By Jamie Thomas Hearing the Head Coach of an as-yet-undefeated team in WBBL Championship action talk so frequently about getting even better is quite the statement. That is the yardstick that Vanessa Ellis is setting for the Sheffield Hatters as she confesses she’s pleased with the team’s start but expresses confidence that there is so …
As the WBBL returned from the international break, the latest All-Star 5 is full of Great Britain internationals, led by Georgia Gayle after Sheffield Hatters remained unbeaten in the WBBL Championship; while also including a pair of London Lions after they qualified for the WBBL Cup Final by beating Hatters on Saturday. Georgia Gayle – …
WBBL Championship Sheffield Hatters 86-66 Caledonia Pride (21-15, 38-29, 61-49) (Hatters – Gayle 26, Shaw 22, Gill 12; Pride – Edwards 16, Phillips 15, Ranger 12) WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 81-51 Gloucester City Queens (23-16, 48-21, 69-33) (Riders – Robb 19, Hamilton 19, Rouse 11; Queens – Ball 20, Abbott 12, Emanuel-Carr 7) Sheffield Hatters …
WBBL Cup, Semi Final Sheffield Hatters 66-100 London Lions (11-27, 29-49, 41-72) (Hatters – Gayle 11, Shaw 9, Mcgrath 9; Lions – Leedham-Warner 27, Beckford-Norton 21, Stewart 14) WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 71-29 Durham Palatinates (9-6, 35-13, 55-22) (Suns – Fritz 18, Carr 17, Monakana 12; Palatinates – Hendershot 10, Bennett 9, Natufe 5) WBBL …
Seven WBBL stars have been confirmed as part of Head Coach Chema Buceta’s squad for this week’s EuroBasket Women double-header as the team met for camp in Manchester. GB welcome Greece to the National Basketball Performance Centre on Thursday before travelling to Tallin for the window’s second fixture against Estonia on Sunday. Buceta’s squad is …
WBBL Championship Durham Palatinates 61-77 Newcastle Eagles (20-16, 26-34, 40-62) (Palatinates – Bennett, 16, Hurtado Barbeito 13, Hendershot 13; Eagles – Horton 19, Eadsforth-Yaytes 16, Lowe 14) WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 80-69 Nottingham Wildcats (23-24, 42-44, 61-55) (Suns – Carr 22, Busch 21, Fritz 16; Wildcats – Pannell 20, Nicolas 12, Gyles 10) WBBL Championship …
WBBL ChampionshipCaledonia Pride 48-79 Durham Palatinates (16-16, 29-30, 38-55)(Pride – Tweedie 13, Ranger 12, Phillips 8; Palatinates – Hurtado Barbeito 24, Bennett 19, Hendershot 19) WBBL ChampionshipGloucester City Queens 66-69 Manchester Met Mystics (18-21, 27-34, 41-45)(Queens – Fitzpatrick 26, Emanuel-Carr 18, Ball 11; Mystics – Jones 18, Williams 17, Allen 16) WBBL ChampionshipLeicester Riders 74-77 …
After another busy weekend of WBBL Championship action, this week’s All-Star 5 don’t have a loss between them as Gloucester City Queens and Sheffield Hatters moved to 2-0, while London Lions won their opener and Sevenoaks Suns – with a pair of representatives – got their title defence off to the ideal start. The team …
WBBL ChampionshipCaledonia Pride 57-56 Newcastle Eagles (22-13, 31-29, 49-46)(Pride – Ranger 13, Loughran 12, Phillips 12; Eagles – Horton 18, McVicar 15, Eadsforth-Yaytes 10) WBBL ChampionshipDurham Palatinates 71-76 Gloucester City Queens (19-16, 39-33, 52-50)(Palatinates – Hurtado Barbeito 27, Wood 19, Bennett 17; Queens – Emanuel-Carr 21, Fitzpatrick 16, Abbott 15) WBBL ChampionshipEssex Rebels 46-79 Sevenoaks …
Last week saw the conclusion of the WBBL Cup group stage and the opening of the 2021-22 WBBL Championship campaign, with ten teams in action in the latter on a busy Super Saturday. The second WBBL All-Star 5 of the season is led by the reigning MVP and a trio of big double-doubles. Cat Carr …