Oaklands Wolves, Sevenoaks Suns, Newcastle Eagles and Nottingham Wildcats all picked up Championship points away from home.
Oaklands began the day’s action with a hard-fought 75-73 victory, on the road, against BA London Lions. Anneke Schlueter led the visitors with a game-high 22 points.
Elsewhere, Sevenoaks maintained their perfect record and position at the top of the standings by beating Cardiff Met Archers 74-59 in Wales. Cat Carr did a bit of everything for the away team, netting 22 points to go along with 10 rebounds and seven assists.
A stunning fourth quarter comeback saw Newcastle run out 83-68 winners against Manchester Mystics. Georgia Ohrdorf’s 25 points and 12 rebounds proved key for the travelling Eagles.
🏀 An incredible 4th quarter (8-26) swung the lead around and secured a big win for our @WBBLofficial Eagles finishing 68-83 at @Mcr_Mystics! #LetsGoEagles #BritishBasketball pic.twitter.com/aFKO0Y0A80
— Newcastle Eagles (@NewcastleEagle) November 23, 2019
Nottingham concluded proceedings by claiming a 71-66 win over Essex Rebels – to keep their title bid firmly on track – thanks to the play of Jasmine Joyner. The star forward poured in 25 points and collected 17 rebounds.
WBBL Championship (All Games)
BA London Lions 73-75 Oaklands Wolves (23-13, 42-29, 51-54)
(Lions – Velasquez 21, Ivanova 19, Da Silva 11; Wolves – Schlueter 22, Milligan 12, Kiploks 10)
Cardiff Met Archers 59-74 Sevenoaks Suns (15-20, 34-38, 44-59)
(Archers – Bigica 16, Jorgensen 15, Collins 8; Suns – Carr 22, Monakana 13, Fritz / Koppl 11)
Manchester Mystics 68-83 Newcastle Eagles (19-16, 43-37, 60-57)
(Mystics – Roscoe 21, Djassi / Jones 14; Eagles – Ohrdorf 25, Kvederaviciute 22, Fuchs-Robetin 12)
Essex Rebels 66-71 Nottingham Wildcats (22-18, 36-44, 49-53)
(Rebels – Ward 27, Rendle 17, Kohlhaas 8; Wildcats – Joyner 25, Shumpert 16, Prior 11)