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 …
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 …
A busy week in the WBBL Championship saw 14 games, with a high-scoring win for Oaklands Wolves leading to a pair of representatives in the latest All-Star 5, led overall by a sensational performance from Holly Winterburn of the league-leading London Lions. Holly Winterburn – London Lions London Lions got three wins in the week …
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 …