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London Lions retained the WBBL Cup with their 51st straight domestic victory by easily beating Leicester Riders 95-42 at Arena Birmingham.<\/span><\/p>\n Mikiah Harrigan was the highest of five Lions scorers to reach double figures, with 19 points, and most valuable player Holly Winterburn added 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Oliana Squires led Leicester’s effort with 23 of their 42 points but Leicester were always second best.<\/span><\/p>\n Lions have now won the past six WBBL finals and are current league leaders. <\/span><\/p>\n The club are looking to do a first-ever cup double in Birmingham, with their men’s team also taking on Leicester in the BBL Cup final from 15:30 GMT. <\/span><\/p>\n Mark Clark’s squad started with a pair of threes from Katsiaryna Snytsina, and only a run of turnovers and 12 first-quarter points from Leicester’s Squires kept the lead to single figures.<\/span><\/p>\n In the second quarter, Winterburn switched her attention to guarding Squires and Harrigan, and Snytsina hit again from deep. <\/span><\/p>\n Leicester’s missed shots proved costly as Harrigan and point guard Leslie Vorpahl – in just her second game with London – began to run the game.<\/span><\/p>\n “We compete in practice every day with the thought that everybody is coming after London Lions,” Vorpahl said.<\/span><\/p>\n “We knew who to focus on but the half-time changes were just focused on ourselves and just getting better at getting better.”<\/span><\/p>\n Down by 22 points at the break, Leicester found themselves further adrift after five minutes of the third quarter as London moved towards winning their sixth WBBL final in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n “I wish we could play these kind of games every week,” said Leicester coach Krumesh Patel. “Because it would improve us and the quality of the league.<\/span><\/p>\n