London v Sheffield game re-scheduled
The London Lions v Sheffield Hatters league game, originally scheduled for 19/02, has hereby been rescheduled to 06/04, in line with WBBL Secure Play protocols.
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Game postponements and re-schedules
The Cardiff Met Archers v Newcastle Eagles and Leicester Riders v Newcastle Eagles WBBL Championship games, originally scheduled for 19/02 and 20/02 respectively, have hereby been postponed in line with WBBL Secure Play protocols. A rearranged date for these fixtures will be announced in due course. Separately, the London Lions v Manchester Met Mystics Trophy …
Brooklyn Pannell discusses the development of the Wildcats
By Jamie Thomas Having very much found her rhythm in the WBBL with Kenrick Liburd’s Nottingham Wildcats, rookie guard Brooklyn Pannell is thriving in her role as she looks to help lead the club to a WBBL Trophy Final and the Playoffs. Fresh from leading the league in the latest WBBL All-Star Five rankings – …
All-Star 5 – Week 17
Despite it being a quiet week in the WBBL Championship, there were two huge results with top six implications as Sevenoaks Suns and Nottingham Wildcats scored one-shot victories over close rivals, with some big rebounding performances among three double-doubles in the latest All-Star 5. Brooklyn Pannell – Nottingham Wildcats The sixth-placed Wildcats beat seventh-placed Essex …
WBBL All-Star 5 – Week 16
There’s a global feel to the All-Star 5 after a weekend of WBBL Trophy action that saw the two East Midlands teams progress to the semi-finals, leading to a pair of representatives for each of Leicester Riders and Nottingham Wildcats in a team that features three debuts alongside the new outright leader in overall appearances. …
Rebels capable of top-three finish says Head Coach Tom Sadler
By Jamie Thomas Sitting sixth in the table with three games in hand on the teams directly ahead of them, it hasn’t been a bad season by any stretch for the Essex Rebels who are already on course to match their output from a breakout 2020/21 season, but Head Coach Tom Sadler feels much more …
Suns and Wildcats advance to WBBL Trophy Semi-finals
WBBL Trophy Quarterfinals Nottingham Wildcats 117-82 Cardiff Met Archers (31-18, 54-42, 91-55)(Wildcats – Gyles 34, Egharevba 20, Pannell 19; Archers – Hatch 35, Saiki 19, Bunyan 10) Essex Rebels 71-86 Sevenoaks Suns (19-19, 37-39, 49-59)(Rebels – Waithe 24, Paxton 14, Kohlhaas 10; Suns – Monakana 24, Koppl 18, Wurtz 17) The Nottingham Wildcats roared into …
Clark and Hamilton Win First Monthly Awards of 2022
The WBBL’s monthly awards for January have been won by unbeaten WBBL Cup-winner Mark Clark and the league’s double-double machine Oceana Hamilton. Clark, Head Coach of the London Lions, scoops the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month award for the third time already this season, and second month in a row, after the last weekend …
WBBL All-Star 5 – Week 15
The last WBBL All-Star 5 of January is led by the MVP of the WBBL Cup Final, after London Lions won the season’s first silverware in front of a record crowd for a women’s basketball game in Britain; and she features alongside four of the top five in the appearances chart after Sheffield Hatters and …
London Lions dominate Newcastle Eagles to lift 2022 WBBL Cup
WBBL Cup Final London Lions 87-47 Newcastle Eagles (18-8, 39-18, 59-27) (Lions – Stewart 20, Leonard 12, Leedham-Warner 11 ; Eagles – McVicar 16, Eadsforth-Yates 10, Cipcic 6) London Lions lifted the WBBL Cup after beating Newcastle Eagles 87-47 in the final at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena in front of an incredible crowd of 6188 and …