Townsville kept its flawless start to the WNBL season going with an 86-74 victory over Queensland rival Logan Thunder on Friday night.
Meanwhile defending champion Bulleen came home with a wet sail to beat the Rangers 81-76 in Dandenong.
And Adelaide cruised past perennial battler AIS 86-59 in the nation's capital.
In Logan, the Fire capitalised on a 31-point opening quarter and a six-point buffer at half-time before finishing strong against the Thunder, who came into the weekend at 2-2.
Shanavia Dowdell had a game-high 20 points for the visitors, adding eight rebounds in her 33 minutes on court.
Mia Newley (16), Nadeen Payne and Jessica Foley (12 each) joined Dowdell in double-figure scoring for Townsville.
Logan's Cayla Francis was best of the hosts with 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists while Renae Camino had 15 points on 7-of-15 shooting.
Thunder guard Corinna Montgomery and forward Emma Langford added 11 points apiece.
The clash in Dandenong saw Bulleen pile on 29 points to the Rangers' 11 in the final quarter to steal victory and condemn the hosts to their second loss of the year.
Boomers and Opals centre Elizabeth Cambage led the visitors with a 24-point, 10-rebound double-double while Rachel Jarry (15, 11 boards) and Kerryn Harrington (14 points) also starred.
Dandenong was not lacking in firepower though, with Jenna O'Hea posting 24 points of her own as well as eight rebounds alongside Kathleen MacLeod (21 points) and Tegan Cummingham's double-double (12 points, 11 boards).
The Rangers were hotter from downtown, hitting 54 per cent of their three-pointers, but Bulleen made the most of its chances, forcing 19 turnovers for 11 extra points.
At the AIS Training Hall, Adelaide remained in touch with competition leaders Townsville and Sydney University with a cakewalk past AIS.
Sara Blicavs had 17 points and eight rebounds for the home side but that was easily neutralised by Suzy Batkovic's effort for the visitors that included 25 points, eight boards and a mammoth 11 steals.
Fellow Lightning big Abby Bishop went to town with 22 points and eight rebounds of her own, while Angela Marino (10 points, seven assists) and Amy lewis (10) were impressive.
Tags: wnbl, basketball, sport, logan-city-dc-4114, qld, australia First posted October 28, 2011 22:38:46
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