Burba to leave the Ravens up by three.
The final quarter was entertaining to say the least. Savi hit a couple of long three pointers at the beginning and also added a fast break lay up to move 5 points ahead before the Ravens could mange to settle into the forth quarter. Some poor rebounding by the Ravens gave alot of second chance opportunities to Savi to help themselves to a healthy lead. Though the Ravens where boosted by the hot shooting hand of Darren McGovern who hit five second half three pointers and had six in total. This helped the Ravens to pull back to being two points down with 24 seconds remaining. To anyone who understand the final few seconds of a basketball match knows that to get the ball back you must steal it quickly or foul to put the team on the free throw line and hope they miss. So after they did not manage a steal a quick foul was committed on the ball by Fu Faapito but it was adjudged by the referee as intentional which meant that Savi would have two shots and the ball back in their possession. The referees claim that it is a new rule that you can't intentional foul in the final minutes, but this was a play to steal the ball and was judged as an intentional foul. Worse was to follow as when the Ravens almost stole the ball for a second time a second intentional foul was called by the referee to the amazement of not only the Ravens but Savi also. So the game was settled on the free throw line and left the Ravens to savour a poor loss to a team they should have beaten.
Team and Scorers
Fu Faapito (6)
Darren McGovern (31)
John Rafferty
Liam Woods (5)
David Maguire (3)
Tadas Nerblstas (3)
AJ O'Neil (2)
Mateusz Kirpinski
John Loughlin
Andrius Burba (16)
Aaron Lawless (15)
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