Jewels show plenty of polish to bring down WNBL Flyers

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Tasmania have posted the biggest win of their maiden WNBL season with a comprehensive 99-79 victory over the Southside Flyers.

Tasmania have shown no mercy against Southside, recording the biggest win of their maiden WNBL season with a 99-79 victory over the struggling Flyers.

Down by 10 points after the first quarter in Thursday night's clash at the Silverdome in Launceston, the Jewels made the most of 22 turnovers by the Flyers to seize the lead, before going on to record the third victory of their debut season.

Brooke Basham top-scored for the Jewels with 20 points, alongside four assists and two steals, with Gianna Kneepkens, Stephanie Reid, Darcee Garbin and Keely Froling all hitting double figures.

"Really pleased with that effort tonight," Jewels coach Claudia Brassard said.

"I thought we held our nerve after the first quarter - we gave up 25 in that first quarter and couldn't match their physicality, but then we kind of fixed that and were able to not lose our way offensively as well."

Fresh from a WNBA Finals run with Atlanta, Madina Okot made her debut for the Jewels, scoring four points as well as nabbing six rebounds in her near-14 minutes on court.

Brassard was happy with Okot's first appearance after only a couple of training sessions with her new team, and was confident her impact will only increase as she builds connections.

"We saw the size and the impact that she can have at both ends of the floor.

"Once her teammates learn to play with her as well, it's a bit of a difference for us."

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