A new-look Newcastle Eagles will take on London Lions in this weekend’s WBBL Cup final determined to showcase the best of women’s basketball in the North East. The club has confirmed that Newcastle University play-caller Noelia Cacheiro will take the reins for the remainder of the season. And ahead of Sunday’s showpiece clash against London …
By Rachael Bland This is the goal. You want to be competing in these big moments as a player. At the start of the year, we said we wanted to be competing against the best, and we’ve put in the performances where it has counted to be here today, and hopefully we can inspire a community back …
WBBL Trophy, First Round Oaklands Wolves 66-76 Cardiff Met Archers (11-18, 36-38, 49-62)(Wolves – Harrison 18, Leavold 11, Spence 8; Archers – Hatch 15, Jorgensen 13, Kheing 10) Manchester Met Mystics 74-73 Sheffield Hatters (22-19, 41-37, 58-54)(Mystics – Allen 20, Jones 18, Thomas-Johnson 14; Hatters – Gayle 25, Naylor 13, Fong Lyew Quee 11) Nottingham …
WBBL ChampionshipDurham Palatinates 92-77 Nottingham Wildcats (22-18, 46-35, 71-56, 92-77)(Palatinates: A.Lowe – 38, K.Bennett – 15, G.Hurtado Barbeito – 14; Wildcats: J.Gyles – 21, I.Whittington – 16, K.Nicolas – 14) WBBL ChampionshipManchester Met Mystics 52-59 Newcastle Eagles (16-18, 33-28, 41-38, 52-59)(Mystics: L.Thomas-Johnson – 14, D.Allen – 12, G.Jones – 9; Eagles: M.McVicar – 20, C.Gaynor …
WBBL Championship Sheffield Hatters 88-68 Newcastle Eagles (27-13, 51-30, 64-57) (Hatters – Naylor 25, Cardenas 17, Gill 11; Eagles – Gaynor – 16, Mcvicar 16, Horton 13) Sheffield Hatters improved their WBBL Championship record to 8-0 in a hard-fought home victory over Newcastle Eagles on Sunday. The Hatters were looking to maintain their perfect start …
All of this week’s WBBL All-Star 5 come from top four teams in the WBBL Championship as the title race really begins to heat up, including representatives from the unbeaten London Lions, Sevenoaks Suns and Sheffield Hatters, but led by Oceana Hamilton of the fourth-placed Leicester Riders. Oceana Hamilton – Leicester Riders Leicester’s Canadian centre …
WBBL Cup, Semi-FinalNewcastle Eagles 50-45 Leicester Riders (16-9, 27-23, 34-39)(Eagles – Horton 19, Gaynor 12, Eadsforth-Yates 8; Riders – Robb 14, Hamilton 12, Rouse 6) WBBL ChampionshipCaledonia Pride 57-63 Oaklands Wolves (15-19, 34-39, 43-47)(Pride – James 20, Edwards 17, Phillips 9; Wolves – Porter 17, Quick 13, Harrison 10) WBBL ChampionshipEssex Rebels 68-82 Sheffield Hatters …
WBBL Championship Caledonia Pride 76-82 Nottingham Wildcats (27-21, 49-40, 68-60) Pride – Ranger 20, Edwards 19, James 17; Wildcats – Pannell 32, Edmonds 14, Gyles 14 WBBL Championship Essex Rebels 94-75 Cardiff Met Archers (23-20, 48-35, 69-51) Rebels – Waithe 16, Kohlhaas 16, Costa 13; Archers – Saiki 21, Bunyan 17, Hatch 13 WBBL Championship …
WBBL Cup, Semi Final Sheffield Hatters 66-100 London Lions (11-27, 29-49, 41-72) (Hatters – Gayle 11, Shaw 9, Mcgrath 9; Lions – Leedham-Warner 27, Beckford-Norton 21, Stewart 14) WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 71-29 Durham Palatinates (9-6, 35-13, 55-22) (Suns – Fritz 18, Carr 17, Monakana 12; Palatinates – Hendershot 10, Bennett 9, Natufe 5) WBBL …
The last WBBL All-Star 5 before the international break features three representatives from Essex Rebels and Newcastle Eagles as both teams recorded back-to-back WBBL Championship wins for the first time this season, alongside a player from Sevenoaks Suns as they went joint-top and Manchester Met Mystics as they moved into the top four. Four of …