The City West Falcons continued on their merry way as they accounted for the Casey Demons in a high scoring affair in the Victorian Netball League.
The Falcons knew they entered the clash with the fourth placed Casey Demons on Wednesday night with a challenge on their hands.
The Falcons were able to do enough in every squatter to win, 73-64.
Falcons coach Marg Lind was pretty happy with the performance.
“I think we said before the game that they would score about 60-something and we just need to make sure we outscore that, which we did,” she said.
“It was very similar to last time. I thought they were a little bit more organised and a bit more settled.
“It was a good game from both teams.”
Lind said both sides played a similar style of setting it up to go over the top to a tall shooter, who likes to post up.
She said it can be tricky.
“You’re playing yourself,” she said. “It’s not as easy, when you’re giving away a bit of size as well.”
Lind said she felt the difference in the game was that they went a little bit more ball focused in defence rather than playing on the body.
“As soon as we went ball focus, we got some more balls out the front, rather than wait until the last moment to pick it off in the air,” she said.
“We did pick one off from Emma, it was like two minutes to go. The defensive thought process of going for more out the front, closing off a bit harder.”
Lind said she thought they valued the ball pretty well saying that the attack end was pretty solid.
She said the defence end did what they had to do.
One small downside for the Falcons was Montana Holmes rolling her ankle. Lind said Chelsea Imansani did a good job when she came on to replace her.
Jane Cook finished with 68 goals for the Falcons. She is now 78 goals from scoring 1000 for the season.
Meanwhile, the Falcons 23 and under side also had an important win in the fight for a finals spot.
City West got the win, 71-47.
Lind said they knew it was a really crucial game and did a lot of separate work during the week to focus on what they needed.
She said they also bought in a couple of youngsters as they look at the future.
The Falcons now sit six points clear in sixth spot.
The Falcons play the Geelong Cougars on Sunday in the next round in Ballarat.
