A competition high 45 points for Jordan Hunter
The Storm maintained their good form in the Mexicali Fresh Summer Jam with a round six victory against the Suns. Tall Ferns guard Jordan Hunter demonstrated her class scoring 45 points as the Storm prevailed 102-70.
After Hannah Turton had initiated the Storm’s scoring Hunter was quickly into her stride connecting with three triples in the opening quarter to give her team a 33-16 advantage at the end of the opening period.
The Suns had the better of the second quarter as Sharne Robati, (12 points in the half) and Kelcy Ballantyne executed well close to the basket and Claire McCurran and Tiarna Clarke found their range from beyond the three point arc. However when Milomilo Nanai converted a layup following an intercept on the final play of the half the Storm still held a 51-37 advantage.
Hunter reeled off 12 consecutive points for the Storm in the third quarter and although Mikayla Blair with a three and Rosie Davidson completed a transition basket to close the period the lead was a healthy 74-53 in favour of the league leaders.
The final period was one way traffic, Hunter finishing with a women’s competition high 45 points that included eight threes, the Storm easing to its fifth win of the season.
Final score;
Suns 70 – Robati 18, Clarke 12, Ballantyne 12.
Storm 102 – Hunter 45, Nanai 18, Mina Tamatoa 15, Turton 10.
Unfortunately the second game of the round between Team Sky and The Sparks was cancelled due to player unavailability.
Standings after 6 rounds:
Storm 5-1
Sky 3-2
Suns 3-3
Sparks 1-4
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