WBBL Cup, South Group BA London Lions 60-70 Sevenoak Suns (12-28, 31-46, 45-59) (Lions – Beckford-Norton 19, Leonard 13, Charles 9; Suns – Monakana 19, Carr 15, Busch 15) WBBL Cup, North Group Newcastle Eagles 78-68 Manchester Met Mystics(21-16,43-34,58-58) (Eagles – Gorrell 25,Mcvicar 21 ,Kverderavicutie 13 ; Mystics – Song 25,Horton 15, Bailey 12) Sevenoak …
The first All-Star 5 of the 2020-21 WBBL season is dominated by familiar faces from the East Midlands, as Leicester Riders and Nottingham Wildcats secured big double-digit wins. Jasmine Joyner – Nottingham Wildcats In her third WBBL season with the Wildcats, Joyner has started in the same fashion as always with a 17 point and …
WBBL Cup, North Group Leicester Riders 65-44 Manchester Met Mystics (21-6, 20-8, 15-13, 10-17) (Riders – Winterburn 15, Clark 13, Hinriksdottir 8; Mystics – Shaw 8, Jones 6, Allen 6) WBBL Cup, North Group Nottingham Wildcats 64 – 51 Newcastle Eagles (14-16, 17-16, 15-9, 17-10) (Wildcats – Joyner 17, Costa 16, Shumpert 15; Eagles – …
Chris Bunten has added a surprise name to his Newcastle Eagles roster after landing Jorjah Smith just two-and-a-half weeks before this season’s big WBBL tip-off. On the day that the new fixture list was finally revealed, nobody expected another new face to jet into Tyneside. But it seems Bunten has been working on a deal …
The WBBL is today delighted to confirm the fixtures and dates for the seventh season of the Women’s British Basketball League. The 2020-21 season will commence on 07 November with the WBBL Cup group stages before breaking for the GB Women’s International window. Once the Semi-Finals of the Cup have taken place in early December, …
Newcastle Eagles have slotted the final piece into this season’s WBBL jigsaw by adding Maddy McVicar to a roster rich in talent. And now it’s down to playcaller Chris Bunten to solve the puzzle every head coach dreams of as he faces the toughest of selection headaches. On paper there has never been a more …
Chris Bunten is confident Barcelona’s Marina Fernandez can become a breakout star in the WBBL after sealing a deal for the classy six-footer. The North Dakota State University graduate has made an instant impression on her Newcastle Eagles team-mates since jetting into Tyneside and Bunten’s biggest problem will be slotting Fernandez into a side already …
Newcastle Eagles continue to build one of the deepest rosters in franchise history with news that another familiar face has flown into Tyneside. Last week head coach Chris Bunten went back to the future to seal the eye-catching signing of popular returnee Ali Gorrell and the guard will be joined by Sarah Birkett after the …
Proven matchwinner Ali Gorrell jets into Newcastle Saturday on a mission to make up for lost time. One of the WBBL’s top performers left Team Northumbria in 2018 following two stellar seasons on Tyneside and Gorrell’s return to the North East as a Newcastle Eagle represents a massive coup for head coach Chris Bunten. “Never …
Newcastle Eagles have welcomed back two of North East basketball’s most familiar faces as head coach Chris Bunten continues to deepen a developing roster. Experienced guard Ruth Thornley is back for a second season in her second spell with the franchise after kickstarting her top-flight career in 2019 and Academy product Orieoma Chukwu-Etu returns to …