Loughborough Lightning defeated Northern Thunder convincingly tonight 68-38.

It was a positive start from Thunder who was determined to put yesterday’s loss to Brunel Hurricanes behind them. Northern Thunder shooters Karen Greig and Charlotte Beenham found form and were able to capitalise on turnover created by Thunders defence.

The start of the second quarter was a different story with Thunder losing confidence following a few crucial errors despite patches of brilliance. Loughborough took advantage of this and built a strong lead in faultless form.

Northern Thunder re-shuffled their team line up in a failed attempt to rattle Loughborough and close the 12 goal margin at half time.

Northern Thunder Assistant Coach Suzy Chapman said after the game ‘The players felt the double header this weekend. We got off to a good start but put ourselves under pressure and couldn’t match the opposition’s performance. We made some crucial mistakes.’

Bev Lovatt said ‘In terms of our defensive work I thought the team’s effort was carried throughout the court.’

Loughborough Lightning Coach Rose Port said after the match ‘A good sound game with lots of combinations tried, and a slightly better performance than Thursday.’
 

Lightning too Good for Thunder

Quarter Scores

Q1: 14-11
Q2: 34-22
Q3: 51-31
Q4: 68-38

Shooting Stats:

K.aren Greig: 21/27, 78%
Charlotte  Beenham: 16/23, 70%
Krista  Enziano:1/2, 50%