Fever trailed by eight goals at half time before they produced a stunning third quarter to go into the final change leading the visitors by three..
The girls in green prevailed in the final moments, spurred on by more than 10,000 Green Army fans.
Q1 Fever 18 | Giants 21
Giants Goal Shooter Jo Harten’s opening goal set the momentum for the start of the game, with the opposition controlling the first quarter.
Jhaniele Fowler- Nembhard didn’t let the defensive pressure of Matilda McDonell phase her, working around the Gold Keeper to earn herself 16 goals for the quarter.
It was a Sunshine Girls match off between Shanice Beckford in Goal Attack and Jodi-Ann Ward in Goal Defence. The International teammates certainly left their allegiance off the court, Beckford took two goals and nine centre pass receives for the quarter.
Q2 Fever 33 | Giants 41
The Giants maintained their lead in the second quarter, motivating Fever’s defence to work even harder and absolutely shine for the rest of the game.
Kadie Ann-Dehaney was on fire with her defensive pressure in goals, taking four deflections for the quarter, alongside captain Jess Anstiss’ two and Sunday Aryang’s one.
Alice Teague-Neeld took 13 feeds for the quarter, working her way around the mid court with partner Jordan Cransberg, both were completely switched on in defence and attack.
Q3 Fever 53 | Giants 50
Coming back from half time, Fever knew what they had to do, with Fowler-Nembhard’s goal in the first 10 seconds of the third quarter setting the tone for the second half.
Fran Williams was a powerhouse in defence with two intercept and a rebound, limiting the shooting capabilities of Sophie Dwyer to shorten the margin.
Dehaney’s consistency in defence made Harten’s job much harder.
Some first-class defence and errors on the ball from the Giants meant that Fever found their momentum and kept it going to take a three-goal lead by three quarter time.
Q4 Fever 68 | Giants 65
A tight final quarter had 10,015 Green Army fans on the edge of their seats, a fight to the finish to guarantee their epic win.
Anstiss’ intercept and deflection helped control the midcourt, alongside Teague-Neeld’s eight feeds, taking her to a massive total of 47 for the game.
Fever’s defence continued to excel, with both Dehaney and Williams working together to produce a held ball off a Giants’ super shot attempt, their efforts enabling the team to fight for and secure the win.
Fever turn their attention to their Round 13 battle with the Melbourne Vixens at John Cain Arena.
