As good as that may sound, second-year guard Bianca Dufelmeier knows there is still much room for improvement for the league pacesetters.

The Lady Braves extended their unbeaten run with weekend wins against Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence (COE) on Friday night and Canberra Capitals Academy the following night.

Dufelmeier believed the undefeated start had given the Braves women a perfect platform on which to build.

“What we wanted from the beginning was to make sure we are always progressing and always getting better, we never want to go backwards,” she said.

“But even though we are 5-0 there is still a lot of work to be done for us.

“Our transition defence and boxing out are areas I feel we need to really improve on, and to keep having that discipline on offence to really get through a full play.”

A third of the way through a 15-week regular season, Dufelmeier who contributed 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a 26-point win against Canberra Capitals Academy, rated this season as one of her most enjoyable in the game.

“I’m playing my role, but I think (Canberra) was just a great team game,” she said.

“It’s a very together team. There’s nothing more exciting than watching Kara Tessari, who shot 31 (last week against Albury-Wodonga) – every time she shoots the ball, you want it to go in.

“Nadeen (Payne) had 23 (against Canberra) so we were all trying to find her; Gabe (Richards) was 100 per cent from the floor.

“It’s been a lot of fun so far and while there’s room for improvement, it’s fun just getting better.”

Dufelmeier is one of six players remaining from the squad, which last year won a conference championship and was narrowly beaten by Geelong Supercats in the national final.

The Braves women, under new coach Megan Moody, have added significant depth and experience through the addition of Bendigo Spirit WNBL talent in Gabe Richards, Nadeen Payne, Ashleigh Karaitiana and Tessari, to complement holdovers Dufelmeier, three-time WNBL championship star Kelly Wilson, Maddi Wild, Madeline Sexton, Ahlise Hurst and Tahnee Cannan.

With Cannan and Andrea Wilson sidelined to this point of the season, youngsters Sexton, Hurst, Caitlin McLachlan, Danielle O’Toole and Jess Mangan have all stepped up to contribute important minutes through the first five games.

“That’s because we have such a great leadership group – these young players are learning every training and every game,” Dufelmeier said.

“It’s kind of expected that they should come out onto the court and hold their own because that’s what they do in training.”

The Braves women continue their season against Melbourne Tigers (3-3), whose young squad is boosted by the inclusion of Melbourne Boomers WNBL stars Rebecca Cole and Louella Tomlinson, who are respectively averaging 25.5 and 12.5 points per game.

In a perfect preparation, Tomlinson produced 23-points and nine-rebounds in the Tigers’ weekend win over Sandringham Sabres.