Hertfordshire Mavericks warmed up for their Vitality Superleague showdown with Team Northumbria by beating Loughborough Lightning 48-44 on Saturday. Mavericks maintained their perfect start to the season with a second successive victory, albeit in different style to the dominant display that underpinned their Super Saturday victory over Celtic Dragons.After racking up a 21-goal victory on the opening weekend it was a closer contest against a Lightning side that had also won by the same margin in Birmingham in their victory over Yorkshire Jets. In the end it was the home side who had enough to sneak though at the Hertfordshire Sports Village. Sky Live: Northumbria v Mavericks We looks ahead ot Mondays live Superleague action A blistering start from last seasons runners-up saw the Mavericks into a 7-2 advantage but a strong fightback by the Lightning ensured there were just two points separating the teams at the interval with the hosts in front.Lightening remained on the front foot throughout the second quarter to turn the deficit into a three point advantage at the break.The topsy-turvy nature of proceedings continued into the third quarter and beyond with the teams trading two and three point advantages until there was just two minutes left on the clock and the scores were locked at 42-42.However, the Mavericks grabbed a second successive win as a run of three unanswered goals proved to be the crucial factor as time ebbed away.The Mavericks play on Monday night, live on Sky Sports, when they travel to Newcastle to take on a Team Northumbria side that have lost both of their opening fixtures.Watch Northumbria v Hertfordshire Mavericks live on Sky Sports 3 HD on Monday from 7.30pm. 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He completed only 12 of 28 passes for 104 yards and added 31 yards rushing and one touchdown.Griffin, who broke a bone in his left, non-throwing shoulder on Sept. 11, had some timing issues and there were a few plays where he either made the wrong read or simply missed his target.It was far from perfect, which is just what coach Hue Jackson anticipated.But now that Griffin has played once and is getting another week of practice to prepare, Jackson expects him to be much more refined.There needs to be a jump in performance, said Jackson, who pushed for the Browns to sign Griffin as a free agent in March.I can understand last week. Last week, I tried to temper this whole (media) room that it may not go well because I know that could happen.Now this week, I cant say that. You have a game under your belt. You have practices under your belt. Now, you need to go play well. I expect that everything will be better from that stand point.In search of their first win in more than a year, the Browns are also continuing their endless quest to find a long-term solution at quarterback and are spending these final few weeks making a detailed look to see whether Griffin can be that guy.His early season injury may have delayed the process, but Jackson is determined to see the RG3 experiment to its conclusion.I am not giving up on it, he said. I am going to work through it and see where we are. That is the whole part of him playing so we can evaluate where we are and have a good feel about it when the season is over.Griffins return came on a blustery, snowy day, not exactly optimal conditions for passing thhe football.ddddddddddddHowever, there were other reasons for his low completion percentage, including the Browns falling behind 13-0 in the first quarter and being forced to play catch up.Griffin didnt put the blame on anyone but himself for his poor statistical output.We had a number of throwaways, just broken plays and to just get the ball out and avoid sacks, he said.That accounted for a lot of the incompletions. I probably missed about three check-downs that I would normally hit and just fundamental technique issues that have been fixed and will be on display next Sunday.I think that is really what it came down to. We want to be more efficient throwing the ball, I want to be more efficient throwing the ball, and we will be.If anyone can appreciate Griffins challenge in playing for the first time in 11 weeks, its Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor. Hes played quarterback in the league and understands how hard it can be to step back in after a lengthy break.Pryor expects Griffin to improve as well.I have a lot of belief in Rob, he said. Last week, a lot of stuff was going on, a lot of snow and wind and a lot of different things were going on and it was his first game playing in a while.He hasnt played for two years prior to that besides the Eagles game, so youve got to be light on him and I think hes going to come out and have a lot better game this game.Game notes The Browns began practice outdoors before Jackson took a spill on the frozen field. We started outside, and I took a fall and got up and said, `OK, we are going inside, he said. 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