By Jamie Thomas Suiting up for a maiden WBBL Trophy Final outing this Sunday, Nottingham Wildcats’ star guard Chelsey Shumpert is looking forward to her first experience of a major final for Nottingham as she and her teammates get ready to square off against the red-hot London Lions. The Wildcats will be contesting their first …
By Jamie Thomas They’ve already won as many games this season as they had in their last three WBBL Championship campaigns, but the London Lions aren’t content with just roaring away at the top of the league standings and are now eyeing silverware as they contest the WBBL Trophy Final on Sunday. One of their …
WBBL ChampionshipSevenoak Suns 75-72 London Lions (16-18, 39-35, 52-55)(Suns – Carr 24, Monakana 15, Busch 14; Lions – Beckford-Norton 16, Breen 15, Leonard 14) WBBL ChampionshipCardiff Met Archers 73-78 Essex Rebels (24-20, 43-47, 61-65)(Archers – Ball 17, Marchizotti 12, Bigica 12, ; Rebels – Waithe 26, Costa 17, Kohlhaas 16) WBBL ChampionshipManchester Met Mystics 80-51 …
The latest WBBL All-Star Five includes both of the league’s top two scorers alongside the two most frequent faces in the weekly team, joined by one debutant whose team remained unbeaten in WBBL Championship play. Alison Gorrell – Newcastle Eagles The WBBL’s leading scorer, Gorrell makes her third All-Star Five appearance in a row to …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 86-58 Caledonia Pride (26-21, 46-44, 65-53, 86-58) (Eagles – Gorrell 30, Lowe 17, McVicar 15; Pride – Harvey 20, Ranger 20, Tweedi 10) The Newcastle Eagles claimed their fifth win of the season as they beat the Caledonia Pride thanks to another phenomenal display by Alison Gorrell. Gorrell, the Eagles captain …
WBBL Trophy, Semi-FinalManchester Met Mystics 75-90 Nottingham Wildcats (18-23, 51-47, 62-69)(Mystics – Jones 26, Bailey 15, Song 12; Wildcats – Joyner 24, Costa 19, Shumpert 19) WBBL ChampionshipBA London Lions 86-66 Oaklands Wolves (22-15, 39-30, 62-49)(Lions – Beckford-Norton 24, Robinson 14, Umeh 12; Wolves – Uprus 20, Rouse 11, Sarson 10) WBBL ChampionshipCaledonia Pride 66-74 …
WBBL Championship BA London Lions 79-46 Cardiff Met Archers (23-13, 49-21, 70-28, 79-46) (Lions – Breen 22, Beckford-Norton 12, Leonard 10; Archers – Ball 19, Jorgensen 9, Marchizotti 7) WBBL Championship Manchester Met Mystics 64-81 Leicester Riders (15-18, 35-39, 57-54, 64-81) (Mystics – Jones 23, Song 11, Naylor 10; Riders – Winterburn 17, Brewer 16, …
There’s a very familiar feel to the WBBL All-Star Five this week, with all of these players among the top nine in overall appearances. It’s led this week by Kennedy Leonard and includes the Nottingham duo of Chelsey Shumpert and Jasmine Joyner appearing alongside each other, incredibly, for the fifth time overall and the third …
Essex Rebels and BA London Lions have joined forces with three other London and Essex based elite sports clubs to form Women’s Elite Sport Partnership, with the aim to create a unique and powerful opportunity for women’s sports clubs to collectively work together in order to grow and sustain the development of women’s sport in …
WBBL Trophy, Semi-FinalLeicester Riders 58-73 BA London Lions (12-20, 32-41, 44-66)(Riders – Winterburn 13, Brewer 11, Clark 8; Lions – Breen 18, Umeh 16, Beckford-Norton 15) WBBL ChampionshipCardiff Met Archers 85-72 Caledonia Pride (29-31, 54-43, 72-55)(Archers – Marchizotti 18, Ball 17, Bigica 17; Pride – Ranger 24, Phillips 16, Storie 9) WBBL ChampionshipSevenoaks Suns 85-59 …