Holly Winterburn of Leicester Riders has been awarded the Molten WBBL Young Player of the Year award for the third time already in her career, and third completed season in a row, at just 20 years of age. The Northampton-native progressed through the Riders’ set-up at Charnwood College, being named MVP of the Women’s Elite …
The 2020-21 Molten WBBL Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL Head Coaches, is led by two of the three most familiar faces from this team since the inception of the WBBL in 2014, alongside three debutants including a pair of stars from London Lions who have helped them to be one of the …
The 2020-21 Molten WBBL Defensive Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL Head Coaches, includes an impressive array of record-holders across both the British top-flight and among these players’ NCAA college careers. It features a pair of forwards from Leicester Riders, the backcourt pairing from London Lions, and only the sixth player to have …
The final weekly WBBL All-Star Five of the 2020-21 season – a May Madness special after the WBBL Play-Offs semi-finals live on Sky Sports last week – is led by the triple-double hero from the biggest upset in WBBL Play-off history, who is joined by a pair of her Newcastle Eagles teammates and a dynamic …
The Molten WBBL All-British Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL Head Coaches, features two Leicester Riders – including one unanimous nominee – alongside an ever-present in this team, a league MVP candidate and a 2012 London Olympian. Holly Winterburn – Leicester Riders The election of Leicester’s star guard to the All-British team was …
WBBL Play-off Semi-FinalLondon Lions 77-68 Nottingham Wildcats (17-13, 33-31, 58-46)(Lions – Beckford-Norton 18, Breen 16, Leonard 14; Wildcats – Shumpert 22, Egharevba 19, Lundqvist 12) WBBL Play-off Semi-FinalSevenoaks Suns 72-79 Newcastle Eagles (17-19, 40-32, 52-54)(Suns – Da Silva 22, Carr 21, Monakana 16; Eagles – Gorrell 22, Lowe 20, McVicar 18) There will be a …
After ending April by lifting the WBBL Championship trophy for the third consecutive season, Sevenoaks Suns have picked up a monthly awards double for Head Coach Len Busch and Captain Cat Carr. Busch earns the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month award for April after, amazingly, his team went 11-1 in the month while playing …
In the last week the WBBL has closed out the regular season and got May Madness underway with all four Play-off quarter-finals live on Sky Sports YouTube from the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle. Kennedy Leonard turned in two of the performances of the season in the space of five days to lead the All-Star …
WBBL Play-Offs Quarter Final Nottingham Wildcats 80-64 Manchester Met Mystics (23-12, 45-31, 59-47, 80-64) (Wildcats – Shumpert 26, Costa 20, Lundqvist 16; Mystics – Shaw 18, Naylor 14, Jones 11) WBBL Play-Offs Quarter Final London Lions 92-65 Essex Rebels (17-16, 46-33, 66-52, 92-65) (Lions – Leonard 22, Umeh 22, Charles 18; Rebels – Bieg Salazar …
WBBL Play-Off Quarter-FinalLeicester Riders 73-79 Newcastle Eagles (19-17, 34-37, 54-57)(Riders – Robb 18, Brewer 13, Stewart 13; Eagles – Lowe 26, Gorrell 24, McVicar 13) WBBL Play-Off Quarter-FinalSevenoaks Suns 76-59 Oaklands Wolves (20-16, 36-25, 61-44)(Suns – Garrido-Perez 20, Carr 18, Busch 12; Wolves – Carter 16, Quick 14, Uprus 11) May Madness opened at the …