Stunning Mary Nuba nets as many as the entire opponents' team in the UK Netball Super League

Mary Nuba in action for Loughborough Lightning|X

NETBALL Stunning Mary Nuba nets as many as the entire opponents' team in the UK Netball Super League

Allan Damba • 07:58 - 18.03.2024

Nuba scored 55 goals at the Sir David Wallace Arena, as many as the entire Leeds Rhinos team managed in Round 5 of this season's Netball Super League.

She Cranes star Mary Nuba Cholhok continued to exert her brilliance as she guided Loughborough Lightning to a dominant 71-55 victory over Leeds Rhinos on Saturday.

Nuba scored 55 goals at the Sir David Wallace Arena, as many as the entire Leeds Rhinos team managed in Round 5 of this season's Netball Super League.

Mary Nuba smiling after a match|LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING IMAGE

Nuba's tally on the day represented a conversation rate of 83%, as she missed 11 of her overall attempts.

Teammates Ella Clark and Rhea Dixon added 10 and six goals as Loughborough Lightning picked their second successive victory.

Meanwhile, Nuba continues to lead the goalscoring charts with 233, which is 46 ahead of her nearest rival, Sigrid Burger of Severn Stars.

Compatriot Peace Proscovia is sixth on the board, having managed 132 goals for Surrey Storm.

Nuba's Loughborough Lightning now sits second on the Netball Super League table with 12 points, three behind Manchester Thunder.

The latter beat Peace Proscovia and Haniisha Muhameed's Surrey Storm on Friday 75-44 to leave the latter seventh on the 10-team table with six points.