DCU Saints 93 - 75 Limerick Lions. Sunday 15th November 

National Cup 1st Round. The opening quarter looked positive with Limerick's Robert Lynch opening the scoring, followed by a tit for tattrading of baskets which saw the quarter run with with the Jungle Kings ahead by 2. In the second quarte, much of the same was evident as Kinevane and new American signing Joel Green contributed greatly to the Lions' cause. The first half ended 43 points a piece.

James Donnelly (Saints) managed to score two from 'downtown' to open the second half. The beginning of the end loomed for the Lions as six minutes went by without a Limerick basket. The final quarter didnt show signs  of improving as Eoin Darling (Saints) rattled up an impressive individual total of 16 points during the last ten minutes of the game to end DCU Saints 93, Limerick Lions 75.

Sean Coffey was the Lions' highest scorer on 16 points, Kinnevane & Lynch followed on 14 with Joel Green on 12. 

UCC Demons 92 - 72 Limerick Lions.  Sunday 9th November

The Lions opened the match with an 8-2 lead after only a couple of minutes with thanks to Robert Lynch who took advantage of poor defending from the Cork side. Demons struggled to find their rhythm as Limerick used a switching defence to counter the demons offence and it was working as it took Demons out of their offensive stride as Limerick lead 22 to 17 at the end of the first quarter.

Demons intensity was evident after the break as they upped their defence and pressed high up the court forcing Limerick into turnovers. Demons were much better on offence as all starters were scoring threats and forced Limerick to scramble in the half-court. After a lack-luster first quarter, the Lions hit only 12 points in the second quarter and allowed the home side to lead 50-34 at the half.

The second half was a battle for both teams as they began to trade baskets. It was a chalk and cheese second half as both teams executed well but were aided by poor defence on both ends as both teams fumbled, turned over the ball and played weak defence. Colin O’ Rielly (Demons) was fouled out early in the fourth quarter but it didn’t stop Demons running out 92-79 winners at the Mardyke Arena.

Limerick Lions 74 - 72 Ulster Elks.  Saturday 1st November

The Lions edged out Ulster Elks in a competitive and very closely fought game in on home turf. The Lions got out 74 to 72 in a game which was close throughout and ended with loads of tension & drama for both the teams and their fans.

The Elks dominated the 1st Quarter and led by 11 at that stage 25 to 14. Limerick improved and closed out the first half to lead by 2, 37 to 35. The 3rd quarter was again very tight and Elks held a one point advantage 58 to 57 as the game headed into the last 10 minutes.

Limerick pulled away but some excellent 3 pointers from Elks kept them in the game. At 70 to 70, and in the last 30 seconds, Limerick's Sean Coffey came up with a two-pointer to give Limerick a precious lead. The drama wasn't over, Elks missed, Limerick were fouled, and Scott Kinevane stretched Limerick's lead  to 4. In a final twist Limerick were adjudged to have given an intentional foul, Paddy Gaharan hit 2 from the line. Possesion went to Elks, who got a shot off but didn't convert; the game went to Limerick.

Limerick Lions 81 - 67 Tralee Tigers.  Monday 27th October

The Limerick Lions got a bank holiday booster with a home win against Tralee Tigers. The game ended with the Lions ahead 81 to 67 at the University Arena. The Jungle King's had an 18 point advantage at half time with solid work from their squad, although losing Tom Canavan (Tralee) to a clash of heads early in the 2nd quarter. The Tigers battled to the end but were not able to eat into the Limerick lead and coach Sasa Punosevac ran in his bench in the last quarter.

Limerick had solid performances all round, good contributions from all their players, with Sean Coffey leading the scoring ranks on 25. Limerick coach Sasa Punosevac was able to run his full bench in the last quarter thus getting the younger players some good experience.

UCD Marian 80 - 59 Limerick Lions.  Saturday 25th October

The Jungle Kings travelled up to Dublin to face the Northern Conference table- toppers, UCD Marian, in the first of the weekend's back to back games

The Limerick Lions tired off in the final quarter, and allowed UCD open up a scoring gap, in what was 
otherwise a competitive and close contest.

DART Killester 79 - 75 Limerick Lions.  Saturday 18th October

The Limerick Lions had clearly come to play in this tough and close encounter and got some scores of their own in what was a competitive match up against last years champions. Neil Campbell scored well and Stephen King got some big offensive rebounds causing Killester problems from the outset. At the half DART led by four points

Scott Knevane was excellent throughout, penetrating and finding his teammates and getting some scores himself while always encouraging his team with cheerous shouts following each score. The
game remained in the balance as the fourth quarter began. Limerick Lions looked the stronger of the two teams at this stage and they took their first lead of the game with 7 minutes to go. With 1 minute 20 seconds to go Lions held a six point lead with Killester taking a timeout. Bonaparte (Killester) got a slashing score going to the basket to reduce the lead to four and a quick outlet on the next play led to a huge Jim Graboski dunk that had the crowd rocking. With 40 seconds to go DART trailed by two. Lions failed to get a score and Killester had one chance to tie the game. A missed jump shot was tipped in by
the energetic Bonaparte, sharing the desire of his namesake Napolean, to send the game into overtime.

DART looked to have the momentum in the early part of the extra period and John Behan hit a three to give them a five point lead. This was quickly followed by a breakaway layup by Madsen, ably assisted by the accurate Grennell, and Killester stretched their lead to nine points. Limerick battled back but unfortunately ran out of time and DART took their record to 3 and 0 with a four point win.

Limerick Lions 70 - 74 Shamrock Hoops.  Saturday 11 October 2008

In their first home match of the season the Lions came up 4 points short in a tense exciting Men’s Superleague game at the UL sports Arena losing in the end to Hoops, 74 to 70.

The story of the game is those four points as neither team opened up a lead above 4 points for the entire game. The game was close all the way through the first half and at half time the game was tied 38 to 38. Stephen King for Limerick and Jon Reed for Hoops shot well in this first half. The 3rd quarter was in the same vein, both sides shutting each other down and Limerick finished the quarter ahead by 2, on a score of 57 to 55. The final quarter was very tense and coming down the stretch it could have gone either way.  Jon Reed penetrated the defence to get key scores for Hoops and they held their composure to close out with a four point win.

Limerick had big scoring performances from Scott Kinevane with 25 points, and Stephen King on 16, and Sean Coffey on 14. Hoops had Jon Reed on 27, Clint Deas on 26 and Phil Taylor on 12.

DCU Saints 60 - 79 Limerick Lions.  Sunday, 5 October 2008

First match of the season gets the ball rolling for the Lions with an away win against DCU Saints. In the opening game of the new Basketball Superleague season, new American signing, Sean Coffey proved instrumental as Limerick Lions opened their campaign with a 79-60 win away to DCU Saints. The Lions, who are coached by former Irish Senior Women’s Head Coach Sasa Punosevac, held a healthy 12 point advantage at the break. US Star Coffey chipped in with a fine 22 points, while his Irish colleague Neil Campbell was also busy in the scoring charts with 17 points.

"It was a disciplined display, a good combination of outside shooting and fast breaks was the reason Limerick won," said Punosevac.  "DCU Saints' attempt to slow down the game with a zone defence was ineffective due to Scott’s good transition game and assisting with easy points for his team. We had good offensive and defensive rebounds which gave us the opportunity to control the tempo of the game.".