WBBL ChampionshipManchester Met Mystics 82-56 Newcastle Eagles (30-20, 46-42, 59-49)(Mystics – Jones 20, Naylor 12, Bailey 11; Eagles – Gorrell 20, McVicar 14, Koop 7) Manchester Met Mystics opened the new WBBL Championship season with a comprehensive 82-56 win over Newcastle Eagles at the National Basketball Performance Centre on Saturday afternoon. Neither team came into …
The WBBL Cup Final is set after Leicester Riders and Sevenoaks Suns prevailed through the semi-finals at the weekend, with three Suns and two Riders making up the WBBL All-Star 5, led by Leicester’s Ella Clark. Ella Clark – Leicester Riders The GB international forward put in the performance of the semi-finals as Riders dominated …
WBBL Cup, Semi-Final Sevenoaks Suns 69-67 Nottingham Wildcats (16-20, 34-39, 51-47, 69-67) (Suns – Busch 23, Monakana 18, Carr 14; Wildcats – Shumpert 23, Joyner, 20, Costa 7) WBBL Cup, Semi-Final Leicester Riders 67-27 Cardiff Met Archers (26-10, 39-15, 51-23, 67-27) (Riders – Clark 15, Robb 10, Hinriksdottir 10; Archers – Hatch 10, Marchizotti 9, …
With the WBBL Cup group stages played out in November, and the semi-finals now set, the first monthly awards of the campaign have been announced with an East Midlands double. Jesper Sundberg picks up the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month, and Jasmine Joyner the Molten WBBL Player of the Month. Sundberg’s Leicester Riders team …
The WBBL Cup semi-finals were confirmed over the weekend and some big-scoring games were led by outstanding individual performances, dominated by the East Midlands. Jasmine Joyner paced the team for the second time already this season, followed, also for the second time, by Holly Winterburn among some amazing shooting displays. Jasmine Joyner – Nottingham Wildcats …
The WBBL can today confirm the dates for the two Semi-Finals of the WBBL Cup. Sevenoaks Suns v Nottingham Wildcats – Saturday 5 December (1:30pm) Leicester Riders v Cardiff Met Archers – Saturday 5 December (4:00pm)
WBBL Cup, South Group Cardiff Met Archers 50-65 Sevenoaks Suns (17-21, 23-31, 40-47) (Archers- Marchizotti 14, Lewis 9, Jorgensen 7; Suns- Busch 25, Monakana 13, Koppl 11) WBBL Cup, North Group Newcastle Eagles 71-96 Leicester Riders (22-16, 40-39, 62-60) (Eagles- Gorrell 19, Mcvicar 16, Smith 14; Riders- Oliver 29, Winterburn 18, Hinriksdottir 16) The …
WBBL Cup, South GroupCardiff Met Archers 51-68 BA London Lions (13-24, 23-41, 38-51)(Archers – Hatch 13, Marchizotti 10, Jorgensen 7; Lions – Leonard 20, Breen 16, Umeh 11) WBBL Cup, North GroupManchester Met Mystics 75-101 Nottingham Wildcats (26-21, 45-51, 62-76)(Mystics – Jones 21, Naylor 14, Horton 11; Wildcats – Joyner 37, Shumpert 29, Costa 12) …
There were some heavyweight clashes in the busiest weekend of WBBL Cup action of this season so far, as Leicester Riders won a derby, with victories also for Newcastle Eagles and Cup holders Sevenoaks Suns. Fittingly, the All-Star Five is paced by the Suns’ star from January’s WBBL Cup Final. Janice Monakana – Sevenoaks Suns …
Cardiff Met Archers have added two upcoming junior players to their 2020-21 roster. Ahead of their first home game this Saturday, head coach Stef Collins boosted her roster with the addition of Welsh international duo Maisie Harrhy and Issy Bunyan. Both junior players have been training with the senior WBBL team for the previous year …