WBBL Trophy Final Leicester Riders 67 (22,41,54) (Livermore 19, Hayward 15, Smith 11) Sevenoaks Suns 82 (25,44,68) (Carr 24, Pedersen 21, Nikitinaite 13) Sevenoaks Suns made history by beating Leicester Riders 82-67 to win the 2017 WBBL Trophy in a thrilling Final at the Emirates Arena. Anne Pedersen earned MVP honours with 21 points, while …
Deanne Hayward is looking for home comforts to make up for last season’s injury crisis at Leicester Riders when her team steps out for their first ever showpiece WBBL Final. The Scottish guard, who has been trying to shake off a bout of flu this week, is looking for the familiar local surroundings to inspire …
We take our weekly look at all things #theWBBL and we’re opening up this week with our favourite image. While we can produce all of these fantastic promos and designs, there is nothing like some good old-fashioned fun to remind us of team-spirit and the WBBL family concept! Besides discipline, hard work, persistance and determination …
We catch up with Nottingham Wildcats’ star, BBC Sport commentator and blogger Siobhan Prior to get her take on Sunday’s WBBL Trophy Final at the Emirates Arena between Leicester Riders and Sevenoaks Suns. Take it away Shevy P! SP: I’m very much looking forward to this weekend’s Trophy Final and I’m hoping for a physically …
We’re rolling in March right now and we are still finding debutantes and of course our (almost) ever-present season leader. Alex Smith (Leicester Riders) The Riders’ guard has had a fabulous season moving more to a playmaking role and can lay claim to being the leading combo in the WBBL on current form and contributions. …
After going unbeaten in February, Sevenoaks Suns made it a winning start to the new calendar month as Len Busch and his team collected another road win at Hatters. A week after eliminating them from the WBBL Trophy, they won 60-74 to take a historic first league success against their rivals, with Anne Pedersen scoring …
Riders jump into second spot with nail-biting home win WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 81 (19, 40, 63) (McGarrachan 19, Smith 16, Hayward 13) Manchester Mystics 78 (20, 34, 55) (Allen 21, Jones 19, Browne 13) The good times are rolling at Riders after they followed up qualification to a first major showpiece Final last weekend …
It’s back to focusing on the WBBL Championship again this weekend and according to Great Britain’s Georgia Jones, that means Manchester Mystics doing everything they can to get back to winning ways. It’s been a largely bumpy ride since the high of lifting the WBBL Cup back in January and it won’t get any easier …
We look at who has been coming up with the goods in the WBBL during February. Scoring machines There were an outstanding [and season-high] nine players who all passed the 20 points per game landmark and they were led by Alison Gorrell (Team Northumbria) with 27.3 points per game, with Great Britain forward Savannah Wilkinson …
And then there were two. The road to the Emirates Arena for the 2017 WBBL Trophy is complete after Leicester Riders and Sevenoaks Suns set a historic showdown with Semi-Final victories at the weekend. Leicester booked their spot with an impressive 94-83 home victory over Nottingham Wildcats, much to the delight of head coach Matthew …