Sheer perfection as Jok nets 61 as Mavs douse Firebirds

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Sheer perfection as Jok nets 61 as Mavs douse Firebirds

Star goal shooter Shimona Jok has produced a perfect shooting display to lead the Melbourne Mavericks to a 71-64 Super Netball victory over the Queensland Firebirds in Tasmania.

Jok nailed 61 goals from 61 attempts in Saturday’s match at MyState Bank Arena in Hobart as the Mavericks snapped a two-match losing streak.

The result left both the Mavericks and Firebirds with a 2-4 record.

Jok was the star of the show, with her strength and accuracy proving too much to handle as the Firebirds rotated three different goal keepers on her across the match.

The 26-year-old Jamaican worked beautifully with goal attack Sasha Glasgow, who is still working her way back to full fitness following a career-threatening leg break last year.

Glasgow finished with 27 feeds, 17 centre pass receives, eight goals and one super shot.

“Sasha’s just coming back, (so it’s about having) a bit of patience and giving her that confidence,” Jok told Fox Sports.

“We all got around her and were like, ‘Yeah Sash, you’ve got it. Never doubt yourself. We’re always going to be here’.

“It just gave her confidence to play freely.”

After an 18-18 stalemate in the opening quarter, the Mavericks took the ascendancy in the second term.

Jok’s hot hand propelled the Mavericks to a 36-30 lead by halftime, and the lead ballooned out to 11 goals several times in the third quarter.

Firebirds defender Ruby Bakewell-Doran was forced off in the third quarter after copping a hit to the eye in a collision with Glasgow, who also had to go off for a concussion test.

Both were eventually able to return to the court.

The Mavericks led by 10 goals at the final change, and it was a margin the Firebirds weren’t able to peg back.

In contrast to Jok’s hot shooting, Firebirds goal shooter Mary Cholhok struggled with 33 goals from 44 attempts.

Her replacement, Abigail Latu-Meafou, was far more accurate, nailing five-of-five goals to go with four-of-five super shots.

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