Essex Rebels

The Essex Rebels are a basketball club from Colchester, Essex. The Rebels' women's team compete in the WBBL, the top-level women's basketball league in Great Britain. After competing in the NBL as the Essex Blades, the Rebels moved into the professional ranks of the WBBL at the start of the 2018-19 season.[1]

Essex Rebels
Essex Rebels logo
LeagueWomen: WBBL
Men: NBL D1
Established2014 (2014)
HistoryUniversity of Essex
2014-2018
Essex Rebels
2018–present
ArenaEssex Sport Arena
Capacity1,655
LocationColchester, Essex
Main sponsorElavon
ChampionshipsWomen's National Cup 2016
Women's Division 1 2017-18
WebsiteOfficial website

Women's team
2016 Cup Final Winners

The Rebels are coached by Tom Sadler, who has been coaching the team since November 2018 and is now in a permanent position of Head of Basketball Performance for the University.[2]

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Essex Rebels roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
F 2 United States Waithe, Deangelique 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G 4 United Kingdom Munns, Ashleigh 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
G 10 United Kingdom Partridge, Olivia 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
G 11 Spain Bieg, Carla 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
F 21 Italy Costa, Lucrezia 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
C 23 United Kingdom Haines, Megan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F 25 Germany Kohlhaas, Andrea 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
PF Scotland Paxton, Claire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
SG United Kingdom Freeman, Tia 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
G United Kingdom Mbam, Jade 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Head coach

United Kingdom Tom Sadler

Assistant coach(es)

United Kingdom Ross Norfolk United Kingdom Justin Mills

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Season-by-season records
Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season National Cup Head Coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
Essex Blades
2015-16 D1 SE 2 2nd 12 9 3 18 0.750 Semi-finals Winners Mark Lloyd
2016-17 D1 2 6th 20 10 10 20 0.500 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Mark Lloyd
2017-18 D1 2 1st 22 20 2 40 0.909 Runners-Up Runners-Up Mark Lloyd
Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season WBBL Trophy WBBL Cup Head Coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
Essex Rebels
2018-19 WBBL 1 12th 22 3 19 6 0.136 Did not qualify Pool Stage 1st round Tom Sadler
2019-20 WBBL 1 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic Pool Stage 1st round Tom Sadler
2020-21 WBBL 1 6th 20 10 10 20 0.500 Quarter-finals 1st round Did not compete Tom Sadler
2021-22 WBBL 1 7th 24 12 12 24 0.500 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Pool Stage Tom Sadler
2022-23 WBBL 1 6th 22 10 12 20 0.455 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals Tom Sadler
Ross Norfolk

Players
Essex Rebels roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
G 0 United Kingdom Busumbru, Luke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G 1 United Kingdom Olarerin, Victor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
G 2 United Kingdom Winter, Ben 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F 4 United Kingdom Ekwegh, Ebuka 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
G 5 United Kingdom Ashley, Jordan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
F 9 United Kingdom Hudson, Tyreese 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
G 10 United Kingdom Winter, Rory 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F 13 United Kingdom Hibbert, TJ 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
F 14 Italy Massafra, Riccardo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F 21 United States Chapman, Trey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
G 23 United Kingdom Poorman, Elias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F United States Nelson, Connor 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
G United Kingdom Martin, Kyron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
G United Kingdom Maiden, Adam 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
F United Kingdom Wol, Daljang 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
F United Kingdom Oghagbon, Daniel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Season-by-season records

Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season National Cup Head Coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
University of Essex
2015-16 Dev SE 5 4th 18 10 8 20 0.556 Did not qualify 1st round
2016-17 D4 SE 5 1st 18 14 4 28 0.778 Quarter-finals 1st round
2017-18 D3 Sou 4 6th 18 9 9 18 0.500 Did not qualify 1st round
2018-19 D3 Sou 4 4th 16 10 6 20 0.625 Semi-finals 1st round
Essex Rebels
2019-20 D2 Sou 3 1st 17 15 2 31 0.882 No playoffs 4th round Ross Norfolk
2020-21 D1 2 6th 19 9 10 18 0.474 1st round No competition Ross Norfolk
2021-22 D1 2 12th 26 4 22 8 0.154 Did not qualify 4th round Ross Norfolk
2022-23 D1 2 11th 26 8 18 16 0.308 Did not qualify 5th round Ross Norfolk
Essex Arena

References

  1. "Essex Rebels | University of Essex". Essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. "Essex Rebels appoint new roles – Women's British Basketball League". Wbb1.web.geniussports.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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