“There’s a lot more to come from us” says Templeogue’s Lorcan Murphy

Black Amber Templeogue have reached the National Cup semi-finals after missing out last season following a defeat to the eventual winner Griffith College Swords Thunder.

Top scorer on the night was point guard Lorcan Murphy, with 18 points in a closely fought contest. A nail-biting end to the game saw brilliant scoring from Lawrence (Puff) Summers, Mike Bonaparte and Neil Randolph to see Templeogue come out victorious 81-76.

We caught up with Lorcan after the game. He said, “Delighted with the win. Éanna are a tough enough team this year and they match up reasonably well with us, but we have been improving week to week and aim to continue doing so.”

Templeogue got off to a poor start to the Super League this season but the form has been excellent of late and Murphy feels there’s still more to come, “We had a rough start to the campaign and seem to be finally finding our flow, however reaching the Cup semi-final is a great acheivment and I feel we have a lot more to offer and you haven’t seen our best yet.”

He’s enjoying this Cup run,”I love the cup and enjoy playing in it regardless of the round, but the final is always such a big occasion which is exactly the kind of environment any player should enjoy getting  a whack at.”

“The season has been going well enough, since the rough patch at the start, but with 10 games left and a considerable bit of ground to make up, every week is a must win affair as we chase the top teams.”

“It was absolutely a tough game, we knew it wasn’t going to be easy, we knew it was going to be a dog fight,” said coach Mark Keenan. 

“They’ve a lot of size, we looked great at times, and then we let them back in. I’m delighted to get out and get a win and move on to the semi-finals. We had happy times two years ago, then we missed out last year, so it was a goal to get back there again.”

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