MVP Performance By Monasterevin's Claire Melia In The National Basketball Cup Final.

Monday, 24 January 2022 16:00

The 22 year-old starred in UCC Glanmire's win.

In the women’s National Basketball Cup final yesterday, Monasterevin’s Claire Melia won the MVP award for a game changing performance.

Her UCC Glanmire’s hopes of an eighth cup title looked dead at the start of the final quarter, when DCU led by 14 points

But the Cork side produced a 21-point turnaround due to Melia’s brilliance.

In that period, she scored 10 points of her 21 points game tally (with 11 rebounds).

It was her three-pointer, which tied the game 60 all,with four minutes left,.

From there UCC Glanmire went on to win by 72-65

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