Leicester Riders put in a dominant performance to secure second place in the WBBL Championship on Saturday, beating Cardiff Met Archers 111-62 as Erika Livermore scored 22 points in what was their highest ever WBBL tally. Meanwhile, Lauren Thomas-Johnson put in her best performance of the season so far to see Manchester Mystics past Oaklands …
Riders sail to second place after dominating Archers on the road WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 62 (11,26,44) (Fritz 22, Wagstaff 19, Collins 10) Leicester Riders 111 (29,54,90) (Livermore 22, Smith 20, Hayward 19) Leicester Riders rolled their way to a massive 62-111 triumph to complete their impressive Regular Season and wrap up a second …
Caledonia Pride and Cardiff Met Archers both picked up wins on Sunday as the battle to make the Play-Offs continues. Pride defeated Manchester Mystics 72-59 with Natalie Bastian scoring 20 points as they pulled clear in the fourth, while Cardiff saw off Oaklands Wolves 70-75 behind a combined 50 points for Judit Fritz and Sarah …
Fritz and Wagstaff combine for 50 points to lead Archers home. WBBL Championship Oaklands Wolves 70 (11,30,46) (Nelson 21, Freeman 14, A Nagy 12) Cardiff Met Archers 75 (19,35,52) (Fritz 30, Wagstaff 20, Collins 7) Cardiff Met Archers picked up another vital win as they defeated Oaklands Wolves 70-75 away from home. Judit Fritz poured …
Great Britain star Helen Naylor is adamant Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters are focusing firmly on the WBBL Play-Offs as this year’s title race looks set to be potentially decided the weekend. Hatters picked up a nice win against Manchester Mystics last time out, but know that their title bid will be extinguished if Nottingham Wildcats …
The end of the Regular Season may be in sight, but our fantastic line-up this week still has a couple of debutantes. Sarah Thomson (Caledonia Pride) It has been an excellent few weeks for Pride and fitting that they have two starters this week, with Scottish guard Thomson the first. She was at the heart …
Manchester Mystics make it three wins on the bounce as they dominate the offensive boards to beat Cardiff Met Archers. WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 53 (10,25,44) (Fritz 25, Wagstaff 10, Shanahan/Stradling 5) Manchester Mystics 78 (20,42,61) (Jones 20, Browne 15, Thomas-Johnson 13) Manchester Mystics have got their WBBL Championship title chase back on track …
With one game already down on this week’s schedule after last a rare Thursday evening clash between Archers and Crusaders, all eyes will be on tonight’s meeting on BBC Sport between powerhouse duo Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters and Nottingham Wildcats. Perhaps rather surprisingly, both WBBL’s heavyweights will go up against each other off the back …
Crusaders complete a clean sweep of Cardiff WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 56 (13,26,44) (Fritz 24, Wagstaff 13, Collins 9) Barking Abbey Crusaders 71 (19,40,59) (Johnson 17, Wilkinson 16, Whittington 9) In a rare Thursday night fixture in the WBBL Championship, it was Barking Crusaders who came out on top against Cardiff Met Archers after …
After an absence of a couple of weeks, our All-Star Five is back and there was some seriously fierce competition for places. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) The Great Britain guard was the saviour for Mystics as they completed a fabulous double overtime success on the road at Barking Abbey Crusaders. Jones made momentum-changing shots and …