Head Coach of the Caledonia Gladiators, Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco, has won the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month award for April after a strong end to the campaign saw Gladiators surge into second place and achieve the club’s highest ever WBBL Championship finish. Overall, they went 6-2 in April, including ending the month with …
The top three seeds are safely through the WBBL Play-off quarter-finals with all of this week’s All-Star 5 drawn from Caledonia Gladiators, Leicester Riders and London Lions, led by Great Britain international forward Jamila Thompson. Jamila Thompson – Caledonia Gladiators The second-placed Caledonia Gladiators are comfortably through to the Play-off semi-finals after beating Cardiff Met …
WBBL Play-Off, quarter-final London Lions 86-37 Newcastle Eagles (26-8, 52-20, 70-32) (Lions: Winterburn, 21; Battle, 15; Joseph, 13 — Eagles: Justinak/Lewis, 11; Fernandez, 5; Nolan, 4) A strong start lifted the London Lions to an 86-37 win over the Newcastle Eagles in their WBBL Play-off, quarter-final match-up at Crystal Palace on Bank Holiday Monday. Now …
WBBL Play-Offs, quarter-finals (AOT) Leicester Riders 83-80 Essex Rebels (20-20, 35-46, 52-62, 72-72) (Riders: O’Dwyer, 23; Johnston, 19; Arlen/Squires, 18 — Rebels: Swart, 24; Paxton, 16; Munns, 14) Leicester Riders came from behind to edge the Essex Rebels 83-80 after overtime in an exhilarating WBBL Play-off, quarter-final at the Morningside Arena on Sunday. In a …
WBBL Play-offs, quarter-finals Caledonia Gladiators 81-53 Cardiff Met Archers (30-8, 40-26, 63-37) (Gladiators: Thompson, 15; Wolf, 14; Adams, 13 — Archers: Hatch, 21; Saiki, 12; Bunyan, 5) WBBL Play-Offs, quarter-finals B.Braun Sheffield Hatters 49-76 Sevenoaks Suns (12-21, 29-42, 42-61) (Hatters: Fairley, 11; Naylor, 10; Campbell/Murphy, 8 — Suns: Monakana, 23; Bradshaw, 19; Hodges, 14) Caledonia …
WBBL Championship Caledonia Gladiators 93-55 Essex Rebels (25-16, 49-29, 70-42)(Gladiators: Handy, 23; McGarrachan, 22; Adams, 15 – Rebels: Swart, 14; Munns, 12; Freeman/Paxton, 11) Newcastle Eagles 53-67 Sevenoaks Suns (14-16, 33-35, 40-54)(Eagles: Nolan, 13; Fernandez Pardo, 11; Lewis, 8 – Suns: Monakana, 24; Busch, 11; Koppl, 10) London Lions 90-65 Durham Palatinates (24-17, 39-37, 58-54)(Lions: …
WBBL Championship Manchester Met Mystics 40-98 London Lions (21-22, 28-50, 32-75)(Mystics: Keltos, 15; Niehues, 10; Abbott, 6 – Lions: Winterburn, 17; Beckford-Norton, 15; Joseph, 13) Cardiff Met Archers 67-75 Newcastle Eagles (15-23, 35-43, 50-57)(Archers: Hatch, 21; Bunyan/Habling/Saiki/Yunker, 9; Shanahan, 6 – Eagles: Justinak/Lewis, 20; Nolan, 14; Fernandez Pardo, 11) B. Braun Sheffield Hatters 63-81 Leicester …
A busy week in the WBBL Championship saw 14 games, with a high-scoring win for Oaklands Wolves leading to a pair of representatives in the latest All-Star 5, led overall by a sensational performance from Holly Winterburn of the league-leading London Lions. Holly Winterburn – London Lions London Lions got three wins in the week …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 58-117 London Lions (12-25, 22-50, 40-90) (Palatinates: Ottewill-Soulsby, 19; Hendershot, 13; Brault, 10 — Lions: Herbert Harrigan, 20; Winterburn, 15; Snytsina/Joseph, 13) WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 57-67 Caledonia Gladiators (13-19, 32-40, 42-50) (Riders: Squires, 14; Brown, 12; Robb, 11 — Gladiators: Adams, 16; Lewis, 10; McGarrachan, 9) WBBL Championship B.Braun Sheffield …
Caitlin Ryan is not your typical 15-year-old. While many teens her age are consumed with social media and the latest fashion trends, Caitlin is making a name for herself in the world of basketball. As the youngest fully qualified statistician in the country and the first player/statto in the Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL), Caitlin …