WBBL Cup, First Round Team Northumbria 87-65 Durham Palatinates (16-22, 38-38, 63-54) Team Northumbria booked their place in the WBBL Cup Quarter-Finals with a battling 87-65 display to overcome local rivals Durham Palatinates. A back-and-forth encounter early on, the visitors produced their best stretch of basketball of the season to enter half-time with the scores level. The …
A busy Saturday in the WBBL has seen two unbeaten records preserved, and one fall, in the WBBL Championship, while two other sides made it through to the WBBL Cup quarter-finals for the first time. In the first of two huge league clashes, Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters remain top of the table with a 6-0 …
WBBL Cup, First Round BA London Lions 71 – 73 Oaklands Wolves (14-23, 37-34, 49-50, 62-62) After overtime. Oaklands Wolves have progressed to the WBBL Cup quarter finals after a scintillating 73-71 overtime victory on the road at BA London Lions. Krisztina Nagy produced the late heroics, while Wolves were led overall by Kellie Ring …
WBBL Championship Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 76 – 73 Nottingham Wildcats (20-22, 42-41, 54-58) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters remain top of the WBBL Championship as they moved to 6-0 with a 76-73 defeat of perennial rivals Nottingham Wildcats on Saturday. League meetings between the sides were split at 3-3 coming into this game, with six …
WBBL Cup, First Round Cardiff Met Archers 55 – 64 Caledonia Pride (19-22, 31-34, 47-43) Caledonia Pride have progressed to the WBBL Cup quarter-finals for the first time after beating Cardiff Met Archers 64-55 on the road. It is also Pride’s first ever WBBL win over Archers, and halts a run of consecutive defeats, courtesy …
BA London Lions have completed their roster for the 2017-18 season with the signing of American forward, Urysla Cotton. Standing at 6ft 1in tall, she graduated from NCAA Division 1 school Elon University in 2010, where she averaged 9.6 points and 7.2 rebounds as a Senior. Cotton has since had stints playing professionally in Portugal …
I’ve been asked so many times this week, “Are you looking forward to Saturday?” and I know everyone is referring to our game against Sheffield this weekend writes Siobhan Prior. It’s no secret that our rivalry with Sheffield has spanned decades and that it’s always a dog fight, or Cat fight. You can guarantee a …
Leicester Riders, Sevenoaks Suns and Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters are yet to taste defeat so far this season. All three are in action tomorrow with Len Busch’s Suns travelling to Leicester Arena in a game streamed live on Riders’ Facebook page. The reigning WBBL Play-Off champions have hit the ground running and according to Chantelle …
Oaklands Wolves achieved their first-ever win in the WBBL Championship last Saturday and now look to build upon the historic moment. Tia Freeman and Krisztina Nagy were both part of last season’s squad that endured a challenging welcome to the top-flight as they finished without a win in their debut campaign. A three-game losing streak …
We take our regular look at all things WBBL and #BritishBasketball related and there is only one place to start. That is with one of our favourite photos of the season so far – right here……simply Wunderbar ladies! Family Picture ?? Germany turns 25 ??#9Ninian #NoRiskNoFun A post shared by Eilidh Simpson (@eilidh41) on Oct …