Leicester Riders and Sevenoaks Suns claimed the two Semi-Final spots from the South, while Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters maintained their perfect record in the competition. Sevenoaks started the day with a convincing 51-97 triumph away at Oaklands Wolves with four double-doubles from the visitors including 27 points and 12 rebounds from Renee Busch. The Riders …
Suns shine at Oaklands to reach the last four WBBL Trophy, South Group Oaklands Wolves 51 (13,29,42) (Nelson 13, Charles/Harrison 11) Sevenoaks Suns 97 (29,49,66) (Busch 27, Pedersen 21, Carr 15) Sevenoaks Suns secured their place in the WBBL Trophy Semi-Finals with a commanding 51-97 victory away at Oaklands Wolves. The visitors knew that victory …
With Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters already into the Semi-Finals of the WBBL Trophy, it is looking like they will be joined by either Nottingham Wildcats or Manchester Mystics. And, both WBBL heavyweights will meet on Saturday in what’s not only the biggest game of the weekend, a crunch meeting in the context of the Trophy, …
We take our weekly look at all things #theWBBL from the world of social media……. It may have been a couple of weeks ago, but the BBC Sport game between Barking and Oaklands continues to stir interest and especially our highlights package on Facebook of a super display from Kyla Nelson which attained terrific interest. …
Our season leader racks up an astonishing double-digit landmark for appearances this week and it’s the highest performing five of the entire season in terms of combined performance efficiency scores! Alex Smith (Leicester Riders) It was a magnificent and very rare triple-double for the Riders’ guard in the Trophy win against Oaklands Wolves. Her all-action …
Erika Livermore and Alex Smith are unstoppable as Leicester Riders get back into contention in the WBBL Trophy. WBBL Trophy, South Group Leicester Riders 90 (21,48,66) (Livermore 36, Smith 10, Thompson 10) Oaklands Wolves 66 (20,35,52) (Nelson 26, Harrison 10, Freeman 9) Erika Livermore and Alex Smith combined for two of the performances of the …
There are four WBBL Trophy match-ups to look forward to this weekend and one in particular is a real standout game between the title chasing Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters and Manchester Mystics. With an array of Great Britain national team players on show, it promises to be another intense battle as Hatters look to avenge …
We catch up with all things #theWBBL on social media during the past week! All eyes were on the league because of the game between Barking Abbey Crusaders and Oaklands Wolves being shown live around the world on BBC Sport. And they did us proud, leaving some great highlights! HIT that highlights button @bbcsporthttps://t.co/SHJrIa8veT it’s …
We look at who has been coming up with the goods in the WBBL during January. Scoring machines There were three players who passed the 20 points per game average and it is an all-GB podium. Led by Steph Gandy (Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters) who poured in 23.75 points per game, she was followed by …
It may be February, but still the debutantes are arriving and we have two more in this week’s line-up. Amy Browne (Manchester Mystics) Back on the roster after missing the WBBL Cup Final, the quality of the Mystics’ guard was back in evidence as she helped to collect a WBBL Trophy win against Team Northumbria. …