In two regular season performances, at the Cup Finals in Birmingham, and at the Trophy Final in Scotland, the London Lions have had the Leicester Riders’ number in the Women’s British Basketball League. But the Play-off Final offers the Riders one last chance to grab a win over the Lions at The O2 in London …
The Molten WBBL Team of the Year – voted by WBBL head coaches and captains – includes former WNBA star Kiki Herbert-Harrigan as one of a pair of London Lions, alongside the league’s leading rebounder and two familiar WBBL campaigners. Ashley Arlen – Leicester Riders Returning to the WBBL for a fourth campaign, after four …
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-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 …
The final All-Star 5 of the regular season includes Ty Battle of London Lions as they were crowned champions, alongside an amazing pair of triple-doubles from McKenzie Johnston and Elle Hendershot, the latter as one of two representatives from Durham Palatinates – although that will be little consolation for Durham as they missed out on …
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 …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 75-69 Newcastle Eagles (13-25, 15-11, 22-16, 15-17) Palatinates – Ottewill-Soulsby 25, Hendershot 16, Wayne 11; Eagles – Fernandez Pardo 15, Clasen 11, Nolan 11 B Braun Sheffield Hatters 76-58 Nottingham Wildcats (30-12, 8-19, 19-12, 19-15) Hatters – Murphy 16, Naylor 12, Wroe 11; Wildcats – Ashton 18, Nicholas 13, Cook 12 …
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 …
WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 67-60 Leicester Riders (15-13, 31-30, 53-41) (Suns: Busch/Bradshaw, 18; Monakana, 15; Hodges, 8 — Riders: Squires, 15; Johnston, 11; Fee, 9) WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 73-51 Manchester Met Mystics (17-10, 26-23, 50-30) (Palatinates: Ottewill-Soulsby, 23; Brault, 18; Hendershot, 12 – Mystics: Niehues, 13; Keltos, 12; Abbott, 10) WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats …