The final weekly WBBL All-Star Five of the 2020-21 season – a May Madness special after the WBBL Play-Offs semi-finals live on Sky Sports last week – is led by the triple-double hero from the biggest upset in WBBL Play-off history, who is joined by a pair of her Newcastle Eagles teammates and a dynamic …
WBBL Play-off Semi-FinalLondon Lions 77-68 Nottingham Wildcats (17-13, 33-31, 58-46)(Lions – Beckford-Norton 18, Breen 16, Leonard 14; Wildcats – Shumpert 22, Egharevba 19, Lundqvist 12) WBBL Play-off Semi-FinalSevenoaks Suns 72-79 Newcastle Eagles (17-19, 40-32, 52-54)(Suns – Da Silva 22, Carr 21, Monakana 16; Eagles – Gorrell 22, Lowe 20, McVicar 18) There will be a …
In the last week the WBBL has closed out the regular season and got May Madness underway with all four Play-off quarter-finals live on Sky Sports YouTube from the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle. Kennedy Leonard turned in two of the performances of the season in the space of five days to lead the All-Star …
WBBL Play-Offs Quarter Final Nottingham Wildcats 80-64 Manchester Met Mystics (23-12, 45-31, 59-47, 80-64) (Wildcats – Shumpert 26, Costa 20, Lundqvist 16; Mystics – Shaw 18, Naylor 14, Jones 11) WBBL Play-Offs Quarter Final London Lions 92-65 Essex Rebels (17-16, 46-33, 66-52, 92-65) (Lions – Leonard 22, Umeh 22, Charles 18; Rebels – Bieg Salazar …
By Jamie Thomas Finishing the regular season positively and sitting in fourth spot going into May Madness, the Nottingham Wildcats will be feeling good about their prospects for the post-season, and one of the stars of a recent positive run of form, Simone Costa, is looking forward to the challenges ahead. The second-year star for …
WBBL ChampionshipOaklands Wolves 48-56 Nottingham Wildcats (26-22, 33-35, 44-44, 48-56)(Wolves: G.Uprus – 17, L.Milligan – 9, B.Sarson – 6; Wildcats: S.Costa – 14, M.Lundqvist – 14, C.Shumpert – 10) WBBL ChampionshipDurham Palatinates 59-114 London Lions (16-32, 29-60, 42-87, 59-114)(Palatinates: C.Paxton – 19, K.Elderkin – 9, G.Hurtado Barbeito – 9; Lions: K.Leonard – 24, C.Breen – …
With all of the WBBL Championship Play-off placings settled last weekend, Sevenoaks Suns took the regular season title despite suffering a defeat to the second-placed Leicester Riders, who themselves finished in style by also beating third-placed London Lions behind a huge performance from Holly Winterburn that sees her front up this week’s All-Star Five and …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 60-86 Manchester Met Mystics (14-18, 27-39, 37-62) (Eagles – Gorrell 22, Mcvicar 17, Bland 7; Mystics – Fong Lyew Quee 23, Naylor 20, Jones 16) WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats 58-69 Durham Palatinates (18-15, 37-32, 49-48) (Wildcats – Shumpert 12, Lundqvist 12, Costa 11; Palatinates – Hurtado Barbeito 19, Elderkin 18, Paxton …
WBBL ChampionshipNottingham Wildcats 85-74 Newcastle Eagles (15-18, 41-26, 65-55, 85-74)(Wildcats: S.Costa – 26, C.Shumpert – 24, M.Lundqvist – 12; Eagles: A.Gorrell – 21, A.Lowe – 19, M.McVicar – 19) WBBL ChampionshipManchester Met Mystics 69-51 Caledonia Pride (22-14, 41-20, 57-38, 69-51)(Mystics: H.Naylor – 25, G.Jones – 16, N.Fong Lyew Quee – 6; Pride: P.Storie – 15, …
WBBL Championship Caledonia Pride 73-68 Cardiff Met Archers (19-17, 40-40, 55-54) (Pride – Ranger 24, Phillips 18, Doherty 15; Archers – Shanahan 22, Hatch 17, Lewis 11) WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 71-42 Essex Rebels (23-11, 40-21, 55-29) (Riders – Smith 20, Lappenkuper 13, Winterburn 12; Rebels – Costa 10, Waithe 7, Munns 6) WBBL Championship …