Here are five things to keep an eye on during the third round of the 2018-19 Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) season. Saturday Fixtures Caledonia Pride v Durham Palatinates (Cup) – 1:00PM Cardiff Met Archers v Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters – 2:30PM Essex Rebels v Nottingham Wildcats – 3:30PM Oaklands Wolves v Sevenoaks Suns …
We’ve got some familiar faces, some debutantes and a Week 1 returnee in this week’s line-up. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) The Great Britain guard makes her first appearance of the new campaign after lighting it up in the road win at Cardiff Met Archers. Jones harvested an impressive 28 points in the victory, taking Manchester …
Three teams remain unbeaten in the WBBL Championship after the second weekend of the new season. Here is a look at the top headlines from the weekend’s action:
Wildcats are off the mark after a thrilling first win WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats 72 – 70 Oaklands Wolves (14-20, 34-36, 50-55) Kenrick Liburd is celebrating his first win at the helm of Nottingham Wildcats as the home side came back from behind to pip Oaklands Wolves. The hosts picked up their maiden win of …
WNottingham Wildcats have added a dominant NCAA centre to their roster after confirming the arrival of Jasmine Joyner. The 6ft 2in star played alongside fellow new arrival Chelsey Shumpert at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She was ranked top 10 in the NCAA 1 in blocks for 3 out of her 4 years in …
There were no fewer than five WBBL Championship match-ups on Saturday and it was Caledonia Pride and Durham Palatinates who made the headlines as they got off the mark. Pride picked up a nice 69-75 success at BA London Lions as Tia Weledji had a debut to remember with 28 points. Durham also had a …
Suns make a statement against ambitious Riders WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 85 – 49 Leicester Riders (20-12, 41-21, 64-37) They were the two leading contenders for the WBBL Championship title last year and eventual champions Sevenoaks flexed their muscles early this time around with a dominant victory. Suns started quickly and never had cause to …
Hatters win a thriller on Tyneside WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 73 – 78 Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters (18-16, 40-37, 53-54) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters overcame Newcastle Eagles on the road, winning a tight game 78-73 to open the season with consecutive victories. It was a big game early in the campaign, as both sides are …
Capital gain for Pride in first win of the campaign WBBL Championship BA London Lions 69 – 75 Caledonia Pride (15-24, 34-36, 45-48) Caledonia Pride came through an exciting fourth quarter to record their first win of the 2018/19 WBBL Championship campaign, beating BA London Lions 75-69 on the road. Lions had started the season …
Georgia Jones leads five players in double-figures as Mystics beat Archers on the road. Cardiff Met Archers 67 – 84 Manchester Mystics (24-20, 37-44, 69-50) Manchester Mystics have started the 2018/19 WBBL Championship strongly after beating Cardiff Met Archers 84-67 on the road to move to 2-0, with a second double-digit win. Mystics have now …