The Steel sit in second on the ladder, behind the only unbeaten team in the competition, the Northern Stars.
The Stars moved to 3-0 with a 55-51 victory over the now 1-2 Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic. The Stars pulled away to a dominant 10-goal lead just before halftime, and held that double-digit advantage early in the final quarter before the Magic went on a storming comeback.
Interestingly, they did it without star Australian recruit Caitlin Bassett, who didn't play the last 21 minutes.
The young Magic shooting duo of Chiara Semple and Khiarna Williams sparked a fourth-quarter 10-2 run that brought the Magic back within two with five minutes remaining, but that was as close as they got as the Stars held their nerve to claim a third consecutive victory.