Steel beat Pulse in final quarter flyer
- Dave Worsley
- 2 days ago
- 1 min read
The Steel have kept their ANZ Premiership playoff hopes very much alive after a 58-57 win over the Pulse in Wellington.
The visitors were down going into the final quarter 50-41 going into the final stanza but a 17-7 scoring spree by the Steel saw the game turn around.
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The Steel scored 11 of the first 14 goals in the final quarter with Aliyah Dunn and Georgina Heffernan didn't miss their mark.
In fact overall Heffernan scored 22 from 23 overall and Dunn missed just three attempts - 32 from 35.
It wasn't that the Pulse was poor with shooting - Amelia Walsmley scored 49 from 53 attempts, but it that goal attack Tiana Metuarau was able to only take eight attempts, six of which she made.
A two point goal by Heffernan, followed by a miss in the hands of Metuaru and then a goal each for Heffernan and Dunn was how the game finished.
The result leaves leaves both sides in interesting positions going into the final few rounds of the competition to take third spot as the Mystics and Tactix are the clear top teams.
The Steel host the Magic and Pulse are at home against the Tactix in the next round.
