Ireland aim to end pre-qualifiers on a high against Luxembourg

Ireland head coach Mark Keenan has named an unchanged 12-man squad for their final FIBA EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifier against Luxembourg on Saturday at the National Basketball Arena.

A win will seal second place in Group G, with top spot out of reach following last Saturday's 95-61 defeat to group winners Croatia.

Ireland had a convincing 96-76 win over Luxembourg last week and head coach Mark Keenan is eager to finish off the campaign on another high. "We were obviously disappointed with the end result against Croatia. We were in contention until midway through the third quarter.

"Ultimately there are plenty of positives from this FIBA EuroBasket campaign, our performances have improved throughout and we’ll be looking for more from the squad this Saturday," Keenan said.

He added: "Naturally Luxembourg will be eager to avenge their defeat to us, so we know we’ll have to be at our best and we’ve been putting in plenty of hard work to prepare. Our supporters have been magnificent throughout these games and we’re eager to give them another win."

Ireland final 12-man squad: John Carroll (unattached), Sean Flood (unattached), CJ Fulton (Charleston, USA), Conor Quinn (Belfast Star), Conor O'Sullivan (Ulster University), Lorcan Murphy (Templeogue), Sam Alajiki (Rice University, USA), Taiwo Badmus (Saudarkrokur Tindastoll, Iceland), Matt Treacy (Moy Tolka Rovers), Jordan Blount (Neptune), Aidan Harris Igiehon (Abilene Christian Men’s Basketball, USA), Neal Quinn (University of Richmond)