After a busy week of WBBL action the All-Star Five includes the Cup Final MVP, alongside the dangerous Wildcats duo who could have made the team twice each after their performances in a pair of wins on a double-header weekend. Jasmine Joyner – Nottingham Wildcats Joyner makes her fifth appearance of the season so far, …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 77-79 Cardiff Met Archers (16-25, 42-47, 68-65) (Eagles – Gorrell 29, Lowe 15, Mcvicar 12; Archers – Ball 19, Marchizotti 13, Hatch 13) WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats 96-50 Caledonia Pride (21-12, 47-28, 70-41) (Wildcats – Joyner 25, Shumpert 24, Lundqvist 19; Pride – Ranger 28, Phillips 7, Doherty 6) Cardiff Met …
The first monthly awards of 2021 in the WBBL have gone to Leicester Riders Head Coach Jesper Sundberg and Newcastle Eagles’ experienced American guard Alison Gorrell. Sundberg has won Molten WBBL Coach of the Month for the second time already in this campaign, as his Leicester side remain the only unbeaten team (8-0) having picked …
For the second week in a row, there are two BA London Lions players in the WBBL All-Star Five after they made it four straight wins in all competitions, and remain unbeaten in league play. Amazingly, the bench is led by two players – Jasmine Joyner and Alison Gorrell – who posted the second and …
WBBL Championship Essex Rebels 90-82 Newcastle Eagles (20-26, 42-50, 55-62, 90-82) (Rebels – Kohlhaas 28, Waithe 16, Bieg Salazar 16; Eagles – Gorrell 40, McVicar 16, Lowe 12) WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 60-78 Caledonia Pride (16-20, 38-38, 46-53, 60-78) (Palatinates – Elderkin 18, Paxton 15, Hutchingson 11; Storie 19, Velazquez 13, Phillips 11) WBBL Championship …
WBBL ChampionshipEssex Rebels 95-91 Nottingham Wildcats (17-20, 47-37, 67-63)(Rebels – Bieg Salazar 30, Kohlhaas 28, Costa 12; Eagles – Costa 24, Shumpert 21, Lundqvist 16) WBBL ChampionshipOaklands Wolves 87-91 Newcastle Eagles (23-22, 40-33, 62-56) (Wolves – Uprus 23, Carter 14, Harrison 11; Eagles – Mcvicar 31, Gorrell 21, Lowe 20) Essex Rebels and Newcastle Eagles …
This Sunday’s WBBL Cup Final is one to look forward to if the WBBL All-Star 5 is anything to go by, dominated by stars from East Midlands rivals Leicester Riders and Nottingham Wildcats after both picked up league wins over the weekend. Chelsey Shumpert – Nottingham Wildcats The Molten WBBL Player of the Month for …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 39-66 Leicester Riders (13-27, 17-42, 26-48) (Eagles – Gorrell 14, Koop 12, Kvereravicutie 6; Riders – Oliver 22, Hinriksdottir 16, Lappenkuper 8) Leicester Riders came out on top 66-39 against Newcastle Eagles in a lively encounter at the Eagles Community Arena on Sunday afternoon. A win that sees the side go …
There are four debutants in the WBBL All-Star Five, with double features for Cardiff Met Archers and BA London Lions this week, after Archers picked up their first win of the campaign and Lions were victorious for just the second time so far in Saturday’s trio of games. Cassie Breen – BA London Lions Lions’ …
WBBL Championship BA London Lions 85-72 Newcastle Eagles (24-16, 49-31, 72-49, 85-72) (Lions – Breen 26, Beckford-Norton 17, Leonard 17; Eagles – Gorrell 22, Mcivar 19, Koop 15) BA London Lions signed off 2020 with their first win of the 2020/21 WBBL Championship campaign, defeating the Newcastle Eagles 85-72 in an entertaining affair on Sunday …