The Lady Braves extended their winning streak to seven with a 108-80 victory over the Lady Thunder in a high-scoring South East Australian Basketball League contest at the Schweppes Centre.

It was the Lady Braves’ highest score for the season, surpassing the 96 they scored against Albury-Wodonga on March 29.

The Lady Braves were on fire from three-point range, with 57 of Bendigo’s 108 points from beyond the arc.

Bendigo hit 19-of-37 three-point shots, with Louise McLean leading the way, connecting on seven-of-nine attempts as she finished with 25 points.

‘‘Hitting 19 three-point shots would be close to a record for us, so we’re really pleased with that,’’ Lady Braves coach Bernie Harrower said.

‘‘The way North-West Tasmania plays their defence, they just clog the middle up and make it hard to score, so if you can knock down your threes against them… we basically had the three-point shot all night and fortunately, we were knocking them down.

‘‘That’s what we’re capable of if everyone is confident.’’

The Lady Braves led 27-26 at quarter-time, then blew the game open inside the first four minutes of the second term.

Bendigo opened the second quarter with a 23-0 run which proved to be the decisive period of the game.

The Lady Thunder took 4:20 to score its first points of the second quarter - a three to Erin Butler.

The Lady Braves’ advantage would remain at least 20 points for the rest of the match.

Instrumental in the 23-0 run was new Lady Braves recruit Lauren King.

King hit four three-pointers during the Lady Braves’ dominant streak, but they would be the only points she would score for the game.

‘‘When Lauren King came off the bench and started knocking those three-point shots down, it’s really what opened the game up for us,’’ said Harrower, who was disappointed his side conceded 80 points.

‘‘That then gave the girls a lot of confidence to take the shots.’’

All 12 players who suited up for the Braves took to the court, with 11 scoring.

McLean led the scoring with her 25 points.

Gabrielle Richards (17), Anna Teague (15, plus eight rebounds), who played her best game for the club, King (12), Jaclyn Smith (12) and Andrea Walsh (10) also scored in double figures.