The Villawood Properties Bendigo Spirit were defeated by the Townsville Fire on Tuesday night.
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The Spirit remain without a win this season and sit on the bottom of the ladder after the 48-point loss which saw their opponents almost reach triple digits, final scores 99-51.
The Fire came out ablaze gaining an 11-point lead within three minutes of tip-off and kept the momentum going to head to the first break 20-10.
The Fire remained in form in the second quarter to boost their lead by 28 points, 51-23.
By the end of the third quarter the Fire's lead was up to 38 points, 78-40.
The story remained the same in the final quarter with the Fire extending the lead to 48 points.
Mary Goulding finished with 10 points, three rebounds, two assists and three steals.
Jennie Rintala also put 10 points on the board with four rebounds.
The Spirit will return to the court tomorrow night to play the Adelaide Lightning.
SEASON SO FAR
- Round 1
def by Southside 102-60
def by Sydney 100-63
- Round 2
def by Canberra 76-56
def by Perth 78-65
- Round 3
def by Townsville 91-81
def by Townsville 99-51
Next Matches (AEDT)
- Round 3
v Adelaide
Wednesday November 25
at Townsville (9pm)
v Canberra
Saturday November 28
at Townsville (7.30pm)
- Round 4
v Perth
Tuesday December 1
at Townsville (9pm)
v Melbourne
Saturday December 5
at Cairns (5pm)
v Sydney
Sunday December 6
at Cairns (1pm)
- Round 5
v Adelaide
Wednesday December 9
at Cairns (8pm)
v Melbourne
Friday December 11
at Cairns (6pm)
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