Riders host pre-season Sharks game
Leicester Riders return to action this Friday as they face Sheffield Sharks in a pre-season game at Morningside Arena. Although the game will be behind closed doors, Riders fans will be able to watch the game via a LIVE stream for just £4.99 – sign-up here: riders.basketball/live . The club have also announced that Season […]
Riders Consider Season Options
Leicester Riders are looking at all options, after the planned start of the BBL season later this week was put on hold. Riders along with other BBL clubs met late last week online, to consider the Prime Minister’s announcement that the return of spectators to sporting events was on hold indefinitely, following an increase in […]
Jozef Bielak Returns to the Riders in Loughborough
Jozef Bielak is set to return to the UK next season following a stint at Sheridan College, after graduating Charnwood College in 2019 as an EABL Champion with the Riders programme. Bielak featured in the 2019 edition of the Deng Top 50 and the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic before earning a scholarship to Sheridan College to […]
Riders sign Geno Crandall
Leicester Riders today announced the signing of American guard Geno Crandall. Crandall, who spent last season in the Czech Republic with Turi Svitavy averaging 13.9 points per game and 3.7 assists, played for both North Dakota and Gonzaga in college. Crandall averaged 14.3 points and 4 assists over three seasons at North Dakota, leading the […]
Loughborough Riders core set to Return
Loughborough Riders will boast a large returning core ahead of the NBL and BUCS Premier seasons, with key faces making a return to the line up ahead of a unusual season set to begin. Jonas Dieterich, Kyle Jimenez, Liam Johnson, Carl Ntifo, Harrison Gamble, David Oputa return to the Loughborough side as a positive returning […]
Katie Januszewska joins the Leicester Riders
Katie Januszewska has joined Charnwood College and will play in the WBBL and WEABL this upcoming season. The 5’11 guard previously played for the Derby Trailblazers division 2 and helped the U16s make an appearance at the junior final fours. Last season, the scoring machine averaged 30 points per game with a monster triple-double against […]
Coach Paternostro praises Captain Thomson
Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro spoke to Riders.Basketball on the retirement of Andrew Thomson… “Andy is a legend of the BBL, there is no doubt about that, when you look at what he is done in his career, one thing is consistent and that’s winning.” “He has won wherever he has played and has been […]
Leicester Riders Captain Andy Thomson Calls Time
Leicester Riders England international Andy Thomson has decided to call time on his career, as Riders restart full scale training for the new season. 36 years old Thomson has been Riders captain for the last two seasons and is one of the most successful players ever to grace the BBL. Manchester born Thomson has accumulated […]
Riders sign Jonah Mathews
Leicester Riders can today announce the signature of guard Jonah Mathews. Hailing from Santa Monica, California, 6’3″ Mathews spent four years at USC averaging 13.4 pts in PAC-12 in the 2019-20 season Although the season finished abruptly due to Covid-19, his last appearance for USC on Senior Day was a memorable one. The USC captain […]