WBBL Game Thread - Week 8 - (Week ending 30th Nov 2019)

Game Reports - Sat 30th Nov 2019

Nottingham Wildcats produced an amazing last quarter to topple Sevenoaks Suns who lost a WBBL Championship fixture for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

Their amazing winning run, which witnessed a 22-0 Regular Season during 2018-19 and was 34 games in total, was brought to a halt by Wildcats with a spectacular 29-8 final quarter as the home side turned around a double-digit deficit.

Jasmine Joyner continued her immense season with a brilliant 22 points and 18 rebounds, while teammate Chelsey Shumpert weighed in with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Leicester Riders remain in the centre of the title race and like both Wildcats and Suns, have only lost once. Their latest victory came at Oaklands where they sunk the Wolves by 87-66. Kate Oliver came up with a monumental double-double of 25 points and 20 rebounds for Riders.

Newcastle Eagles continued their good form with a one-sided 84-48 road win at Cardiff Met Archers. Amazingly four different players all came up with double-doubles and it was Giulia Simioni who impressed most with 21 points and 11 assists.

Finally, Manchester Mystics overpowered BA London Lions 72-38, with Sam Roscoe offering 23 points and 15 boards, while Georgia Jones had a terrific 21 points and 11 assists.

WBBL Championship (All Games)

Cardiff Met Archers 48-84 Newcastle Eagles (5-17, 22-33, 33-63)
(Archers – Lewis 9, Jorgensen 9, Mackenzie 7; Eagles – Simioni 21, Ohrdorf 15, Fuchs-Robetin 14)

Manchester Mystics 72-38 BA London Lions (25-13, 45-25, 52-35)
(Mystics – Roscoe 23, Jones 21, Bailey 11; Lions – Ivanova 15, Doran 9, Kipewu 6)

Nottingham Wildcats 77-68 Sevenoaks Suns (18-24, 36-45, 48-60)
(Wildcats – Shumpert 25, Joyner 22, Prior 10; Suns – Carr 18, Clark 13, Monakana 9, Ofomata 9)

Oaklands Wolves 66-87 Leicester Riders (23-28, 37-41, 50-61)
(Wolves – Schlueter 22, Abbott 10, Kiploks 10; Riders – Oliver 25, Hinriksdottir 20, Elmore 14)

For the first time this season, four of our starting five all racked up efficiency scores in excess of 30, while a familiar face records her astonishing 8th straight appearance in our line-up.

Giulia Simioni – Newcastle Eagles
It’s been an outstanding few weeks for the Eagles and the Swiss guard was pulling the strings as usual. She put Cardiff Archers to the sword with a fine double-double of 21 points and 11 assists, also pulling down 4 boards and shooting 64% from the floor.

Georgia Jones – Manchester Mystics
The Great Britain playmaker conbasketball kited her team’s comfortable home victory against the visiting BA London Lions with her experience and quality shining through. Jones accumulated a fine double-double of 21 points and 11 assists in the contest.

Samantha Roscoe – Manchester Mystics
The Mystics’ forward was on fire in the home win against Lions and had a stunning line by the time the final buzzer had sounded. Roscoe finished the contest with a brilliant 23 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocked shots.

Jasmine Joyner – Nottingham Wildcats
We are running out of words to describe the feat of Joyner in maintaining her ever-present run in our starting five. Make it a phenomenal eight appearances in a row after she ended the 34 game winning streak of Suns by posting 22 points and 18 boards for the jubilant Wildcats.

Kate Oliver – Leicester Riders
Last but not least, Oliver walks away with our Player of the Week gong after a spectacular double-double. The Australian centre was unstoppable against Oaklands Wolves and carried Riders to victory with a superb 25 points and jaw-dropping 20 rebounds.

Off the bench – Georgia Ohrdorf (Newcastle Eagles), Anneke Schluter (Oaklands Wolves), Chelsey Shumpert (Nottingham Wildcats), Ella Clark (Leicester Riders), Luiana Livulo (FLT Peterman Sheffield Hatters), Stella Fouraki (Caledonia Pride), Mollie Campbell (Durham Palatinates).