The London Lions have confirmed their place in the EuroLeague Women qualifiers for the 2023/24 season. This historic moment marks the first time the Lions have entered the competition. The prestigious EuroLeague Women qualifiers will see six of Europe’s leading basketball teams compete, with the Lions entering as an unseeded team and will face either TTT Riga …
Ahead of an eagerly anticipated Women’s EuroBasket 2023 campaign in Slovenia next month, Chema Buceta has confirmed the 15-player roster that will enter training camp this week in Manchester in preparation for the showpiece competition – with nine WBBL stars selected, as well as two coaches from the league. The London Lions, Leicester Riders, Caledonia …
WBBL Play-off Final London Lions 57-41 Leicester Riders (19-10, 12-13, 11-5, 15-13) Winterburn 11, Snytsina 11, Murray 10; O’Dwyer 10, Squires 8, Brown 7 The Women’s British Basketball League Play-off Final marked the last clash between two teams that had met on every major stage of the season, but it finished with the same champion …
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 …
London Lions’ star forward Kiki Herbert-Harrigan has won the Molten WBBL Player of the Year award following a vote by WBBL head coaches and captains, as she was near unanimously a top three selection and top of four-fifths of the ballots. The 24-year-old native of Anguilla joined the Lions in the summer having previously been …
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 …
WBBL head coaches and captains have voted for their top defensive stoppers in the 2022-23 campaign, including a pair from London Lions – one of whom breaks a record – as they were the best defensive team in the league, with all five having proven defensive pedigree. Shanice Beckford-Norton – London Lions Great Britain international …
The Molten WBBL All-British Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL head coaches and captains, includes generations of Great Britain national team talent and includes Holly Winterburn moving joint-second in all-time appearances, alongside the WBBL’s leading scorer who returns to the team after a four-year absence. Georgia Gayle – B. Braun Sheffield Hatters Guard …
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-Off, quarter-final London Lions 86-37 Newcastle Eagles (26-8, 52-20, 70-32) (Lions: Winterburn, 21; Battle, 15; Joseph, 13 — Eagles: Justinak/Lewis, 11; Fernandez, 5; Nolan, 4) A strong start lifted the London Lions to an 86-37 win over the Newcastle Eagles in their WBBL Play-off, quarter-final match-up at Crystal Palace on Bank Holiday Monday. Now …