A big double-double from Alex Smith ended Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters’ WBBL Championship title hopes. WBBL Championship Leicester Riders 93 (22,36,63) (Smith 21, Hayward 19, Livermore 15) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 67 (12,27,49) (Gandy 21, Gayle 13, Winborne 10) Leicester Riders have beaten Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters for the first time in the WBBL Championship, …
Great Britain star Helen Naylor is adamant Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters are focusing firmly on the WBBL Play-Offs as this year’s title race looks set to be potentially decided the weekend. Hatters picked up a nice win against Manchester Mystics last time out, but know that their title bid will be extinguished if Nottingham Wildcats …
We’re stacked with a trio of top quality WBBL ‘bigs’ again this week, with the backcourt bringing plenty of scoring and smarts. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) The Great Britain guard is back in our starting five again after she helped her team take victory in the match-up at home to Team Northumbria. The playmaker finished …
Brittany Winborne’s double-double gives Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters the head-to-head over Manchester Mystics. WBBL Championship Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 78 (19,39,61) (Winborne 25, Gayle 14, Gandy 13) Manchester Mystics 72 (14,30,55) (Allen 21, Jones 20, Thomas-Johnson 12) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters have leapfrogged Manchester Mystics into second place in the WBBL Championship title race, after …
They’re one of the teams of the moment and right now, the hard work is paying off for Sarah Thomson and Caledonia Pride as they seek to lock down what had appeared an unlikely Play-Off berth for much of the campaign. The shooting guard and her colleagues are on a roll and especially at home, …
The end of the Regular Season may be in sight, but our fantastic line-up this week still has a couple of debutantes. Sarah Thomson (Caledonia Pride) It has been an excellent few weeks for Pride and fitting that they have two starters this week, with Scottish guard Thomson the first. She was at the heart …
Hatters hand another defeat to the league leaders with comeback effort. WBBL Championship Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 67 (14,26,54) (Naylor 14, Gayle 13, Gandy 12) Nottingham Wildcats 62 (15,35,51) (Harris 23, Prior/Ferreira 12) Westfield Health Sheffield overturned a double-digit deficit on their way to beating the league leaders, Nottingham Wildcats, 67-62. The home side struggled …
With one game already down on this week’s schedule after last a rare Thursday evening clash between Archers and Crusaders, all eyes will be on tonight’s meeting on BBC Sport between powerhouse duo Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters and Nottingham Wildcats. Perhaps rather surprisingly, both WBBL’s heavyweights will go up against each other off the back …
After an absence of a couple of weeks, our All-Star Five is back and there was some seriously fierce competition for places. Georgia Jones (Manchester Mystics) The Great Britain guard was the saviour for Mystics as they completed a fabulous double overtime success on the road at Barking Abbey Crusaders. Jones made momentum-changing shots and …
There was a party mood in Edinburgh after a landmark win for Pride WBBL Championship Caledonia Pride 79 (21,43,54) (Bastian 24, Robb 13, Oakes 12) Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters 78 (15,39,57) (Winborne 22, Naylor 20, Gandy 15) Caledonia Pride collected a historic first ever home success in the WBBL after coming from behind to take …