The 2023/24 Women’s British Basketball League season gets underway on Saturday 21 October, with 11 Clubs opening the Championship Season, whereupon rivalries will be renewed and new stories told. The 2023 Playoff Champions, London Lions, get their season underway with a battle against Essex Rebels, whilst the 2022/23 Runner’s-up, Leicester Riders, will play their first …
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 …
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 …
WBBL Championship London Lions 88-36 Newcastle Eagles (21-8, 42-15, 63-25)(Lions: Herbert Harrigan, 22; Winterburn, 22; Battle/Charles, 10 – Eagles: Justinak, 10; Gaynor/Lowe, 8; Fernandez Pardo, 4) Caledonia Gladiators 70-57 B. Braun Sheffield Hatters (13-11, 35-28, 55-36)(Gladiators: McGarrachan, 16; Adams/Handy, 15; Elias/Lewis, 7 – Hatters: Murphy, 25; Niang, 10; Naylor, 9) London Lions kept their grip …
WBBL Championship London Lions 87-48 B Braun Sheffield Hatters (27-17, 56-27, 78-37)(Lions: Snytsina/Vorpahl, 15; Battle/Beckford-Norton, 11; Murray, 10 – Hatters: Fairley/Shaw, 12; Niang, 8; Murphy, 6) WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 72-67 Durham Palatinates (16-17, 33-34, 47-49)(Eagles: Lewis, 15; Clasen, 14; Justinak, 12 – Palatinates: Hendershot, 18; Wayne, 15; Ottewill-Soulsby) WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 68-54 Oaklands …
WBBL ChampionshipSevenoaks Suns 69-91 London Lions (22-21, 19-23, 18-23, 10-24)Suns – Monakana 18, Hodges 17, Bradshaw 12; Lions – Herbert-Harrigan 23, Snytsina 19, Vorpahl 16 Durham Palatinates 73-75 B Braun Sheffield Hatters (25-18, 8-22, 18-17, 22-28)Palatinates – Ottweill-Soulsby 25, Hendershot 13, Brault 11; Hatters Murphy 28, Gayle 15, Niang 9 Manchester Met Mystics 70-79 Caledonia Gladiators …