We are excited to announce that the application process for media accreditation to the 2017 Basketball Play-Off Finals at The O2 on Sunday 14 May is now open. Featuring the WBBL Play-Off Final alongside the BBL Play-Off Final, as well as HoopsAid 2017, it will be an action-packed day in the capital – and one …
There are just a couple of WBBL All-Star Five line-ups left this season and with time to shine ticking down, these players are making the most of their opportunity to impress. Alex Smith (Leicester Riders) It’s a fifth appearance of the campaign for the Riders’ backcourt wonder, after she produced a typically all-action effort to …
Caledonia Pride and Cardiff Met Archers both picked up wins on Sunday as the battle to make the Play-Offs continues. Pride defeated Manchester Mystics 72-59 with Natalie Bastian scoring 20 points as they pulled clear in the fourth, while Cardiff saw off Oaklands Wolves 70-75 behind a combined 50 points for Judit Fritz and Sarah …
Fritz and Wagstaff combine for 50 points to lead Archers home. WBBL Championship Oaklands Wolves 70 (11,30,46) (Nelson 21, Freeman 14, A Nagy 12) Cardiff Met Archers 75 (19,35,52) (Fritz 30, Wagstaff 20, Collins 7) Cardiff Met Archers picked up another vital win as they defeated Oaklands Wolves 70-75 away from home. Judit Fritz poured …
Gorrell pours in 38 to guide Northumbria to the win. WBBL Championship Team Northumbria 68 (21,35,53) (Gorrell 38, Bonnenberger 11, Quintas 8) Barking Abbey Crusaders 65 (22,34,45) (Johnson 15, Willis 11, Naydenova-Goryanova 9) Team Northumbria held on to record a 68-65 success over Barking Abbey Crusaders to bounce back from Saturday’s loss. Alison Gorrell netted …
Pride victorious once again at home. WBBL Championship Caledonia Pride 72 (15,32,49) (Bastian 20, Oakes 14, Simpson 12) Manchester Mystics 59 (7,28,51) (Bueriberi 16, Browne 15, Bailey 12) Caledonia Pride kept their hopes of reaching the Play-Offs alive with an impressive 72-59 triumph at home to Manchester Mystics. The home side produced a 23-8 final …
Nottingham Wildcats have successfully defended the WBBL Championship title they won for the first time in 2015-16, after securing a hard fought 57-52 win against Team Northumbria to make it consecutive league crowns. Backcourt star Siobhan Prior was immensely proud of her team’s efforts: She said: “It was a close game and it was exciting, …
Nottingham Wildcats have won back-to-back WBBL Championship titles after Saturday’s 57-52 defeat of Team Northumbria wrapped-up this season’s league campaign with a game to spare. Wildcats were led by Ashley Harris, the league’s leading scorer, as she posted a double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds to help them turnaround an early deficit with a …
Ashley Harris’s double-double leads Nottingham Wildcats to the WBBL Championship title. WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats 57 (12,29,45) (Harris 15, Prior 13, Mendes 10) Team Northumbria 52 (21,34,42) (Gorrell 21, Bonenberger 15, Baraut 12) Nottingham Wildcats have won back-to-back WBBL Championship titles after wrapping-up this season’s accolade with a game to spare, after a 57-52 victory …
A big double-double from Alex Smith ended Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters’ WBBL Championship title hopes. WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 93 (22,36,63) (Smith 21, Hayward 19, Livermore 15) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 67 (12,27,49) (Gandy 21, Gayle 13, Winborne 10) Leicester Riders have beaten Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters for the first time in the WBBL Championship, …