Rarely before have we had such a rich selection of performances on the same game day, with so many jaw-dropping stat lines. Something reiterated by those who were squeezed out of our starting five – despite returning brilliant performances. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) The Great Britain guard was in scintillating form in the home match-up …
The top three teams all remained unbeaten on the third weekend as Mystics, Hatters and Suns picked up wins. Here is a look at the top headlines from the weekend’s action:
Caledonia Pride are eyeing up back-to-back WBBL Cup Finals after they jumped over the opening hurdle in this year’s competition after 21 points from Tia Welejdi carried them past Durham Palatinates 78-70. Meanwhile in the WBBL Championship, the top three teams all stayed perfect and moved to 3-0, including Manchester Mystics who stormed past BA …
No stopping Mystics who are yet to taste defeat WBBL Championship Manchester Mystics 90-60 BA London Lions (21-17,40-31,67-51) It is 3-0 for Jeff Jones and his Manchester Mystics team who continued their impressive start to the new season by rolling past Lions. Manchester relied on their usual core of players and it was Great Britain …
Reigning champions still unstoppable WBBL Championship Oaklands Wolves 60-78 Sevenoaks Suns (18-20,30-43, 41-66) It’s so far, so good, for Sevenoaks Suns in terms of their title defence after the 2017-18 league winners moved to 3-0 with another triumph. Suns had two exceptional headline performers who were too hot to handle for Wolves, who have started …
First road win for Wildcats as Shumpert shows out WBBL Championship Essex Rebels 80-104 Nottingham Wildcats (23-26,39-52,63-74) After picking up their first win of the season last time out, Nottingham Wildcats now have a win on their travels to further boost confidence. They move to 1-2 and had too much in their locker for Rebels, …
Hatters preserve perfect league record WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 56-84 Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters (15-22, 22-45, 35-64) Hatters are living up to their pre-season billing as one of the frontrunners for the WBBL Championship after moving to 3-0 in league action. Having won at Sport Central last weekend against the Eagles, Vanessa Ellis and …
Caledonia Pride advance to the next round of the WBBL Cup WBBL Cup Caledonia Pride 78- 70 Durham Palatinates (24-18, 41-36, 55-49) Scottish side Caledonia Pride took an initial step on a potential journey all the way to the 2019 WBBL Cup Final, having featured at Arena Birmingham in the 2018 edition. They had to work …
Essex Rebels have added to their roster once again and are excited to announce the signing of dynamic american forward DeAngelique Waithe. Known simply as ‘Angel’ the highly athletic player arrives off the back of being named this year’s MVP for her college programme at Long Island, New York in the NCAA, meaning the Rebels …
Durham Palatinates have been the subject of disciplinary action after fielding ineligible players during their win at Essex Rebels on Saturday 6 October 2018. The WBBL disciplinary panel has determined that the fixture will be replayed at a date and time to be confirmed in due course, with Durham covering the costs incurred by Essex …