WBBL Championship
Sheffield Hatters 88-68 Newcastle Eagles (27-13, 51-30, 64-57)
(Hatters – Naylor 25, Cardenas 17, Gill 11; Eagles – Gaynor – 16, Mcvicar 16, Horton 13)

Sheffield Hatters improved their WBBL Championship record to 8-0 in a hard-fought home victory over Newcastle Eagles on Sunday.

The Hatters were looking to maintain their perfect start against an Eagles side who had won three out of their last four. Sheffield started the game the brighter of the two sides and with the help of 16 points from the bench the Hatters carried a comfortable lead into the half.

Newcastle vastly improved in the second half and outscored their opponents 27-13 in the third quarter to reduce the deficit to single digits. Sheffield responded with a dominant effort in the defensive end to close out the game as they held the Eagles to 11 points in the final quarter to round out a comfortable win.

Helen Naylor led all scorers with 25 points for Sheffield as Chloe Gaynor racked up a double double of 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Eagles.