Ahead of an eagerly anticipated Women’s EuroBasket 2023 campaign in Slovenia next month, Chema Buceta has confirmed the 15-player roster that will enter training camp this week in Manchester in preparation for the showpiece competition – with nine WBBL stars selected, as well as two coaches from the league. The London Lions, Leicester Riders, Caledonia …
Head Coach of the Caledonia Gladiators, Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco, has won the Molten Betty Codona WBBL Coach of the Year for 2022-23 – following a vote among WBBL club captains and coaches – after leading the Gladiators to their highest ever WBBL Championship finish of second place. The 60-year-old Spaniard joined the Gladiators in …
The Molten WBBL All-British Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL head coaches and captains, includes generations of Great Britain national team talent and includes Holly Winterburn moving joint-second in all-time appearances, alongside the WBBL’s leading scorer who returns to the team after a four-year absence. Georgia Gayle – B. Braun Sheffield Hatters Guard …
Head Coach of the Caledonia Gladiators, Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco, has won the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month award for April after a strong end to the campaign saw Gladiators surge into second place and achieve the club’s highest ever WBBL Championship finish. Overall, they went 6-2 in April, including ending the month with …
The top three seeds are safely through the WBBL Play-off quarter-finals with all of this week’s All-Star 5 drawn from Caledonia Gladiators, Leicester Riders and London Lions, led by Great Britain international forward Jamila Thompson. Jamila Thompson – Caledonia Gladiators The second-placed Caledonia Gladiators are comfortably through to the Play-off semi-finals after beating Cardiff Met …
WBBL Play-offs, quarter-finals Caledonia Gladiators 81-53 Cardiff Met Archers (30-8, 40-26, 63-37) (Gladiators: Thompson, 15; Wolf, 14; Adams, 13 — Archers: Hatch, 21; Saiki, 12; Bunyan, 5) WBBL Play-Offs, quarter-finals B.Braun Sheffield Hatters 49-76 Sevenoaks Suns (12-21, 29-42, 42-61) (Hatters: Fairley, 11; Naylor, 10; Campbell/Murphy, 8 — Suns: Monakana, 23; Bradshaw, 19; Hodges, 14) Caledonia …
WBBL Championship Caledonia Gladiators 93-55 Essex Rebels (25-16, 49-29, 70-42)(Gladiators: Handy, 23; McGarrachan, 22; Adams, 15 – Rebels: Swart, 14; Munns, 12; Freeman/Paxton, 11) Newcastle Eagles 53-67 Sevenoaks Suns (14-16, 33-35, 40-54)(Eagles: Nolan, 13; Fernandez Pardo, 11; Lewis, 8 – Suns: Monakana, 24; Busch, 11; Koppl, 10) London Lions 90-65 Durham Palatinates (24-17, 39-37, 58-54)(Lions: …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 75-69 Newcastle Eagles (13-25, 15-11, 22-16, 15-17) Palatinates – Ottewill-Soulsby 25, Hendershot 16, Wayne 11; Eagles – Fernandez Pardo 15, Clasen 11, Nolan 11 B Braun Sheffield Hatters 76-58 Nottingham Wildcats (30-12, 8-19, 19-12, 19-15) Hatters – Murphy 16, Naylor 12, Wroe 11; Wildcats – Ashton 18, Nicholas 13, Cook 12 …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 58-117 London Lions (12-25, 22-50, 40-90) (Palatinates: Ottewill-Soulsby, 19; Hendershot, 13; Brault, 10 — Lions: Herbert Harrigan, 20; Winterburn, 15; Snytsina/Joseph, 13) WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 57-67 Caledonia Gladiators (13-19, 32-40, 42-50) (Riders: Squires, 14; Brown, 12; Robb, 11 — Gladiators: Adams, 16; Lewis, 10; McGarrachan, 9) WBBL Championship B.Braun Sheffield …
WBBL Championship London Lions 88-36 Newcastle Eagles (21-8, 42-15, 63-25)(Lions: Herbert Harrigan, 22; Winterburn, 22; Battle/Charles, 10 – Eagles: Justinak, 10; Gaynor/Lowe, 8; Fernandez Pardo, 4) Caledonia Gladiators 70-57 B. Braun Sheffield Hatters (13-11, 35-28, 55-36)(Gladiators: McGarrachan, 16; Adams/Handy, 15; Elias/Lewis, 7 – Hatters: Murphy, 25; Niang, 10; Naylor, 9) London Lions kept their grip …