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GEELONG United last night not only produced a masterful performance to claim its historic first WNBL victory, claiming the giant-sized scalp of defending champion Southside 90-87, but did it without import centre Lynetta Kizer and back-up big Daniel Raber, captain Keely Froling and Haley Jones leading the way.

Huge and key moments from players such as Gemma Potter, Sarah Elsworthy and Elissa Brett ensured United quickly would erase the memory of last week's 58-point losing debut tally against Townsville with a memorable night at the Arena.

The Fire continued their hot start by beating the Lynx in Perth 84-80 on Wednesday taking Townsville to 2-0 and with both of them road wins, already setting a solid foundation for a post-season return.

Plus their next game is at home so they can finally get out of those ultra-dull, unimaginative and hideous road uniforms which surely were designed by a child with a crayon.

Geelong bounced back with a 54-point FIRST HALF against the Flyers, in stark contrast to last week.

And in a tight game with multiple lead changes, the largely inexperienced United lineup had to weather surrendering the lead 86-87 with 23.9 seconds left on a Tayah Burrows reverse.

Coach Chris Lucas took time-out, Geelong ran a play, Jones - who had dominated the final quarter - drawing a double-team, but handing the ball off to Brett whose inside bucket made it 88-87.

It was now the turn of Flyers coach Kristi Harrower to call time to run a play for Naz Hillmon.

Hillmon was a star of the night with a game-high 27 points at 71 per cent and 10 boards, but she also finished with a game-high five turnovers. United double-teamed her into error and two Flyers fouls later, Jones was at the stripe, pushing the buffer to 89-87.

Another Southside time-out only led to a further turnover as Jaz Shelley completed her third steal of the game and the final scoreline was academic.

Alice Kunek delivered 25 points, Bec Cole pairing 20 points with nine assists for Southside.

But this was Geelong's historic night, Jones' 19 points at 57 per cent, with three boards and three assists, Froling leading from the front with 18 points, 14 rebounds, three assists, a steal and two blocks.

Brett's 15 points came at 85 per cent, with 2-of-2 threes, Potter with 12 points, six rebounds, three steals, two assists and a late back-breaking 3-point corner swish.

And Elsworthy was value for time, with 12 points, three assists, four boards and an inspirational steal and layup seconds after being subbed in.

"I couldn't be prouder of the girls," Lucas said, history made.

NATURALLY, the coverage of the round's first two matches could have been 1000% better. In fairness, the Perth-Townsville coverage was vastly superior, most likely because ESPN sets a higher standard than 9NOW.

And, of course, that game also had Larissa Anderson on the call, one of the very few genuine diamond-like commentary finds for WNBL games.

No cliches, no gushing, no BS, no pretend co-host camaraderie, just the insightful and intelligent observations of a past star player and active coach who understands and can interpret a game of basketball.

She is a breath of fresh air. 

Fast forward to last night where the audio of the match from Geelong Arena was, in a word, appalling.

You could barely hear the commentary - which in itself admittedly was a Godsend - but instead the sounds from inside the venue were more than just audible, they dominated.

Whether it was the courtside caller exhorting the crowd or a rock concert, it came over television with far greater clarity than the commentary.

Again, with the nonstop chatter of that commentary pairing - count how many times we heard Geelong would be creating "a slice of history" by winning - perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky? Oh, and yeah, the graphics were the usual mess.

Check the 9NOW graphic against the (correct) score on the stadium scoreboard.

Such quality coverage for the nation's premier women's competition.

Yes, yes, we know Basketball Australia. It will all come good in a couple of weeks.