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Athboy Cobras 63-75 Dundalk Ravens

Ravens Shoot the Cobras Down


On Friday night the Ravens traveled to Trim Leisure Centre needing a win to keep the hopes of a top four semi final berth alive. With an under strength squad and only seven players playing the Ravens knew they were in for a tough match up against the Cobras. Missing in action were Aaron Lawless, Fu Faapito, Mindi Mindagas, Kostas Keraputis and John Rafferty. The Ravens began the match with a flury of scores beginning with a three pointer from Darren McGovern after only a few seconds. Andrius Burba showed his worth as the leagues best rebounder with some excellent offensive rebounds and put backs. Tadas Narbutas was running the point in absence of others and played well and set up some good scores for others. Three pointers from Liam Woods and David Maguire set up a 18-13 lead for the Ravens at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter began with a 12-0 run for the Ravens with great scores coming from McGovern, Burba and Maguire. Mateusz Karpinski came off the bench to show his value as a top defender. Excellent defense in the quarter along with McGovern's 10 points put the Ravens up 44-22.

The third quarter was more of the same from the Ravens with good scores coming from Woods, McGovern and Burba. The Cobras changed up their defense but where unable to find any thing that would slow up the Ravens. They took a 60-38 lead into the final quarter.

With the points pretty much in the bag the Ravens cruised to victory behind Darren McGovern's 28 points and Andrius Burba's 23 points. This win leaves the Ravens needing one win from their two remaining games to secure a top four spot. Next game is at home in the Muirhevnamor Sports Centre on 9th April when the Carrick On Shannon Cougars visit. Tip off is at 6.30 and all support welcome.

Team and Scorers
Darren McGovern (28), David Maguire (17), Liam Woods (5), Tadas Narbutas, John Loghlin, Matuesz Karpinski (2), Andrius Burba (23)

Mullingar Dragons 75-62 Dundalk Ravens

 Ravens suffer loss away to Mullingar Dragons


On Saturday night the Ravens made the trip to Rochfortbridge to play the Dragons. With only seven players available due to various commitments the Ravens knew this would be a difficult game for them. Two under 19 players started in David Maguire and John Rafferty and also had a third in Liam Woods who played a vital role off the bench. Darren McGovern started brightly for the Ravens with a three pointer followed soon after with another. M Mindagas was showing some good promise early but got into foul trouble quickly which limited his playing time to help the Ravens get scores on the board. A Burba was strong at the rim and got the Ravens rebounding against a bigger Dragons team. The Ravens showed good spirit to be ahead 18-14 at the end of the first quarter.

Going into the second the Ravens continued with good play on the defensive end and also offensively. A Burba had a good quarter scoring 6 points and setting up fast breaks with great rebounds. John Rafferty ran the point position well and had help from K Keraputis who turned up late to the game due to work which hampered him with no warm up and struggled to get into the game straight away. The Ravens held their own and finished the half up 30-26.

The Dragons came out of the half time break with huge attack from the three point line scoring 5 in the quarter along with some easy scores due to the poor defense from the Ravens. Even when the Ravens changed up their defense nothing seemed to work as the Dragons continued to score at ease. National League player Janner Heering was in fantastic form for the Dragons and couldn't seemingly miss in the quarter scoring 18 in the period. At the end of the third quarter the score was 60-42

Going into the final quarter down 18 was always going to be difficult to get back but the Ravens fought hard and manged to get back to to two points with good scores from D McGovern and A Burba but the Dragons had something left and got a couple of scores from the free throw line and the Ravens lost Mindagas to being fouled out. Needless turnovers proved to be the difference with the teams and the Dragons ran out worthy winners. Next up for the Ravens is another away game to the Athboy Cobras on Friday night and will be hoping for a better performance from the team.

Team and scorers
Darren McGovern (22), David Maguire (6), John Rafferty, Mindi Mindagas (14), Kostas Keraputis (5), Liam Woods (2), Andrius Burba (13).