Hume City Lady Broncos put in a dominating performance to claim a 75-point win against Melbourne Tigers in the Big V state championship on Saturday night.
The Broncos dominated from the start, preventing the Tigers from scoring a field goal until eight minutes in, by which time the Broncos had already scored 25 points.
It was all Broncos on the scoreboard and plays were just as good in defence as attack. Hume City kept the Tigers to less than 10 points in three of the four quarters to win 105-30.
Six players hit double figures, with Colleen Plantea top-scoring with 24 points.
Broncos coach Katrina Hibbert was thrilled with the win.
“It was an excellent win,” she said.
“Obviously Melbourne Tigers are in a rebuilding stage and we didn’t want to be disrespectful to them, but we wanted to get something out of it for us.
“We worked on the things we needed to and things that will help them down the track in their development stage.”
She said the side exceeded the defensive targets set prior to play.
“Defence is always one of our targets at the start of the game and keeping them to a certain amount of points each quarter, so that was our target,” Hibbert said.
“I am really happy with the girls for staying within that target, and lowering it.”
Hibbert, in her first season as coach, said the transition had been made easier having played with most of the team.
“It has been fun and helpful having Waz [last year’s coach Warren Taylor] beside me for little things like game day preparation and scouting.
“How much time you have to put in up and above what you do as a player is one thing which has surprised me.
“As a player you don’t understand how much time they [coaches] put in; you are always thinking about it during the week.”
Hibbert said the addition of Nicole McMahon and Nicole Zammitt in the off-season had complemented last season’s side.
The Broncos enter the Easter break with a 3-0 record.
