An astonishing third
quarter in the round 9 Subway Cup match between The Royal Cougars and Spring
Gully Newton Jaguars has moved the Cougars to fourth spot after their 57-50 win
on Tuesday night at Netball SA Stadium.
After being behind by
7 goals at half time the Cougars put on 20 goals to the Jaguars’ 5 in the third
quarter to build their own lead of 8 goals by the final break.
It was an incredible
turn around from the Cougars, who struggled for rhythm during the entire first
half and won just one quarter in the match.
Both sides settled into
to the first quarter by scoring on centre pass possession for much of the
quarter. The Jaguars eventually built a small lead after taking advantage of
loose passing from the Cougars.
Jaguar’s keeper Jenna
Mendo was at her intercepting best, plucking long passes out of the air and
shutting down Cougars possession. GA Jess Hazel was also in good form shooting
the Jaguars out to a 5-goal lead at quarter time.
Discipline in defence
was a problem for the Cougars in the first quarter and this continued, as
Jaguars C Nicole Wood and WA Shannon Penn, combined well at the edge of the
circle.
As the Jaguars
mid-court focussed on good ball movement, they extended their lead to 7 goals
at half time and appeared in total control of the match.
However, after
controlling the first half and sensing the Cougars’ frustration, the Jaguars’
intensity dropped inviting the Cougars back into the game.
After making 4
positional changes, the Cougars clicked into gear across the court and were led
well by WA Leigh Waddington. Their defensive pressure lifted and GK Sarah Klau
and GD Amehlia Schmidt were showing much better discipline in the defensive circle.
The Cougars had all
the momentum after completely dominating the quarter and led by 8 goals at the
final break.
The final quarter was
an intense and even battle as the Jaguars put a miserable third quarter behind
them. They threatened the lead numerous times but could not ruffle a composed
Cougars side that defended their lead well.
Cougars GS Jess
Roberts shot extremely well for the match scoring 45 goals and providing a good
target for the Cougars front-line, GA Joanne Nixon and C Ashton Hurn combined
well with Waddington with usual centre Sammy Nutt absent.
Cougars coach Scott
Waddington was noticeably happy after a close loss to the ETSA Contax just
three days earlier.
“We were struggling at
half time, patches of the game we were in it but Jags were playing extremely
well so we had to do something at half time and change it up.
“We got a good result
in that third quarter, 20 goals to 5 is quite amazing against such a good side.
“We weren’t flowing
through our transitions. We were getting turnovers at the back but just
couldn’t score from them. The best way we could fix that was introducing fresh
legs and with Sammy Nutt missing, we had to try a few different things and it
payed off for us.” He Said.
Jaguars coach Jude
Andrewartha was disappointed and though complacency may have affected her side
in the third quarter.
“I think we dropped
our intensity in the third quarter and probably got a little bit complacent
because we felt we had a good lead and our intensity dropped.”
“We worked very hard
for the 15 minutes in each quarter of the first half but it was more about
thinking we had a commanding lead.”
In the other round 9
matches, Contours Matrics defeated Garville 67-50 and ETSA Contax continued
their unbeaten run battling Woods Panthers to a 52-32 victory.
Quarter-by-quarter scores:
Q1:
Jaguars 15 – 10
Cougars
Q2:
Jaguars 30 – 23
Cougars
Q3:
Jaguars 35 – 43 Cougars
Q4:
Jaguars 50 – 57 Cougars
Shooting Percentages:
Cougars 57/75
76%
J. Roberts: 45/54 83.33%
S. Carver: 5/10 50%
J. Nixon: 7/11 63.64%
Jaguars 50/69
72.46%
E. Van Den
Munckhof: 13/23 56.52%
J. Hazel: 34/42 80.95%
S. Penn: 3/4 75%
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