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Moycullen's strong end to the season looked to have earned its just reward as they led high-flying Blue Demons by 10 points with less than four minutes remaining on Saturday night. However old habits die hard and they failed to close out the game, allowing their opponents to sneak a 78-77 victory at NUIG on Saturday night.

Moycullen’s Superleague season concludes at home on Saturday when they host UCC Demons at NUIG Kingfisher Club (8pm).

After the disappointment of the previous week’s defeat to Ulster Elks, there was an improved showing from Moycullen away to DCU Saints at the weekend.

Moycullen's Superleague basketball, having suffered another defeat in a long list of losses last weekend, must pick themselves up when they face DCU on Sunday (8pm).

Moycullen slipped to another defeat on Saturday against confident cup finalists UCD Marian in Galway. Despte a spirited showing from the home team, the visitors had too much firepower, easing to a 91-73 victory.

In their most disappointing performance of what has been a difficult season, Moycullen sleptwalked through the first two quarters on Saturday, managing only 25 points by the half at which stage they trailed by 29 points to an efficient Neptune side. Unable to finish open chances and turning over the ball far to often, they gifted a confident Neptune outfit score after score. Credit the home team with their second half effort, sparked by Michael Dowd with a great lay up down the lane right at the start of the third quarter. Garnett Griffin, playing his first game after his knee surgery last summer, hit some fine open shots in the second half run as Moycullen opened up and began to build some momentum. They outscored Neptune in the second half but the damage had been done in the first quarter and there was no catching the Cork team. The most frustrating element of the result was the fact that, despite the scoreline, Neptune were far from an unbeatable force and just capitalised on Moycullen's shortcomings. The team have a two week break now to sort out their difficulties before an away trip to Killester on Dec 18.

Moycullen are searching for a much-needed victory when they entertain Neptune in the Kingfisher NUIG on Saturday (6pm).

This weekend will see Moycullen make the long journey north to take on a rejuvenated Belfast Star on Saturday night.

Having achieved their first win of this season’s Superleague, Moycullen men’s basketball now face another double-header this weekend when they host DCU Saints on Saturday (6pm) in NUIG followed by a trip to Limerick on Sunday to play the Eagles.

Moycullen men’s basketball face a key series of Superleague fixtures over the next month as they bid to get their campaign on track after a difficult start to the season.