Newcastle Eagles season is just not improving any time soon and Coach Marc Steutel needs to address the situation very quickly otherwise despite not even reaching Christmas it’s going to be a long campaign. Last night in Leicester they went crashing out of the BBL Cup at the hands of a rampant Riders side that…
Newcastle Eagles are on the road today as they travel to Leicester to take on The Riders at the Morningside Arena in a crucial BBL Cup Quarter-Final. After defeating Plymouth in the last round they were hardly rewarded with what looks, on paper, a very tough game indeed. Although perhaps it’s not the strongest Riders side…
Newcastle Eagles latest BBL Championship defeat at the Vertu Motors Arena was perhaps the most disappointing of the season so far in what has been a stop-start campaign full of issues for new Head Coach Marc Steutel. In Friday night’s 95–79 loss at the hands of the Plymouth City Patriots, a side they had already…
Newcastle Eagles Ben Mockford has over 50 caps for Great Britain. He is one of those players in the squad that both coaching staff and younger players look toward providing experienced knowledge and insight to the international game. Mockford has now settled into the Newcastle area and the Eagles set-up and will certainly be a…
It was a frustrating and disappointing night for all concerned at Newcastle Eagles on Friday night at the Vertu Motors Arena. They slipped to a 79 – 74 defeat at the hands of the BBL’s bottom side Surrey Scorchers in a game they had been expected to win. It was Surrey’s first win of the…
There were precious few fireworks going off last night at the Vertu Motors Arena as the Eagles of Newcastle took to the court against the Rebels of Essex. Instead both defences dominated the game taking the power out of the offensive kegs. What it meant was that we were treated to a hard-nosed war of…
Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s BBL Championship game looking for a second consecutive win and a third straight home victory. The team standing in their way of that opportunity are the team currently bottom of the league, the Surrey Scorchers. The Scorchers have yet to win in six league games but they did beat Newcastle…
When Denzel Ubiaro netted a triple with two minutes thirty-seven seconds to go in period three, the Newcastle Eagles lead peaked at twenty three and the points were virtually sealed. It had looked that way from early in the first quarter when Newcastle over turned a four-point deficit to take the first ten minutes by…
Newcastle Eagles make a further line-up change going into tomorrow’s game with forward Justin Everett flying into Marc Steutel’s side. The 6’9” American landed in Newcastle this week having started the season in Saudi Arabia’s SBL side Al Wehda following seasons in Argentina’s top-flight La Liga Nacional with for Buenos Aires and Union de Santa Fe. Head…
