Leicester Riders want to seize the opportunity to claim silverware this evening.
Not because the threat of Covid hangs over the WBBL like a dark cloud with so many postponements already and a backlog of unplayed fixtures that may eventually make completion of the Women’s British Basketball League campaign an impossibility.
Simply, declares Ella Clark, because the rearranged Cup final, against Sevenoaks Suns in Manchester, represents just one quarter of a four-slice pie.
“We want to add a trophy to the trophy cabinet because hopefully we want to do a clean sweep this year,” the forward declares.
“That’s the goal for any team. We definitely want to win. But I’m not going to talk about the season possibly ending because I hope it doesn’t.”