Newcastle Eagles and Mott MacDonald have drawn up big plans that sees the global engineering, management and development consultancy take over the WBBL team’s back of kit sponsorship. Visiting the Vertu Motors Arena last week ahead of the WBBL team’s home tip-off on Saturday, Phil Redman, Mott MacDonald’s Newcastle Area Director said: “We’re delighted to provide …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 48-92 Leicester Riders (6-26, 23-45, 41-62) (Palatinates: Bautista/Wayne, 12; Hurtado Barbeito; 7, Hendershot, 6 – Riders: Arlen, 24; Sarson, 18; O’Dwyer, 11) Winless Durham Palatinates tested their mettle as they squared off against in-form Leicester Riders, who have won all but one of their five games this season. Despite the strength …
WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 63-79 Sheffield Hatters (20-14, 31-30, 47-50) (Suns: Monakana, 23; Bradshaw/Koppl, 9; Busch/Fritz, 7 – Hatters: Murphy, 22; Gayle 18; Naylor, 10) WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 65-59 Essex Rebels (11-19, 27-39, 54-56) (Eagles: Lewis, 17; Gaynor, 12; Nolan, 10 – Rebels: Paxton/Swart, 15; Turner, 9; Kohlhaas, 8) An exciting matchup marked this …
FIBA EuroCup Women London Lions 90-79 Roche Vendee (19-13, 43-43, 70-57) (Lions – Winterburn 19, Herbert-Harrigan 18, Battle 14, Snytsina 14; Roche – Suarez 17, Geiselsoder 14, Lewis 13, Pouye 13) London Lions secured their first win of the FIBA EuroCup Women season, by defeating French side Roche Vendee at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and …
There have been plenty of new names bursting onto the scene in the WBBL this season, and one of them has walked away with the first Molten WBBL Player of the Month honours of the season, as Caledonia Gladiators star Erin Jones takes home the golden Molten basketball for September and October. The Gladiators are …
The first monthly award of the 2022-23 WBBL campaign have gone to a familiar face in London Lions’ Head Coach Mark Clark, who picks up the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month award for September and October as the new-look Lions have picked up where they left off from last season’s undefeated domestic campaign. Coach …
All of last week’s WBBL games were played on a Super Saturday, with the All-Star 5 led by a pair of Caledonia Gladiators after they continued their good start, alongside a duo from Oaklands Wolves after they recorded their first win of the nascent campaign. Erin Jones – Caledonia Gladiators Erin Jones is the only …
EuroCup Women (Group J) Villeneuve d’Ascq 80-59 London Lions (14-19, 39-30, 65-47) (Villeneuve d’Ascq: Abdelkader, 21; Smalls, 18; Heriaud, 13 – Lions: Snytsina, 16; Stewart, 9; Herbert-Harrigan, 8) London Lions began their EuroCup Women campaign with an 80-59 loss to Villeneuve d’ Ascq at Le Palacium in northern France. It proved a tough opener for …
Three of this week’s WBBL All-Star 5 are making their second appearances of the season already, led by a sensational performance from Kennedy Nicholas of the Nottingham Wildcats as she features for the second week in a row after leading her team to a third straight win. Kennedy Nicholas – Nottingham Wildcats Nicholas led the …
WBBL Championship Sheffield Hatters 89-52 Newcastle Eagles (14-23, 39-27, 66-34) (Hatters: Hampton-Bey; 13, Whitehouse; 12, Niang; 12 – Eagles: Lewis; 19, Willis; 12, Fernandez Pardo; 10) The Sheffield Hatters continued their undefeated run with a convincing victory over the Newcastle Eagles. Playing at home for the third time this season, the Hatters were led in …