Posted on 28 April, 2015
Billed the league’s Game of the Week, it lived up to the hype early on, with the Cobras taking a 24-19 lead into quarter time. The Lady Chargers responded quicky, though, reeling off six unanswered points early in the second period to take a 27-26 lead. But with a offence loaded with weapons, the Lady Cobras quickly responded with a blistering 16-0 run to push the lead out to 15 points, before Chargers import Kathleen Scheer ended the quarter with a flurry – scoring nine quick points – to draw Hobart to within eight points heading into the locker room.
Again the Lady Cobras appeared to blow the game open – taking a 17-point lead late in the third quarter – but Hobart roared back to pull to within 72-66 midway through the final period. It turned out to be a last ditch effort though, as Sant and Cumming slammed the door on the Chargers as they led a game-clinching 15-2 run to record a key South Conference victory.
Sant and Cumming each finished with 20 points, while Chantella Perera added 10 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Cumming, Parsons and Rosie Moult were big on the defensive end, combining to force several turnovers, leading to 13 points off Hobart’s giveaways.
For the second day in a row, Steph Cumming and Sarah Parsons had monster games, and SEABL’s best defensive team again flexed their muscle as they held the Rush to a miserable 27.7% shooting from the field.
The Lady Cobras offence was absolutely unstoppable early on as they scored on a staggering 18 of their first 24 possessions, shooting 68.2% from the field over the opening 10 minutes. Although they cooled off significantly in the second period, the Lady Cobras churned out one of their best defensive quarters of the season, holding Ballarat to just nine points for the period to take a 21-point lead into halftime.