Scotland upset Wales for first win of Commonwealths
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Scotland bounced back from defeat to New Zealand with a 56-47 win over Wales at The Hydro in Glasgow.
The hosts started brightly as they raced into a 16-8 first quarter lead.
A better second quarter for the visitors saw Wales reduce the deficit to just two goals before Scotland rallied to a 28-21 half-time lead.
Emma Barrie's dominant shooting saw Scotland take a ten-goal advantage into the final quarter.
Niamh McCall, a teammate of nine of the Welsh team at Superleague side Dragons caused constant problems with her shooting from distance.
Wales gave away too many contact penalties throughout the game to cut into the lead.
Scotland held firm to secure their first win of the Games.
They face 12th ranked Trinidad and Tobago in their next match on Monday night.
Wales will play the same opponents on Tuesday as they seek their first win in Glasgow.
Scotland goal attack Niamh McCall said:
"Ecstatic, this was one we were targeting.
"We beat them in November, they're ranked higher than us so to be able to double down on that we are so happy that we won today.
"Kath [Tetley] always talks about step by step so we take each day at a time and we'll look back at today and what we can do better and very much focus on Trinidad tomorrow.
"We definitely need to use the crowd to our advantage, they are like the eighth player on the court for us, so the louder they can be the better and it was phenomenal today.
Wales captain Bethan Dyke said:
"Bitterly disappointed, that first quarter is where we let it go really.
"I think to come back in those other three quarters there wasn't much in it, just not good enough in the first quarter.
"We can't shy away from the fact that this isn't where we wanted to be but there's still a lot to play for in this competition.
"We've got a rest day tomorrow and we have to come back stronger in our next game."
