WBBL Cup, Semi-FinalNewcastle Eagles 50-45 Leicester Riders (16-9, 27-23, 34-39)(Eagles – Horton 19, Gaynor 12, Eadsforth-Yates 8; Riders – Robb 14, Hamilton 12, Rouse 6) WBBL ChampionshipCaledonia Pride 57-63 Oaklands Wolves (15-19, 34-39, 43-47)(Pride – James 20, Edwards 17, Phillips 9; Wolves – Porter 17, Quick 13, Harrison 10) WBBL ChampionshipEssex Rebels 68-82 Sheffield Hatters …
By Jamie Thomas Going into the biggest game of her season so far, Anna Lappenküper appears to be hitting her best form as she goes into this weekend’s WBBL Cup semi-final against the Newcastle Eagles off the back of an explosive 35-point performance in a vital win against the rolling Essex Rebels. The young German …
This week’s WBBL All-Star 5 is led by Leicester Riders’ German star Anna Lappenkuper after they made it four wins in a row and moved into the WBBL Championship top four, and she is joined by a pair of unbeaten London Lions and an American duo from East Midlands rivals Nottingham Wildcats. Anna Lappenkuper – …
WBBL ChampionshipEssex Rebels 90-96 Leicester Riders (25-24, 48-42, 69-65, 90-96)(Rebels: A.Kohlhaas – 16, A.Munns – 15, L.Costa – 14; Riders: A.Lappenkuper – 35, B.McAlear – 19, L.Rouse – 13) Leicester Riders’ Anna Lappenkuper scored an incredible 35 points this afternoon to help her team come from behind to take an important victory in the WBBL …
As the WBBL returned from the international break, the latest All-Star 5 is full of Great Britain internationals, led by Georgia Gayle after Sheffield Hatters remained unbeaten in the WBBL Championship; while also including a pair of London Lions after they qualified for the WBBL Cup Final by beating Hatters on Saturday. Georgia Gayle – …
WBBL Championship Sheffield Hatters 86-66 Caledonia Pride (21-15, 38-29, 61-49) (Hatters – Gayle 26, Shaw 22, Gill 12; Pride – Edwards 16, Phillips 15, Ranger 12) WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 81-51 Gloucester City Queens (23-16, 48-21, 69-33) (Riders – Robb 19, Hamilton 19, Rouse 11; Queens – Ball 20, Abbott 12, Emanuel-Carr 7) Sheffield Hatters …
Seven WBBL stars have been confirmed as part of Head Coach Chema Buceta’s squad for this week’s EuroBasket Women double-header as the team met for camp in Manchester. GB welcome Greece to the National Basketball Performance Centre on Thursday before travelling to Tallin for the window’s second fixture against Estonia on Sunday. Buceta’s squad is …
The first triple-double of the new campaign sees reigning Molten WBBL Player of the Season, Cat Carr, lead the All-Star 5 as she features in the team, amazingly, for the fifth consecutive week; joined by a near quadruple-double from one of London’s young British stars, along with a pair of Leicester Riders and a familiar …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 61-77 Newcastle Eagles (20-16, 26-34, 40-62) (Palatinates – Bennett, 16, Hurtado Barbeito 13, Hendershot 13; Eagles – Horton 19, Eadsforth-Yaytes 16, Lowe 14) WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 80-69 Nottingham Wildcats (23-24, 42-44, 61-55) (Suns – Carr 22, Busch 21, Fritz 16; Wildcats – Pannell 20, Nicolas 12, Gyles 10) WBBL Championship …
Leicester Riders today announced that Marg Jones has taken charge of the WBBL side. The experienced Jones takes the reins after it was announced that Derrick Washington and the club agreed to part company. “We decided to make a change and it was a no-brainer for us to hand over the reins for the WBBL …