After a busy week of WBBL action the All-Star Five includes the Cup Final MVP, alongside the dangerous Wildcats duo who could have made the team twice each after their performances in a pair of wins on a double-header weekend. Jasmine Joyner – Nottingham Wildcats Joyner makes her fifth appearance of the season so far, …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 77-79 Cardiff Met Archers (16-25, 42-47, 68-65) (Eagles – Gorrell 29, Lowe 15, Mcvicar 12; Archers – Ball 19, Marchizotti 13, Hatch 13) WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats 96-50 Caledonia Pride (21-12, 47-28, 70-41) (Wildcats – Joyner 25, Shumpert 24, Lundqvist 19; Pride – Ranger 28, Phillips 7, Doherty 6) Cardiff Met …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 54-75 Essex Rebels (13-21, 26-38, 34-56, 54-75) (Palatinates – Paxton 13, Elderkin 13, Hurtado Barbeito 10; Rebels – Waithe 21, Munns 19, Costa 15) WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 69-62 Oakland Wolves (16-17, 27-31, 43-39, 69-62) (Suns – Monakana 21, Busch 19, Carr 12; Wolves – Carter 21, Uprus 13, Boros 10) …
Leicester Riders’ captain Kate Oliver has scooped the WBBL Cup Final MVP award after leading her team to a first ever WBBL Cup, beating Sevenoaks Suns 78-67 live on Sky Sports at the National Basketball Performance Centre, Manchester. In her fourth season with the Riders – during which time she has twice been named MVP …
WBBL Cup FinalSevenoaks Suns 67-78 Leicester Riders (13-24, 33-37, 46-60)(Suns – Monakana 25, Garrido-Perez 15, Carr 13; Riders – Oliver 18, Robb 17, Winterburn 16) Leicester Riders have won the WBBL Cup for the first time – with a fourth different name now on the trophy in its four year history – after beating Sevenoaks …
By Jamie Thomas On the eve of their first WBBL Cup Final, one of the stars of Jesper Sandberg’s Leicester Riders says that the WBBL Championship leaders are excited to be tested as they come up against the Cup holders – and fierce rivals – Sevenoaks Suns on Friday night live on Sky Sports. Back …
The first monthly awards of 2021 in the WBBL have gone to Leicester Riders Head Coach Jesper Sundberg and Newcastle Eagles’ experienced American guard Alison Gorrell. Sundberg has won Molten WBBL Coach of the Month for the second time already in this campaign, as his Leicester side remain the only unbeaten team (8-0) having picked …
For the second week in a row, there are two BA London Lions players in the WBBL All-Star Five after they made it four straight wins in all competitions, and remain unbeaten in league play. Amazingly, the bench is led by two players – Jasmine Joyner and Alison Gorrell – who posted the second and …
WBBL Championship Essex Rebels 90-82 Newcastle Eagles (20-26, 42-50, 55-62, 90-82) (Rebels – Kohlhaas 28, Waithe 16, Bieg Salazar 16; Eagles – Gorrell 40, McVicar 16, Lowe 12) WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 60-78 Caledonia Pride (16-20, 38-38, 46-53, 60-78) (Palatinates – Elderkin 18, Paxton 15, Hutchingson 11; Storie 19, Velazquez 13, Phillips 11) WBBL Championship …
The postponed WBBL Cup Final has been rescheduled and will be contested by Leicester Riders and Sevenoaks Suns on Friday 12 February 2021 at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester. Sevenoaks Suns had withdrawn from the originally scheduled date due to Covid-19 concerns and were to be replaced by Nottingham Wildcats, who they had …