Townsville have continued their red hot NBL form, upsetting Melbourne 107-81 on the back of another star performance from import Corey Williams.

The Crocs point guard continued his rich vein of form after dominating last year's grand finalists with a game high 31 points. Second placed Melbourne arrived in Townsville looking to rebound from a last start loss to Sydney while the Crocs, at home for the second time in a week, were riding high on the back of a three game winning streak.

Crocs captain John Rillie put his stamp on the game early, hitting a three pointer while Williams was a handful for the opposition defence with a flurry of drives to the basket.

Tigers trio Chris Anstey, David Barlow and Daryl Corletto ensured the Crocs didn't have it all their own way in the early proceedings and kept the scoreboard ticking over to see their team down 31-22 at quarter time. The visitors returned from the break with veteran Darryl McDonald directing his team's offence only to see team mate Martin Muursepp dragged from the court with foul trouble. On the back of some strong Crocs rebounding, Rillie extended the lead to 20 at one stage while Williams contributed 16 first half points with the defence unable to contain his penetration through the key.

Melbourne's poor shooting in the first half - 31 per cent from the field - saw Townsville go to the main break 57-40.

Williams continued his hot shooting in the second stanza, opening the scoring with a deft jump shot while Melbourne returned from the break full of purpose with young-gun Barlow hitting two three pointers.

Rillie continued to show his team the way, desperate to avoid another second half fade out, hitting three shots from beyond the arc for the quater.

Townsville suffered a blow midway through the third term with impressive rebounding forward Galen Young forced from the court with an eye injury.

With the Crocs giving bench players court time the Tigers opened the fourth quarter scoring the first five points to give hope of a comeback. The late fightback was however thwarted when Townsville coach Trevor Gleeson returned his starting line up to the court to ensure his side's fourth consecutive victory.

Townsville coach Trevor Gleeson believed shutting down Melbourne's offence and big men was the key to victory.

"Defence intensity was there from the word go they helped each other and we got a lot of energy from that and got the ball to Corey (Williams) in the open court," he said.

Melbourne coach Alan Westover said his side played as poorly as he could recall in recent times.

"The Crocs played very well, we had our worst game probably in three years - I thought our guys were ready to play but obviously weren't and I have to take the blame for that," said Westover.

"We shoot 30 per cent and four from 26 three pointers - we just didn't play the way we have been playing and that's the disappointing thing, we let the game get away from us early and it just got worse."

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