A robust efficiency by the Jamaican trio of defenders Shamera Sterling-Humphrey and Latanya Wilson, together with objective shooter Romelda Aiken-George, powered the defending champions Adelaide Thunderbirds to a dominant 67-41 victory over the Melbourne Mavericks within the Tremendous Netball League this weekend.
The win elevated the Thunderbirds to second place within the standings.
In the meantime, the Queensland Firebirds pulled off the season’s greatest upset, overcoming their off-court challenges to safe a shocking 78-70 win towards the West Coast Fever. The Firebirds’ sudden victory on the Nissan Enviornment in Brisbane noticed them climb off the underside of the standings.
Jamaica’s captain, Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, considered one of many world’s greatest objective shooters, delivered a powerful efficiency for the Fever with 65 objectives from 57 out of 58 makes an attempt contained in the arc and 4 out of 9 from outdoors. Nevertheless, her efforts couldn’t stop the Fever from struggling their second defeat of the season.
The Fever appeared set for a snug win, surging forward 20-12 within the first quarter. Nevertheless, an 8-0 run, highlighted by back-to-back tremendous pictures from Donnell Wallam within the final 12 seconds, tied the sport at 20-20 by the tip of the primary quarter.
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Kadie-Ann Dehaney’s two-minute suspension
With appearing captain Lara Dunkley excelling at wing assault and Macy Gardner changing Hulita Veve at middle, the Firebirds took a stunning 41-39 lead at halftime, thanks to a different two-pointer from Wallam proper on the buzzer.
The Firebirds capitalized on a pair of turnovers from Fowler-Nembhard early within the third quarter to increase their grip, ending the quarter with a 57-51 lead. Within the last quarter, Jamaican defender Kadie-Ann Dehaney’s two-minute suspension for harmful contact added to the Fever’s struggles. Though Fowler-Nembhard managed to slim the hole, the Firebirds sealed their victory with a spirited 7-0 run.
Fever objective assault Shanice Beckford of Jamaica scored 4 objectives from eight makes an attempt, together with three missed tremendous pictures, and Dehaney contributed two interceptions and 4 deflections.
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The defeat noticed the Fever drop from second to 3rd place within the standings with 32 factors, the identical because the Thunderbirds, who moved as much as second place. The Thunderbirds are actually 4 factors behind the league leaders, Melbourne Vixens, thanks to a different stellar defensive efficiency by Sterling-Humphrey and Wilson.
