Winning weekend for Riders as they improve to 4-1.

WBBL Championship
Leicester Riders 93 – 68 Caledonia Pride (18-21,44-38,66-49)

It’s been a positive couple of days for Leicester Riders after they followed up moving into the WBBL Semi-Finals on Saturday with a convincing league win.

They may have started slowly, but led by a breathtaking showing from Holly Winterburn, they never looked back once they woke up.

Leading scorers – Holly Winterburn 29, Brea Elmore 17, Rebecca Navarro 11 (Riders); Pollyanna Storie 14, Kai-Brith Kalda 12, Shawnisay Millar 10, Hannah Robb 10 (Pride)

Turning point – Riders had a stone cold start and found themselves stalled on the start line as they fell 6-14 behind. They re covered to tie just before the end of Q1. Then, they took a firm grip of the game with a super 11-0 burst at the start of the second quarter.

Key stat – The 28 turnovers for Pride which was twice as many as Riders told a story. As did Riders grabbing a fabulous 23 steals.

Game hero(es) – Having signed with the Oregon Ducks to play in the NCAA next year, all eyes are on Holly Winterburn more than ever. And she responded with a blistering 29 points, 7 assists and 7 steals.

Box score.http://www.fibalivestats.com/u/WBBL/897435/bs.html#ASFSK