Venom strikes at home

Key points

• Geelong Venom beat Melbourne Southside Flyers 74-69 on Saturday in front of a sold-out Microkeeper Arena and their largest crowd. Chinese import Han Xu made her debut for Geelong and scored 16 points with eight rebounds.
• The team was already short-handed, with Bec Cole ruled out by a lower leg issue and Maddy Rocci pulled hours before tip-off with a foot problem.
• Lilly Rotunno stepped in and dominated, and Geelong pulled away with a 13-0 run late in the second quarter.