Aces v Redditch Pearls
Wednesday 16th July 2025
Aces win 41-35
A 13th win of the season for team Aces against Redditch Pearls. With a slightly different team to the last time we played them, they gave us a run for our money and really challenged us at points during the game.
The first half Aces gained and maintained a strong 10 point minimum lead and established ourselves into the match.
Defense from Leah, Mary, and Grace C was INSANE – the pressure on the strong Redditch shooters was relentless and the girls scored many turnovers.
Transitioning into attack was made easy by fantastic work by Katie B filling in as centre for pretty much the entire match.
Katie J playing up from Queens as our WA was absolutely incredible throughout. Timing of movement, quality of feeds into the D, and contesting against her WD made fit in seamlessly.
Shooting from myself and Chloe (mainly Chloe) was strong. Although we rushed some shots at the start, we settled and found our rhythm & were able to convert plenty of turnovers.
As we moved into the second half, tiredness across the team started to show and Redditch caught up, at one point getting within three. In the final quarter a short burst of fresh legs from Poppy B as C enabled the team to regroup, settle and push to take the win.
A massive shoutout and thank you to Mary, Poppy B and Katie J for helping us out by playing up.
So much so that Mary was awarded players player, and Katie J captain’s player✨☀️
One game left of the season for Aces – another win would see us have a complete unbeaten season 🤩🤩🤩
