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Jade Lucas climbed off the bench to provide the energy that was needed to turn the second half on its head as Manchester Mystics defeated Leicester Riders, 58-67, to book their date with Nottingham Wildcats in the inaugrual WBBL Cup Final. In what was the second meeting between these two teams in l
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Georgia Jones and Amy Browne combined for 34 points to lead the in form Manchester Mystics (6-1) to the top of the WBBL Championship with a 74-59 victory over perennial contenders Leicester Riders (5-2) at the National Basketball Performance Centre in a game they lead by as much as 19. Great
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Last Saturday, Mystics U14s travelled to Derby to face the Trailblazers yet I couldn't find any cowboys on view. (I could now go for a cheap shot and say 'apart from the refs' but that would be unfair!) I took 11 players, an awkward number to give meaningful minutes to, even in easy games. I did man
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Manchester Magic picked up their second double-digit home win in as many weeks with a comprehensive 69-50 victory over Loughborough Student Riders, as the steady hand of experience overcame the exuberance of youth at the Amaechi Basketball Centre. The two teams shared identical 6-2 league records g
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GB Women suffered a 71 -52 defeat against Italy in Lucca on Saturday night ending their hopes of a place at this summer's EuroBasket. Mystics' Georgia Jones played 20 minutes had 5 points, 3 assists and a steal. GB finished their schedule of qualifiers with a 55 - 97 victory over Albania in Tirana
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Mystics U14s' 2 games over last week-end, although both against 'local rivals,' were always going to be as different as ballroom dancing and rugby league. On Saturday we faced Stockport's young, inexperienced side who never gave up and did all they could to be competitive but found things as challen
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Manchester Magic got back into the winning groove with a comprehensive 95-77 over Worthing Thunder in NBL Division One, with recent American signing Duane Morgan announcing himself to the league with 20 points and nine rebounds in just 17 minutes of action. Stefan Gill registered 16 points and six
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Manchester Magic suffered back-to-back defeats on the road this weekend as they lost 65-69 at Lancashire Spinners on Saturday night and 77-82 at Team Northumbria on Sunday evening, ending their 10-0 unbeaten run to start the season. It was a disastrous second quarter at the Spinners where Magic sco
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Following on from yet another game as untaxing as the havens of Jersey and the Isle of Man against the very young Tameside Royals back up squad which our U14s sauntered gently through 100-19, Mystics were suddenly required to step about 5 levels to compete with championship rivals, Nottingham Wildca
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