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Solent Kestrels 47 vs Lewisham Thunder 57
On their longest road trip so far the girls were looking to avenge a 2 point loss at home in the opening fixture of their National League Campaign. The players arrived tired and took a while to stretch their legs before heading to get changed. With Thunder colours donned the players came out with a hardened look about them. They had been awaiting this rematch and believed they had gifted Solent their win back in October.
Early exchanges were full of intensity and buckets were traded throughout the first quarter with neither team getting ahead by more than a couple before being reined in. The referees looked to make their mark calling 45 fouls in the game resulting in 21, of the 59, free throws being shot in the first 10 minutes. The second quarter continued as the first with all the points in the first 4 minutes coming from the line before Lewisham started to pull out and hold on to a lead on the back of mean team defence and stellar rebounding from Latisha Powell.
Solent went into the break 5 down at 31:26 but came out fired up as Lewisham lapsed and gave up 11 straight points in 5 minutes to trail 37:31. With Jenelle Grant now ably supporting Powell under the boards and beginning to find her offensive touch along with Stephanie Narraine and Ami Elizee, Thunder replied with a straight 7 of their own to regain the lead and pull away to head into the last quarter up 39:43 with the team beginning to lock down defensively.
Everyone knows that this teams plays to the last second of the last minute of every game and the Thunder Girls were determined to return home with a notch in the W column. Chasing down every loose ball and harrying every shot Solent took, they gave up only 8 points in the final quarter and delivered 14 of their own, stretching the lead to 10 as they ran out winners of a hard fought and at times very physical confrontation. They delivered a strong team performance with every player making a contribution at both ends of the floor. The girls were resilient and showed outstanding team ethic delighting their coaches and three travelling supporters. You three know who you are and you deserve recognition for the constant encouragement and direction you offer the players game after game. We thank you!
By Quarter: 15:15, 11:16, 13:12, 8:14
Scorers : S. Narraine, 16; A. Elizee, 11; J. Grant, 11; L. Powell, 10; K. Martinez, 4; C. Criello, 3; S Bishai, 2.
