London Lions’ British guard Holly Winterburn has added to her burgeoning trophy cabinet with the Molten WBBL Player of the Month award for January, picking up her second Molten golden basketball in a matter of days. She ended the last month by also winning the MVP award as Lions successfully defended the WBBL Cup, beating …
Mark Clark, Head Coach of the London Lions, has won the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month award for January, after ending the month by lifting the WBBL Cup for the second year in a row, having also passed the milestone of 50 straight league wins in recent weeks. It is the second consecutive month …
This week’s All-Star 5 includes a pair of WBBL Cup winners from the London Lions after they beat Leicester Riders in Sunday’s final in front of a sold-out crowd and live on Sky Sports at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, but the team is led by Antoinette Lewis after her heroics for Newcastle Eagles in …
Energetic, explosive and a running, jumping highlight reel, Shanice Beckford-Norton has made Birmingham her playground in the last 12 months, winning last year’s WBBL Cup Final with the London Lions and taking home silver from the Commonwealth Games in the summer. As intense as they come, Beckford-Norton is tough and she’ll have you on the …
A dynamic trio of Great Britain international guards lead the latest All-Star 5, with the top two of those coming from the London Lions as the reigning champions made it 50 straight wins, joined by a pair from Leicester Riders who are trying to chase them down in the WBBL Championship before the teams clash …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 69 – 67 Caledonia Gladiators (23-16, 30-31, 56-51)(Palatinates: Ottewill-Soulsby, 28; Wayne, 13; Bautista/Hendershot, 8 – Gladiators: Wolf, 20; McGarrachan, 18; Elias, 10) Cardiff Met Archers 69 – 75 Nottingham Wildcats (19-16, 40-42, 52-58)(Archers: Hatch, 21; Yunker, 13; Saiki, 10 – Wildcats: Shaw, 22; Stewart, 17; Whittington, 11) Leicester Riders 84 – …
WBBL Championship Caledonia Gladiators 84 – 57 Oaklands Wolves (19-16, 23-9, 17-15, 25-17) (Gladiators – Mcgarrachan 31, Wolf 14, Handy 13; Wolves – Smith 28, Gould 18, George 7) WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 82 – 91 Sheffield Hatters (30-19, 18-31, 22-23, 12-18) (Archers – Saiki 22, Hatch 15, Yunker/Bunyan 12; Hatters – Gayle 26, …
FIBA EuroCup Women Villeneuve d’Ascq 77-64 London Lions (25-22, 38-39, 54-53) (Villeneuve: Burke, 34; Smalls, 13; Abdelkader, 9 – Lions: Herbert Harrigan, 16; Murray/Winterburn, 14; Snytsina, 11) London Lions bow out of the FIBA EuroCup Women competition following a 77-64 loss to French side Villeneuve d’Ascq, a 148-141 loss on aggregate. Having led for the …
Betty Codona WBBL Trophy: First Round Essex Rebels 79 – 64 Sevenoaks Suns (27-19, 49-36, 69-52)(Rebels: Haines/Swart, 15; Turner, 14; Freeman/Paxton, 9 – Suns: Monakana, 14; Busch, 12; Fritz, 10) Durham Palatinates 80 – 85 Cardiff Met Archers (22-17, 47-37, 69-60)(Palatinates: Ottewill Soulsby, 27; Hendershot, 20; Bautista, 11 – Archers: Bunyan, 23; Hatch, 17; Saiki, 16) Brent …
Head Coach of the London Lions, Mark Clark, has won the Molten WBBL Coach of the Month Award for December to finish off a profoundly successful 2022 calendar year as they remain unbeaten atop the WBBL Championship table and have reached the WBBL Cup Final during the month. Lions are defending both of those pieces …