London Pulse trounced Birmingham Panthers 78-45 in round six of Netball Super League last Saturday at Stratford's Copper Box Arena in a performance Funmi Fadoju described as 'a great game to be involved in'.
The pink and blacks completely dominated their West Midlands visitors throughout the 60 minutes. As soon they developed sizeable leads after the first two quarters - at 24-8 and 42-18, respectively - it was game over.
Before making the trip to the Capital, the league's current bottom side Panthers lost all of their previous five matches so far by at least 10 points. But on Saturday they finished the game with a mammoth 33 point deficit.
Panthers' Betsy Creak was the game's top scorer with 29 goals while for Pulse South Africa international Kamogelo Maseko fired 22 goals while Sophie Kelly 18.
"I'm not going to lie but we needed a game like this," Dagenham-born Kissimmee Player Of The Match, Fadoju, 23, told BBC Sport.
"We all came together and we all knew exactly what we had to do, especially having a player out (Olivia Tchine) and having Hanna Gibson in. It was just a great game to be involved in so we're really proud of ourselves,"
"It was so important for us to show everyone that we're not a one-dimensional team.
"We have different combos, different structures and they actually do work so I feel like it just gave us confidence going into the second half of the season.
"You can see on court that we're passionate, we're on fire . We want to go out there and just want to show our personality on court and that's so great about this team.”
Pulse, who move second in the standings following Manchester Thunder 68-58 loss to leaders Loughborough Lightning, entertain Hertfordshire-based London Mavericks this Friday (April 10, first pass: 7pm) at Copper Box Arena.
Tickets are available through londonpulsenetball.com, otherwise catch the action on Sky Sports Mix.
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