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 …
The WBBL Championship season started on Saturday with five teams in action over the weekend, and the first WBBL All-Star Five of the new campaign is comprised of some very familiar faces with all of the starters being veterans of the league and their clubs, paced by a pair of Sevenoaks Suns. Cat Carr – …
WBBL ChampionshipNottingham Wildcats 65-46 Cardiff Met Archers (15-11, 40-25, 50-33, 65-46)(Wildcats – J.Joyner 17, C.Shumpert 15, M.Lundqvist 9; Archers – S.Wagstaff 12, K.Kheing 10, R.Lewis 8) WBBL ChampionshipNewcastle Eagles 47-75 Sevenoaks Suns (10-16, 23-39, 33-58, 47-75)(Eagles – M. Kvederaviciute 12, M.Mcvicar 9, L.Koop 8; Suns – C.Carr 22, T.Clark 14, I. Garrido-Perez 10) The Nottingham …
WBBL ChampionshipManchester Met Mystics 82-56 Newcastle Eagles (30-20, 46-42, 59-49)(Mystics – Jones 20, Naylor 12, Bailey 11; Eagles – Gorrell 20, McVicar 14, Koop 7) Manchester Met Mystics opened the new WBBL Championship season with a comprehensive 82-56 win over Newcastle Eagles at the National Basketball Performance Centre on Saturday afternoon. Neither team came into …
The WBBL Cup semi-finals were confirmed over the weekend and some big-scoring games were led by outstanding individual performances, dominated by the East Midlands. Jasmine Joyner paced the team for the second time already this season, followed, also for the second time, by Holly Winterburn among some amazing shooting displays. Jasmine Joyner – Nottingham Wildcats …
WBBL Cup, South Group Cardiff Met Archers 50-65 Sevenoaks Suns (17-21, 23-31, 40-47) (Archers- Marchizotti 14, Lewis 9, Jorgensen 7; Suns- Busch 25, Monakana 13, Koppl 11) WBBL Cup, North Group Newcastle Eagles 71-96 Leicester Riders (22-16, 40-39, 62-60) (Eagles- Gorrell 19, Mcvicar 16, Smith 14; Riders- Oliver 29, Winterburn 18, Hinriksdottir 16) The …
There were some heavyweight clashes in the busiest weekend of WBBL Cup action of this season so far, as Leicester Riders won a derby, with victories also for Newcastle Eagles and Cup holders Sevenoaks Suns. Fittingly, the All-Star Five is paced by the Suns’ star from January’s WBBL Cup Final. Janice Monakana – Sevenoaks Suns …