Leicester Riders have signed Amber Smith and Maya Brewer for the remainder of the 2020-2021 WBBL season. The Louisiana-native Amber Smith attended the University of Missouri and appeared in all 31 games as a senior averaging 11.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. During the 2019-20 campaign, the 5’11” forward had a season-high …
Oaklands Wolves have moved to sign GB guard Melita Emanuel-Carr before the transfer deadline. Emanuel-Carr, a 5’10″ guard from London, England, joins the Wolves after last playing with BA London Lions in 2019 before suffering a knee injury at the start of the 2019-20 WBBL season. After undergoing successful surgery, she has been focusing on …
Azania Stewart comes out of retirement to join the Leicester Riders for the remaining 2020-21 WBBL Season. The 2012 Olympian and Commonwealth Silver medallist earned a scholarship to attend the University of Florida. In her four-year NCAA career she ranked third in blocks (205) and had the highest FG percentage in a single season (61.9%). …
WBBL Championship Oakland Wolves 54-64 Leicester Riders (11-18, 26-29, 39-46, 54-64) (Wolves – Rouse 12, Carter 10, Milligan 8; Riders – Winterburn 22, Hinriksdottir 15, Oliver 10) The Leicester Riders solidify top spot in the WBBL Championship with a ten point victory over the Oakland Wolves, with Holly Winterburn scoring a game high 22. Winterburn …
This week’s WBBL All-Star Five is stacked after an amazing weekend that saw some of the best individual performances in the history of the league, resulting in the highest Performance Points total for the collective this season. It’s led by Sian Phillips and includes the Nottingham duo of Jasmine Joyner and Chelsey Shumpert, who make …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 61-72 BA London Lions (21-20, 30-32, 49-49, 61-72) (Eagles – Gorrell 28, Mcivar 13, Chukwu-Etu 7; Lions – Breen 20, Umeh 18, Beckford-Norton 14) WBBL Trophy, Quarter Final Leicester Riders 81-57 Oaklands Wolves (22-19, 47-37, 66-45, 81-57) (Riders – Oliver 23, Winterburn 21, Ainge 12; Wolves – Uprus 22, Rouse 13, …
WBBL ChampionshipCaledonia Pride 86-81 Newcastle Eagles (22-26, 46-44, 66-56)(Pride – Phillips 28, Storie 20, Ranger 14; Eagles – Gorrell 38, Smith 17, McVicar 14) WBBL ChampionshipDurham Palatinates 53-78 Nottingham Wildcats (11-17, 22-35, 45-53)(Palatinates – Van Straaten 14, Elderkin 10, Hurtado-Barbeito 10; Wildcats – Shumpert 26, Joyner 25, Freeman 8) WBBL ChampionshipEssex Rebels 90-102 Manchester Met …
Following the Secure Play Protocol, Sevenoaks Suns have postponed their games against Leicester Riders and Nottingham Wildcats, scheduled for Saturday 20 February and Sunday 21 February respectively, due to self-isolation requirements following personnel testing positive for Covid-19. These fixtures will be rearranged in due course as per the Covid-19 rule amendments.
WBBL Trophy, First Round Cardiff Met Archers 52-61 Oaklands Wolves (18-14, 28-31, 44-45, 52-61) (Archers – Marchizotti 17, Hatch 13, Jorgensen 7; Wolves – Rouse 15, Uprus 14, Boros 12) WBBL Trophy, First Round Caledonia Pride 64-90 Manchester Met Mystics (20-24, 38-50, 53-69, 64-90) (Pride – Phillips 17, Harvey 13, Ranger 10; Mystics – Shaw …
After a busy week of WBBL action the All-Star Five includes the Cup Final MVP, alongside the dangerous Wildcats duo who could have made the team twice each after their performances in a pair of wins on a double-header weekend. Jasmine Joyner – Nottingham Wildcats Joyner makes her fifth appearance of the season so far, …