DCU Saints travelled down to the only unbeaten side left in the NFM Superleague.

With a depleted squad, coach Vinny O'Keeffe was left to ponder his starting five as his team took on the form team in the Southern Conference who boast the services of formidable centre 6'11" Stu Robbins.

Mark Nagle opened the scoring for DCU, closely followed by Big Stu to level the proceedings and it was basket for basket as Scott Kinevan hit a rich vainto top score in the first quarter and leave DCU ahead by the minimum, 21 - 20.

Eoin Darling continued to trouble the Eagles as Trimmer nursed an ankle injury and James 'D' added, with the fresh Kevin Lacey adding four from the bench. By half-time the Eagles had overturned DCU's lead but it was still mighty close at 38-37.

Much to the delight of a capacity crowd in the U.L Arena the pace of the game intensified and as the lead changed constantly, neither side could carve out a solid advantage. Emmet Donnelly enjoyed a particularly good quarter for the Saints who trailed by five at the end of the third quarter, 54-59.

As is so often the case the big men decided this fixture as inside scoring and close contact drew frees throws for both sides, but a loss of concentration in the final stretch costs the Saints dearly as the still unbeaten Eagles held on to win by four.