Fever led by 11 goals at three quarter time but the Giants came out firing in the final quarter to even scores on the back of three supershots.
Moments That Mattered
With 52 seconds left on the clock, scores were level and Fever had the ball.
The team responded to the moment to control the ball and the game to feed Fowler for her 59th goal and gain a one goal lead.
The Giants had 17 seconds to score and with less than 10 seconds left Vice Captain Jess Anstiss came up with the crucial intercept to deny the Giants the chance to score and secure the points.
Quarter by Quarter
Q1: WCF 21 | GIANTS 20
The first quarter was a tight tussle as the Giants were boosted by the return of Jo Harten whose presence was big throughout the contest.
Trailing by a goal going into the Power 5, Fever took some control and Sasha Glasgow capitalise with two supershots. While Jhaniele Fowler continued her perfect start top the season with 16 goals at 100 per cent.
Q2: WCF 40 | GIANTS 37
Glasgow continued her influential play, supported by Alice Teague-Neeld and Sunday Aryang, who made two intercepts
The Fever controlled the second quarter and built a handy 10-goal lead with three minutes to play. However, Giants gained the momentum in the Power 5, scoring four supershots to reduce the margin to three goals at the half.
Q3: WCF 63 | GIANTS 52
Anstiss’ move to Centre paid dividends as she helped Fever maintain control of the third quarter. While Captain Courtney Bruce pulled down two rebounds, one intercept and two deflections for the quarter.
Teague-Neeld and Glasgow continued to cause headaches for the Giants as they controlled the ball as Fever fed Fowler.
The teams traded goals for most of the third quarter but Fever maintained control to extend their lead to seven goals heading into the Power 5.
While the Giants again took advantage of the supershot, Glasgow matched the Giants three with three of her own as Fever outscored the Giants by four in the final five minutes.
Q4: WCF 74 | GIANTS 73
The fourth quarter was all the Giants as they came out firing and reduced the Fever’s lead to four goals heading into the Power 5.
The Giants scored three supershots to even the scores with less than a minute on the clock.
Fever responded to the moment and controlled the ball to allow Fowler to make a shot and gain a one-goal lead.
Then as the Giants were charging, Anstiss pulled out a crucial intercept with less than 10 seconds to deny the Giants the opportunity to score and secure the points away from home.
Goals: Fowler 59 | Harten 29
Super Shots: Glasgow 5 | Dwyer 8
Goal Assists: Teague-Neeld & Glasgow 26 | Hay 18
Feeds: Teague-Neeld 33 | Hay 40
Centre Pass Receives: 28 Teague-Neeld | Hay 24
Deflections: Bruce 5 | Parmenter 5
Gains: Bruce 8 | Parmenter & Price 3
Intercepts: Aryang & Bruce 3 | Parmenter & Price 3
