Essex Rebels
League	Women: WBBL Men: NBL D1
Established	2014 (2014)
History	University of Essex 2014-2018 Essex Rebels 2018–present
Arena	Essex Sport Arena
Capacity	1,655
Location	Colchester, Essex
Main sponsor	Elavon
Championships	Women's National Cup 2016 Women's Division 1 2017-18
Website	Official website
Home Away

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]

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. F 2 Waithe, Deangelique 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) G 4 Munns, Ashleigh 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) G 10 Partridge, Olivia 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) G 11 Bieg, Carla 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) F 21 Costa, Lucrezia 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) C 23 Haines, Megan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 25 Kohlhaas, Andrea 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) PF Paxton, Claire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SG Freeman, Tia 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) G Mbam, Jade 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Head coach Tom Sadler Assistant coach(es) Ross Norfolk Justin Mills Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Men's team

Players

Essex Rebels roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 0 Busumbru, Luke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G 1 Olarerin, Victor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) G 2 Winter, Ben 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F 4 Ekwegh, Ebuka 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) G 5 Ashley, Jordan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) G 8 Martin, Kyron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 9 Hudson, Tyreese 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) G 10 Winter, Rory 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 13 Hibbert, TJ 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) F 14 Massafra, Riccardo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 21 Chapman, Trey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) G 23 Poorman, Elias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 45 Nelson, Connor 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) G Maiden, Adam 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) F Wol, Daljang 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) F 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 ↑ "Essex Rebels | University of Essex". Essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2019. ↑ "Essex Rebels appoint new roles – Women's British Basketball League". Wbb1.web.geniussports.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019. External links Official website