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Fever too hot for Mavs, make it eight straight
White-hot West Coast Fever have stretched their Super Netball winning streak to eight with a 69-63 win over the Melbourne Mavericks at John Cain Arena.
The second-ranked Fever (8-2) started with a bang on Saturday, dominating the first half before warding off a late Mavericks rally with relative ease.
Wing attack Alice Teague-Neeld racked up 23 assists from 33 feeds, connecting superbly with star shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, who buried all 57 of her one-point attempts.
West Coast joined the ladder-leading NSW Swifts on 32 points, although the Sydneysiders boast a superior percentage and have a game in hand (on Sunday against the Giants).
"That was a massive grind for us," Teague-Neeld said.
"We really wanted to back up our performance (from) last week (against the Swifts) and the Mavs really made us work for that.
"A little bit inconsistent but really happy to get the win."
West Coast rode a clinical 6-1 head start to a 22-15 quarter-time cushion.
Melbourne's defence gave up too many early penalties as they tried in vain to curb the Fever's attacking trio of Teague-Neeld, Fowler-Nembhard and Shanice Beckford.
Turnovers piled up for the home side in the second stanza, allowing West Coast to extend their advantage to 38-27 at halftime.
The gap swelled to 13 early in the third before the Mavs shifted some magnets around in attack and seized the initiative for the first time.
Molly Jovic was brilliant through the middle, Shimona Jok clinical in the circle and long-range specialist Sasha Glasgow's super-shot on the three-quarter time horn trimmed the Fever's lead to 52-44.
The fourth stanza started as a goal-for-goal shootout before a flurry of Uneeq Palavi two-pointers - she went 4-of-5 from long range for the term and 6-of-8 overall - dragged Melbourne to within five goals in the dying stages.
But time - and their substandard start - was always the Mavericks' enemy.
White-hot West Coast Fever have stretched their Super Netball winning streak to eight with a 69-63 win over the Melbourne Mavericks at John Cain Arena.
The second-ranked Fever (8-2) started with a bang on Saturday, dominating the first half before warding off a late Mavericks rally with relative ease.
Wing attack Alice Teague-Neeld racked up 23 assists from 33 feeds, connecting superbly with star shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, who buried all 57 of her one-point attempts.
West Coast joined the ladder-leading NSW Swifts on 32 points, although the Sydneysiders boast a superior percentage and have a game in hand (on Sunday against the Giants).
"That was a massive grind for us," Teague-Neeld said.
"We really wanted to back up our performance (from) last week (against the Swifts) and the Mavs really made us work for that.
"A little bit inconsistent but really happy to get the win."
West Coast rode a clinical 6-1 head start to a 22-15 quarter-time cushion.
Melbourne's defence gave up too many early penalties as they tried in vain to curb the Fever's attacking trio of Teague-Neeld, Fowler-Nembhard and Shanice Beckford.
Turnovers piled up for the home side in the second stanza, allowing West Coast to extend their advantage to 38-27 at halftime.
The gap swelled to 13 early in the third before the Mavs shifted some magnets around in attack and seized the initiative for the first time.
Molly Jovic was brilliant through the middle, Shimona Jok clinical in the circle and long-range specialist Sasha Glasgow's super-shot on the three-quarter time horn trimmed the Fever's lead to 52-44.
The fourth stanza started as a goal-for-goal shootout before a flurry of Uneeq Palavi two-pointers - she went 4-of-5 from long range for the term and 6-of-8 overall - dragged Melbourne to within five goals in the dying stages.
But time - and their substandard start - was always the Mavericks' enemy.
White-hot West Coast Fever have stretched their Super Netball winning streak to eight with a 69-63 win over the Melbourne Mavericks at John Cain Arena.
The second-ranked Fever (8-2) started with a bang on Saturday, dominating the first half before warding off a late Mavericks rally with relative ease.
Wing attack Alice Teague-Neeld racked up 23 assists from 33 feeds, connecting superbly with star shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, who buried all 57 of her one-point attempts.
West Coast joined the ladder-leading NSW Swifts on 32 points, although the Sydneysiders boast a superior percentage and have a game in hand (on Sunday against the Giants).
"That was a massive grind for us," Teague-Neeld said.
"We really wanted to back up our performance (from) last week (against the Swifts) and the Mavs really made us work for that.
"A little bit inconsistent but really happy to get the win."
West Coast rode a clinical 6-1 head start to a 22-15 quarter-time cushion.
Melbourne's defence gave up too many early penalties as they tried in vain to curb the Fever's attacking trio of Teague-Neeld, Fowler-Nembhard and Shanice Beckford.
Turnovers piled up for the home side in the second stanza, allowing West Coast to extend their advantage to 38-27 at halftime.
The gap swelled to 13 early in the third before the Mavs shifted some magnets around in attack and seized the initiative for the first time.
Molly Jovic was brilliant through the middle, Shimona Jok clinical in the circle and long-range specialist Sasha Glasgow's super-shot on the three-quarter time horn trimmed the Fever's lead to 52-44.
The fourth stanza started as a goal-for-goal shootout before a flurry of Uneeq Palavi two-pointers - she went 4-of-5 from long range for the term and 6-of-8 overall - dragged Melbourne to within five goals in the dying stages.
But time - and their substandard start - was always the Mavericks' enemy.
