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Both Wolves senior men's league teams are at home this weekend with Wolves Division Three team hosting league leaders irmingham City University at 7pm - tickets available here - and the Conference (fourth division) team facing league leaders Anglia Ruskin University at 4pm.

Wolves' Super League team return to action after and international break that saw four of their side represent their respective countries in EuroBasket Women's qualifying games, and they will make the trip to Leicester Riders on Saturday afternoon.

The teams have already met in the Trophy this season with Wolves running out 76-69 winners on their way to a place in the semi-finals. While Lee Ryan's team are unbeaten in all competitions this season. Riders have a 2-2 league record having suffered a shock defeat at Cardiff on Saturday as the Welsh team won their first game of the campaign having gone winless throughout the entire 2023/24 season.

Wolves Division Two women are also on the road as they as travel to Ipswich on Sunday afternoon looking to reignite their promotion push after theor one point loss against Hemel Storm last week.

Under-18s through to Cup quarters

Dan Kostadinov sunk six three pointers as Oaklands Wolves reached the Under-18 National Cup quarter-finals with a 97-88 victory as Ipswich on Sunday.

Liam Jefferson's side are the only team in the competition who do not play in a league, with the players turning out in the senior divisions of the National League, and they have had to win on the road four times on their way to a home last eight game against either Charnwood Riders or Ballers Heaven.

Kostadinov scored from downtown to get Wolves off the mark, and went on to lead his side with 27 points while Emmanuel Orisunmibola added 20 and Aydan Moloney 15.

Ipswich shaded a high-scoring first period 28-27 before a 32-24 second frame saw Wolves take a seven point lead into the locker room at half-time and they won each of the third and fourth quarters by a point to seal the win.

The previous day had seen the majority of the U-18 side make the short trip to University of Herts where they went down 104-85 against hosts Storm despite a 37 point haul from La'Quarne Sayles.

Wolves matched the university team in the first half, sharing 40 opening quarter points before going into the half-time break 47-45 ahead. But a 23-16 third period put Storm in control and they wrapped up the victory with a 36-22 fourth period.

Lanre Pratt added 16 points and Moloney nine

There was also a derby defeat for Wolves' Division Two Women's side as they suffered a heart-breaking 41-40 home loss against Hemel Storm on Sunday afternoon.

Shanice Beckford-Norton's side looked to have survived a second period drought where they scored only one point in nine minutes and had a chance to win the game before Paris Mitchell-Tyson's lay-up fell short.

Caitlin Ryan hit a triple to open the scoring for Wolves and they led 11-8 at the first break before suffering a scoring slump in the second period to trail 22-15 at half-time with only Malia Lawal scoring from open play.

Tiff Tyson scored from downtown to get Wolves' offence moving in the second half, but they could only share 22 third period points to still trail by seven at the final break. Ryan narrowed the gap with a three to open the fourth period but they had left themselves too much to do as Amye Swinney missed a pair at the foul line to allow Storm to take the win..

Captain Ryan led Wolves with ten points five assists, four steals and three blocks while Amye Swinney had nine points and 11 blocks. Ella Brown had seven points and as many rebounds.

The U-18 women made it three wins from as many games, as they survived a late comeback from hosts Canterbury Crusaders to won 72-66.

Wolves trailed 18-14 at the first break but outscored the Kent side 18-8 and 20-11 in the middle two periods before the hosts won the final frame 29-20.

Wolves go international

Oaklands Wolves pair Shanice Beckford-Norton and Sam Ashby had mixed results with Great Britain as they continued their EuroBasket 2025 qualifying campaign last week.

Britain beat Greece 75-62 in Manchester before a late comeback against Sweden wasn't quite enough as they went down 63-60 as the hosts sealed top spot in Group D..

In Thursday's game against Greece, Beckford-Norton had an efficient 12 points in 13 minutes, shooting three-from-five from the floor and converting all five free-throws, adding two rebounds and an assist. Ashby drained a pair of triples on the way to 13 points, adding two boards, a steal and an assist for GB.

Three days later Ashby (right)finished with seven points and assist and a rebound while Beckford-Norton went scoreless in 12 minutes, and Britain will now look to qualify as one of the best runners-up.

While Ella Fortu's New Zealand side didn't have any games, two other Wolves represented their country during the week. A late call-up from Ireland saw Abigail Rafferty travel to Latvia on Thursday, and despite five rebounds and three points in 21 minutes from the Wolves' forward her team went down 85-53. It didn't get any better for Ireland on Sunday as they lost 90-61 against Israel, with Rafferty collecting ten rebounds, adding three assists and a steal.

Lavinia Da Silva and Portugal had a tough night on Thursday as they went down 71-37 in Serbia, with the Wolves' forward collecting three rebounds and a steal in 14 minutes of action. Sunday saw a much better result for Da Silva and her team with Portugal crushing North Macedonia 76-43 with the Oaklands' centre collecting two rebounds and an assist.

Pictures: GB Basketball.