Leaders power their way past basement dwellers WBBL Championship Oaklands Wolves 40 (10,20,29) (Fleming 13, Harrison 8, Gobi 5) Nottingham Wildcats 74 (21,30,56) (Harris 36, Ferreira 10, Da Silva/Baird 6) Nottingham Wildcats extended their lead at the top of the WBBL Championship to four points after beating Oaklands Wolves 40-74 away from home. Ashley Harris …
Northumbria surge to another victory as they take down Pride. WBBL Championship Caledonia Pride 59 (15,25,46) (Thomson 21, Oakes 17, Simpson 5) Team Northumbria 86 (18,41,71) (Gorrell 26, Bonenberger 19, Quintas 13) Team Northumbria picked up their sixth league win of the season after beating Caledonia Pride 59-86 on the road. Alison Gorrell led the way …
After going unbeaten in February, Sevenoaks Suns made it a winning start to the new calendar month as Len Busch and his team collected another road win at Hatters. A week after eliminating them from the WBBL Trophy, they won 60-74 to take a historic first league success against their rivals, with Anne Pedersen scoring …
Riders jump into second spot with nail-biting home win WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 81 (19, 40, 63) (McGarrachan 19, Smith 16, Hayward 13) Manchester Mystics 78 (20, 34, 55) (Allen 21, Jones 19, Browne 13) The good times are rolling at Riders after they followed up qualification to a first major showpiece Final last weekend …
Sevenoaks Suns hang on at Hatters to write more history WBBL Championship Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 60 (16, 27, 41) (Naylor 28, Gandy 16, Winborne 6) Sevenoaks Suns 74 (27, 45, 62) (Pedersen 20, Nikitinaite 17, Busch 15) Sevenoaks Suns just love making history in Yorkshire after they completed a first ever WBBL Championship success …
It’s back to focusing on the WBBL Championship again this weekend and according to Great Britain’s Georgia Jones, that means Manchester Mystics doing everything they can to get back to winning ways. It’s been a largely bumpy ride since the high of lifting the WBBL Cup back in January and it won’t get any easier …
We look at who has been coming up with the goods in the WBBL during February. Scoring machines There were an outstanding [and season-high] nine players who all passed the 20 points per game landmark and they were led by Alison Gorrell (Team Northumbria) with 27.3 points per game, with Great Britain forward Savannah Wilkinson …
Ashley Harris is cementing her status as the frontrunner to be crowned 2016-17 WBBL MVP after she scooped her third Molten WBBL Player of the Month award. The Nottingham Wildcats’ star was handed the February edition after she was head and shoulders above any other player when it came to her stellar performance efficiency rating, …
Len Busch has been rewarded for a fantastic and flawless February with Sevenoaks Suns by being named Molten WBBL Coach of the Month. The play-caller not only guided his team to a perfect record during the period, but a notable chapter of history as they booked a spot at their first major showpiece WBBL Final. …
And then there were two. The road to the Emirates Arena for the 2017 WBBL Trophy is complete after Leicester Riders and Sevenoaks Suns set a historic showdown with Semi-Final victories at the weekend. Leicester booked their spot with an impressive 94-83 home victory over Nottingham Wildcats, much to the delight of head coach Matthew …