BIRMINGHAM, England, (CMC) – Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls cantered to their second win in as many days, toppling South Africa 68-49 here Saturday to continue their enterprising start to the Commonwealth Games.

Playing in Pool A, the Caribbean powerhouses stormed to an 18-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and were up 37-19 at the half-time, to put the result virtually beyond doubt at the NEC Arena.
There was little change to the trend in the third quarter, Jamaica leading 54-31 at the end, and even though they were outscored 18-14 in the final stanza, the damage had already been done.

Captain Jhaniele Fowler produced a perfect outing, shooting 33 goals from as many attempts from the three quarters in which she featured while Shimona Nelson was also outstanding in her 20-minute second half cameo, scoring 14 from 14.

Goal attack Shanice Beckford provided great support with 15 goals from 18 attempts.
For the South Africans, goal-shooter Ine-Mari Venter led with 30 from 36 attempts while Elmere van der Berg chipped in with 13 from 15.

On Friday, Jamaica opened their account with another uncomplicated victory over Wales, beating them 72-43 also at the NEC Arena.
Fowler was outstanding then too, shooting 32 from 33 attempts and Nelson also never missed a beat with a perfect 29 from 29 attempts.

There were no such fortunes for Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, however, both suffering defeat on Friday’s opening day.
Barbados were crushed 95-18 by global powerhouses Australia in Pool A while the Trinidadians were inflicted with a 74-22 whipping by hosts England in Pool B.

Against the might of the World number ones, Barbados never got out of single digits in any quarter and were down 52-9 at the half, with no hope of a recovery.
T&T, meanwhile, suffered a similar fate to find themselves down 37-9 at the break, with their best effort coming in the final quarter when they mustered nine goals.
Today, Barbados will take on South Africa while T&T face Uganda.