The competition to make our starting five last weekend proved to be the most intense so far. Holly Winterburn (Leicester Riders) The Great Britain youth star is maturing into a premier WBBL performer and caught the eye at Sports Central with a pivotal role in the road win against Team Northumbria. Winterburn came off the …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 52-93 Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters (21-27, 25-51, 37-72) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters continued their unbeaten start to the season in fine form with a convincing 93-52 road victory over Durham Palatinates. After a back and forth opening quarter, the road team flexed their muscle with a game-defining 24-4 run. Helen Naylor led …
WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats 92 – 65 Durham Palatinates (30-13, 44-32, 68-52) Nottingham Wildcats are back on track after a crushing 92-65 defeat of Durham Palatinates at the Wildcats Arena gave them their second consecutive win, having started the season with back-to-back defeats. Wildcats dominated this encounter from the outset and throughout, with Ashley Harris …
Our line-up this week includes the return of the reigning WBBL MVP and two Great Britain national team players. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) The playmaker hit top gear in the match-up against Durham Palatinates, with Jones taking control at the National Basketball Performance Centre. The GB guard finished the contest with a mammoth 30-point haul …
WBBL Championship Manchester Mystics 92-55 Durham Palatinates (21-9, 51-22, 71-35) Manchester Mystics over-powered a shorthanded Durham Palatinates side, 92-55, to bounce back from last weekend’s defeat and move to 2-1 in the WBBL Championship. An early three-point barrage won the game for the hosts, led by the trio of Georgia Jones, Lauren Thomas-Johnson and Rheanne …
Four teams enter the weekend boasting a perfect Championship record but for at least one club their perfect start will come to an end on Saturday afternoon. Leicester Community Sports Arena will host the weekend’s opening proceedings as Leicester Riders welcome Caledonia Pride, both teams full of confidence having won their only contest of the …
The opening weekend of the 2017-18 campaign is in the books and there is a mix of both familiar and new faces in our first line-up of the season. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) Just one rebound away from a blistering triple-double, the Great Britain guard showed us her quality once again as she guided Mystics …
The opening day of the new WBBL Championship campaign may have provided some clues as to a shifting order among the league’s leading teams this season. In an almighty opening clash the reigning Play-off champions, Sevenoaks Suns, maintained their edge over the current league champions, Nottingham Wildcats, as Cat Carr’s double-double led them to a …
WBBL Championship Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 91-37 Durham Palatinates (25-11, 46-24, 66-29) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters put WBBL newcomers Durham Palatinates to the sword in their season-opener, winning 91-37 as they pursue a return to the top following a season without a trophy. The lead was built with a three-point barrage, going through thirty just …
The 2017-18 WBBL Championship tips off this weekend with no shortage of mouth-watering contests. Nottingham Wildcats welcome Sevenoaks Suns to Nottingham Wildcats Arena, in a rematch of last year’s WBBL Play-Off Final. The Suns came out on top the last time the two teams met but confidence is high in Nottingham. Reigning WBBL MVP Ashley …