Borrego’s Thunderbirds win again

Adelaide Thunderbirds overcame a rare weak performance from Carla Borrego to fortify their hold on second place in the ANZ Championship with a 54-45 victory over West Coast Fever yesterday at ETSA Park in Australia.



Borrego, the Jamaican goal scoring sensation, netted 42 goals from 57 attempts, but the Adelaide Thunderbirds used a dominant fourth quarter showing to dismiss West Coast Fever.



For the first three quarters, there was little to separate the two teams, with the Thunderbirds lead 14-13 after the first period, before the scored were tied 25-25 at half-time, and 36-36 after the third stanza.



Natalie von Bertouch took control of the centre court, and Thunderbirds lifted the intensity with a withering finish.



Romelda Aiken and Althea Byfield, two other Jamaicans, will take to the court in today’s two matches.



Goal shooter Aiken and the Queensland Firebirds host the Canterbury Tactix in Brisbane, Australia and goalkeeper Byfield and the Northern Mystics face South Steel in a New Zealand derby in Auckland.