BOTH sides will be adjusting their game plans as Jamaica’s world number four-ranked senior netball team and South Africa meet this afternoon at 5:30 in Game Two of the Supreme Ventures Sunshine Series at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC).

The Jamaicans hold a 1-0 lead in the three-match series following Friday evening’s 63-48 victory at the venue.

Team coach Oberon Pitterson-Nattie told the Jamaica Observer that the defensive tactics of the Sunshine Girls were her main cause for concern during Friday’s match which

will be worked on ahead of today’s encounter.

“We’re looking to win that game, but we have to fix what’s happening down in the defensive end,” she said.

“We now have to be consistent about it. We have to figure out a way to handle the South African shooter (Chrisna Bootha); she scored most of the goals for South Africa.”

Bootha scored 37 goals from 52 attempts for the visitors in the opener, while Jamaican shooter Jhaniele Fowler was the top scorer with 49 from 52 attempts.

The Jamaicans led throughout in that match-up with quarterly scores of 17-12, 31-26, and 47-39.

Experienced wing attack/captain, Nadine Bryan, also the most senior member of the squad, provided the grounding for a young team, despite sporting a bandaged right knee.

Bryan was at the heart of the team throughout play and stayed on for all four quarters.

The team was almost strange to look at, missing the familiar faces which have made up the team for much of the last decade, and with a squad made up primarily of Under-21 players, it was clear the home side is in rebuilding mode.

South African coach Elize Kotze said based on the narrower margin of victory than that at the World Netball Championships in Singapore last year when they were beaten by 27 goals, it was clear her team was getting stronger and slowly working their way back.

Her strategy for tonight will be to keep the ball away from Fowler, but also for her team to do some work of their own.

“The Jamaicans are all wonderful athletes, but Fowler at the moment is the key player, and we’ll have to keep the ball away from her,” she said.

“The problem tonight (Friday) was also in our goal circle because at the end of the day, you have to take responsibility when you put that shot up,” she said.