The British Basketball Federation (BBF) has issued a 10-year licence for the Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) to continue as the professional platform for the female game in the UK. Granting the licence for the next decade, the BBF is looking forward to seeing the WBBL develop both on and off the court. The parties …
Four players get their first starting spots of the season and another player makes it an incredible four appearances in a row. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) The Great Britain guard showed her international class with a super showing for Mystics in the dominant road win at Oaklands. Jones finished the contest having torched Wolves with …
Sevenoaks Suns maintained their 100% record in the WBBL Championship with a second league victory on Sunday afternoon to move to 2-0 as they took down Newcastle Eagles 67-59. Having endured a nightmare trip to Tyneside after breaking down en-route to the game, they were in the fast lane on the court at the Eagles …
There were first WBBL Championship wins of the new 2019-20 season recorded by Caledonia Pride and Leicester Riders on Saturday afternoon, while other clubs including Nottingham Wildcats remained unbeaten. Pride made the long trip from Edinburgh to South Wales, but it will be a pleasant trip back to Scotland after they claimed a fine 82-63 …
Our newest line-up features a player who continues her 100% appearance record this season. Dee Hayward – Durham Palatinates It’s consecutive All-Star Five berths for the Durham guard after Hayward starred in their road win at Essex. She sunk 18 points, which took her past a significant landmark of 1,000 career points in the Championship. …
Durham Palatinates and Nottingham Wildcats both earned wins on the first Sunday of the 2019-20 Championship season. Durham triumphed on the road against Essex Rebels 79-65 to record a third victory of the season over the same opposition – having already beaten them in the Trophy and Cup. Durham’s attack was spearheaded by 18 points …
Manchester Mystics and Sevenoaks Suns became the first two teams to record Championship points with victories on the opening day of the 2019-20 league season. Manchester made light work of Cardiff Met Archers to take a home 83-61 victory, thanks to the production of Sam Roscoe. The forward scored an efficient 29 points and added …
It was all eyes on the WBBL Cup First Round over the weekend and there were plenty of performances to get excited about. Dee Hayward – Durham Palatinates A one-sided victory for the Palatinates was led by Hayward with a stunning all-action line in the Cup meeting against Essex. She torched Rebels with 24 points …
The draw for the Semi-Finals of the Betty Codona WBBL Trophy and the Quarter-Finals of the WBBL Cup was concluded on Monday night LIVE on the WBBL Facebook channel. Hosted by Dan Routledge, it was Nottingham Wildcats’ star Siobhan Prior and WBBL Chair Jim Saker who did the honours and drew the teams in each …
There were wins for Nottingham Wildcats, Oaklands Wolves and Durham Palatinates on Saturday as the trio all booked their place in the Quarter-Finals of the WBBL Cup. Nottingham Wildcats eased out Caledonia Pride 76-53 to take a home victory that was founded on another strong showing by forward Jasmine Joyner. She finished the contest with …