In accordance with the WBBL Secure Play protocols and Covid-19 rule amendments, there are changes to the WBBL Trophy Quarter Final scheduled for Wednesday 3 March 2021 due to Covid-19 implications. Due to a positive result following Covd-19 testing, Sevenoaks Suns are unable to fulfil their fixture against BA London Lions and have unfortunately had …
The latest WBBL All-Star Five is led by someone who is, amazingly, a debutant in the weekly team despite winning Molten WBBL Player of the Month for January, alongside a group of familiar faces from elsewhere around the league. Alison Gorrell – Newcastle Eagles Gorrell had deserved a starting spot for her performances over many …
WBBL Championship BA London Lions 79-61 Nottingham Wildcats (13-16, 39-35, 57-52, 79-61) (Lions – Leonard 21, Umeh 21, Breen 13; Wildcats – Lundqvist 12, Joyner 11, Shumpert 10) WBBL Championship Essex Rebels 74-64 Durham Palatinates (24-16, 39-36, 58-49, 74-64) (Rebels – Waithe 22, Bieg Salazar 14, Munns 13; Palatinates – Paxton 21, Elderkin 14, Bennett …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 57-75 Manchester Met Mystics (16-15, 27-43, 44-54, 57-75) (Palatinates – Elderkin 20, Morkunaite 10, Paxton 9; Mystics – Horton 15, Naylor 11, Jones 11) WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 59-78 Newcastle Eagles (10-21, 29-39, 45-66, 59-78) (Archers – Jorgensen 14, Bigica 14, Ball 9; Eagles – Gorrell 19, McVicar 14, Lowe …
Leicester Riders have signed Amber Smith and Maya Brewer for the remainder of the 2020-2021 WBBL season. The Louisiana-native Amber Smith attended the University of Missouri and appeared in all 31 games as a senior averaging 11.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. During the 2019-20 campaign, the 5’11” forward had a season-high …
Oaklands Wolves have moved to sign GB guard Melita Emanuel-Carr before the transfer deadline. Emanuel-Carr, a 5’10″ guard from London, England, joins the Wolves after last playing with BA London Lions in 2019 before suffering a knee injury at the start of the 2019-20 WBBL season. After undergoing successful surgery, she has been focusing on …
Azania Stewart comes out of retirement to join the Leicester Riders for the remaining 2020-21 WBBL Season. The 2012 Olympian and Commonwealth Silver medallist earned a scholarship to attend the University of Florida. In her four-year NCAA career she ranked third in blocks (205) and had the highest FG percentage in a single season (61.9%). …
WBBL Championship Oakland Wolves 54-64 Leicester Riders (11-18, 26-29, 39-46, 54-64) (Wolves – Rouse 12, Carter 10, Milligan 8; Riders – Winterburn 22, Hinriksdottir 15, Oliver 10) The Leicester Riders solidify top spot in the WBBL Championship with a ten point victory over the Oakland Wolves, with Holly Winterburn scoring a game high 22. Winterburn …
This week’s WBBL All-Star Five is stacked after an amazing weekend that saw some of the best individual performances in the history of the league, resulting in the highest Performance Points total for the collective this season. It’s led by Sian Phillips and includes the Nottingham duo of Jasmine Joyner and Chelsey Shumpert, who make …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 61-72 BA London Lions (21-20, 30-32, 49-49, 61-72) (Eagles – Gorrell 28, Mcivar 13, Chukwu-Etu 7; Lions – Breen 20, Umeh 18, Beckford-Norton 14) WBBL Trophy, Quarter Final Leicester Riders 81-57 Oaklands Wolves (22-19, 47-37, 66-45, 81-57) (Riders – Oliver 23, Winterburn 21, Ainge 12; Wolves – Uprus 22, Rouse 13, …