Five teams made the perfect start to the new season with victories on the opening weekend. Sevenoaks Suns, Cardiff Met Archers, Leicester Riders, Manchester Mystics and Sheffield Hatters were all successful with four of the five wins coming away from home. .@RidersWomen transition be like ? . Four players at that hoop in no??at …
Leicester Riders and Manchester Mystics joined the three victorious travelling sides from Saturday in making a winning start to the new season. Mystics held off Team Northumbria for a 74-79 road success as Georgia Jones contributed 19 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists. Meanwhile, Leicester produced a dominant display as they defeated BA London Lions …
Riders dominate Lions for opening victory on the road. WBBL Championship BA London Lions 35-61 Leicester Riders (10-19, 16-35, 27-50) Leicester Riders started their league campaign in style with a comprehensive victory away at BA London Lions. Krumesh Patel’s side set the tone on the defensive end, keeping BA to under 40 points in a …
Mystics survive thrilling opener as Jones stars. WBBL Championship Team Northumbria 74-79 Manchester Mystics (19-21, 37-35, 55-52) Manchester Mystics came out on top in an entertaining opener away at Team Northumbria with a host of GB internationals showing out. The visitors led by as many as nine in the final period before surviving a nervy …
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 Nottingham Wildcats 52-59 Sevenoaks Suns (14-17, 25-29, 35-42) Sevenoaks Suns, the reigning WBBL Play-off champions, scored a crucial 59-52 opening day victory over Nottingham Wildcats, current league champions, in a clash between two of this season’s favourites. Suns prevailed through a war of attrition to score a first ever WBBL win in Nottingham, …
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 …
WBBL Championship Oaklands Wolves 42-68 Cardiff Met Archers (14-23, 22-36, 28-43) Merissa Quick was dominant as Cardiff Met Archers powered past Oaklands Wolves to open the WBBL Championship season with a 68-42 road win, remaining unbeaten on this floor in three WBBL visits. A strong defensive performance followed a first quarter in which the visitors …
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 …
The new season is upon us and it has been a busy time on the social media scene, with the big news that #theWBBL is dead. Long live #BritishBasketball. Moving on from that dour and perhaps too informative note…..the summer started well. Thanks mainly to Nottingham’s Hannah Shaw and her continued flow of tiny things …