WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 61-72 BA London Lions (21-20, 30-32, 49-49, 61-72) (Eagles – Gorrell 28, Mcivar 13, Chukwu-Etu 7; Lions – Breen 20, Umeh 18, Beckford-Norton 14) WBBL Trophy, Quarter Final Leicester Riders 81-57 Oaklands Wolves (22-19, 47-37, 66-45, 81-57) (Riders – Oliver 23, Winterburn 21, Ainge 12; Wolves – Uprus 22, Rouse 13, …
Following the Secure Play Protocol, Sevenoaks Suns have postponed their games against Leicester Riders and Nottingham Wildcats, scheduled for Saturday 20 February and Sunday 21 February respectively, due to self-isolation requirements following personnel testing positive for Covid-19. These fixtures will be rearranged in due course as per the Covid-19 rule amendments.
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, …
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 …
By Jamie Thomas Days away from the showpiece final we have all been waiting for, Sevenoaks Suns get set to face off with the Leicester Riders on Friday evening live on Sky Sports and their talismanic captain, Cat Carr, says that hoisting the Cup in victory on Friday evening would be one of her best …
WBBL ChampionshipLeicester Riders 93-39 Caledonia Pride (18-7, 47-21, 71-27, 93-39)(Riders: K.Oliver – 25, H.Winterburn – 22, E.Clark – 12; Pride: E.Doherty – 11, M.Ranger – 11, P.Storie – 8) The Leicester Riders recorded a huge victory this afternoon against the Caledonia Pride, beating them by an incredible 54 points to make it five wins from …
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 …