Newcastle Eagles v Sheffield Hatters
Sunday 17 December 2023
First visit this year to Newcastle to play a team that has historically been strong & well coached, although this team are currently without a win this season.
Hatters had a great start to the game, and as they have shown repeatedly this season, strong defence is the foundation of a successful team, and this showed by taking a 3-18 lead at the end of the first quarter.
This continued into the second quarter with some great offensive moves, and although Hatters had a couple of players out due to injury, everyone pulled together to extend the lead to 36-8 at the half, winning the quarter 18-5.
A combination of an Eagles resurgence and Hatters taking their foot off the gas a bit gave Eagles a bit of a comeback which resulted in a 3rd quarter score of 52-16 (8-16). Eagles continued to score into the final quarter with a final score of 66-26, which was a convincing win for Hatters but they will need to be more ruthless & clinical with tougher teams ahead and hopefully playoffs looming. COME ON HATTERS!
Top scorers
Millie Lowe 16 points
Lilly Waller 10 points
Renee Ieronymakis 10 points
Q1 3 Newcastle – 18 Hatters
Q2 5 Newcastle – 18 Hatters
Q3 8 Newcastle – 16 Hatters
Q4 10 Newcastle – 14 Hatters
Final Score
26 Newcastle – 66 Hatters