Table toppers Killester aim to dethrone reigning champions UCC Demons in Pat Duffy National Cup final

They say that form goes out the window when it comes to a cup final, however, when the two best teams in the country come face to face, momentum and continuity look set to play their part.

Saturday night at the National Basketball Arena will see Killester take on last year's champions, UCC Demons, in the final of the Pat Duffy National Cup, with both sides arriving into the decider in top form.

Table-toppers Killester come into the game off the back of an 11-game winning streak in the Super League, which included a comprehensive 10-point win over tonight’s opponents back in November, and they will be confident of securing the silverware at the Tallaght Arena.

The Dublin outfit will look to employ their fast-paced, energetic game and aim to disrupt the Demons at every opportunity, hoping to utilise the quality of players like Kason Harrell and Paul Dick to attack the Cork unit.

For an "undersized" team, Killester can mix it physically and it should make for an intriguing contest against the powerful UCC collective.

It’s been a remarkable 12 months for the Cork side who were in real relegation trouble at this stage of the season during the last campaign, before they stormed to the National Cup victory over Ballincollig.

And now Demons are looking to go back-to-back in a game that is unlikely to mirror the earlier league contest, which Killester won by double-digits at their Clontarf venue.

"It would be one of the highlights of my career because not many teams get to go back-to-back, and this year we’re second in the league behind Killester, so it’s only right that one and two teams play each other for the Cup," said Demons’ Elijah Tillman, speaking to the media ahead of the decider.

"We have been able to gradually build and keep