BULLEEN coach Tom Maher hailed forward Jenna O'Hea as Australian basketball's next woman superstar after the Boomers clinched the WNBL minor premiership in an extraordinary round.
Bulleen (18-1 record) clinched its first minor premiership as it followed a 93-67 crushing of slumping Logan (6-12) with an exciting 100-86 overtime victory over Townsville (12-6) on its North Queensland road trip.
Canberra (13-5) closed in on Sydney (14-5) with a thrilling 81-78 victory, also in overtime.
Canberra's superstar centre Lauren Jackson nailed a late game-breaking three-pointer in the extra period after her good friend Suzy Batkovic-Brown missed with the final shot in regulation.
In another cliffhanger, Bendigo (10-7) climbed into fifth spot above Adelaide with a dramatic 89-86 home win over the Lightning.
The Lightning (11-8) could still maintain its record of never having missed the play-offs as it bounced back with a 74-66 home win over Dandenong (5-14).
Townsville, which had won 20 straight home games, led 22-18 at quarter-time and spurned a chance at the death, when Aneka Davis missed a free-throw in the closing seconds.
The reprieved Boomers steamrolled the Fire 18-4 in overtime.
O'Hea, 22, sparked Bulleen's win with a monumental 36-point display, which had her coach in raptures. ''She's unbelievable, that's the next Australian superstar, she's going to be so big,'' Maher said. ''She's the best [to emerge] since Penny Taylor.''
AAP