Nottingham Wildcats have made a move to bolster their backcourt with the addition of Portuguese playmaker, Joana Ferreira. Stepping out this season in Portugal¹s top-flight with Lousada AC, Ferreira also brings additional Liga Feminina experience at Academico and Boa Viagem-Angra-Acore. She has also played in the second tier of Spanish basketball last season at Ciudad …
Two of the top four teams in the WBBL Championship suffered defeats at the weekend as the action returned from a three-week break. Cup finalists Manchester Mystics were handed their second league loss on the season after Sevenoaks Suns recorded an impressive 45-69 win on the road. Lauren Thomas-Johnson netted 18 points upon her return, …
Nottingham Wildcats and Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters will be the happiest teams after a big Saturday afternoon for the WBBL Championship’s top four sides, in which only those two teams prevailed. Wildcats remain top of the table after coming through a tough road trip to Edinburgh, beating Caledonia Pride 63-49 as the league’s leading scorer, …
Team Northumbria make it a third straight road win after inflicting a first home defeat on Leicester Riders. WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 53 (9,24,37) (Hayward 11, Smith 10, Campbell 8) Team Northumbria 73 (29,47,61) (Bully 20, Gorrell 19, Bonenberger 12) Team Northumbria toppled third-placed Leicester Riders with a 73-53 road win on Saturday night, behind …
Imani Whittington and Savannah Wilkinson did enough for Barking Abbey Crusaders to hold off a late surge from Oaklands Wolves. WBBL Championship Barking Abbey Crusaders 66 (15,32,52) (Whittington 19, Wilkinson 13, Johnson 11) Oaklands Wolves 63 (9,19,31) (Fleming 20, Nelson 13, Fulop 10) Barking Abbey Crusaders have made it four wins in five as they …
A big Anne Pedersen double-double leads Sevenoaks Suns to a record win over Manchester Mystics. WBBL Championship Manchester Mystics 45 (8,26,37) (Thomas-Johnson 18, Jones 10, Welling 5) Sevenoaks Suns 69 (8,29,48) (Pedersen 17, Carr 15, Nikitinaite 12) Sevenoaks Suns have handed second-placed Manchester Mystics a first defeat in 11 games after beating them 69-45, for …
Stephanie Gandy leads the Hatters once more as they make it seven WBBL wins in a row over Archers. WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 69 (15,38,52) (Fritz 24, Wagstaff 14, Stradling 13) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 95 (19,47,74) (Gandy 26, Naylor 20, Winborne 18) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters notched their joint-highest points tally of the …
Siobhan Prior makes her 100th career steal as Wildcats score nearly half of their points from turnovers. WBBL Championship Caledonia Pride 49 (10,25,37) (Peacock 15, Oakes 14, Bastian 9) Nottingham Wildcats 63 (19,41,53) (Harris 19, Prior 13, Shaw 12) Nottingham Wildcats remain atop the WBBL Championship after a hard-fought 63-49 road win at Caledonia Pride, …
It’s been a sensational season so far for Manchester Mystics and they are showing no signs of slowing down after bringing Lauren Thomas-Johnson back to the club. A regular with Great Britain and with major international tournaments such as EuroBasket Women on her resume, Thomas-Johnson is back from maternity leave and ready to shine in …
As we look forward to a re-ignition of the WBBL after the festive break, it’s an extra exciting time for Great Britain’s Kyla Nelson. Not only is she looking forward to the resumption of her role in trying to get Oaklands Wolves a historic first ever WBBL Championship success, she is also now ready to …