The BBL Cup quarter-finals have resulted in five familiar faces making the BBL All-Star 5 for week 11, including a fascinating point guard battle as London City Royals knocked Cheshire Phoenix out at Crystal Palace. Andrew Lawrence – London City Royals Royals put up a century in progressing to the Cup semi-finals for the first …
With only three teams in action this week, and as a departure from the normal rules, the All-Star 5 is drawn from just London Lions, Bristol Flyers and Surrey Scorchers. After Lions beat both Flyers and Scorchers at home, it has enabled four first time appearances alongside Molten BBL Player of the Month for October, …
A raft of outstanding BBL Cup performances over the weekend means that this week’s BBL All-Star 5 has produced by far the highest combined Performance Points total of the season so far. All five starters were above 30 for the first time since the opening weekend, as were the first two off the bench, with …
A number of teams have secured their BBL Cup Quarter Final berth over the last weekend, with all of this week’s All-Star 5 set to feature in the knockout rounds. The team includes two debutants from BBL powerhouse clubs alongside three returnees who are back after a month or so away. John Mitchell – Newcastle …
Brandon Peel makes the All-Star 5 for the third week in a row; while it is led by outstanding performances from a pair of debutant forwards in the North West, one of whom became the second BBL player in two weeks to produce a rare occurrence of perfect shooting. Jalen Hayes – Cheshire Phoenix Amazingly, …
Tayo Ogedengbe leads the way among four double-doubles in this week’s All-Star 5, after captaining Surrey Scorchers to their first win of the 2019-20 BBL Cup campaign. He’s joined by a rival from that game and Sheffield’s unstoppable point guard – both making their second appearance – alongside a familiar face featuring for the first …
After a weekend of tense BBL Cup action across both the North and South groups, Plymouth’s rookie Tyrell Johnson makes his second All-Star 5 appearance, alongside four debutants for this campaign, three of whom are familiar faces. Parker Jackson-Cartwright – Cheshire Phoenix Phoenix won the North-West derby against Manchester Giants on Friday night, led by …
With a shortened week of BBL Cup action due to the Basketball All-Stars championship at the Copper Box Arena, this week’s All-Star Five comes from Friday night’s four Cup games and includes a clean sweep of debutants for this season. Eli Pepper – Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks Pepper turned in one of the best individual …
After winning twice at the weekend Newcastle Eagles have two players featuring in this week’s BBL All-Star 5, as Rahmon Fletcher and Sade Aded-Hussein led them to BBL Cup victories on the road at Leicester Riders and Cheshire Phoenix. Cortez Edwards (Worcester Wolves) Also making his second appearance of the season is Cortez Edwards, who …
There were some impressive performances over the weekend as the benecos BBL Play-Offs got underway. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) A near triple-double effort led the Eagles to a First Leg victory on the road as Fletcher posted 26 points along with nine rebounds and 10 assists in the 89-94 victory. However, they missed …