BBL Championship Leicester Riders 87 (26,42,60) (King 20, Bernardini 15, Hampton 14) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 81 (15,31,56) (Fletcher 18, Martin 18, Hart 9) Leicester Riders asserted themselves as BBL Championship winners by beating second-placed Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 87-81 at Leicester Arena on Wednesday night, led by a huge double-double of 20 points and…
BBL All-Star Five – Week 28 There are just a few All-Star Five opportunities remaining during the 2016-17 season and these quintet are making the most of the limited time left to impress. Mike Di Nunno (Cheshire Phoenix) It was the penultimate weekend for the playmaker, since his side won’t be heading into the post-season…
BBL Championship Surrey Scorchers 112 (27,56,78,98) (Rollins 30, Taylor 23, Ogedengbe 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 111 (20,51,70,98) (Fletcher 30, Parks 28, Martin 18) After Overtime Surrey Scorchers have moved into the BBL Championship Play-off places after Quincy Taylor scored with less than a second to play in overtime to see them beat Esh Group…
by Andrew McDonnell Esh Group Eagles Newcastle head coach Fab Flournoy MBE wants the team to focus on themselves because concentrating on what other teams are doing would be “dangerous”. The Eagles have four games remaining in the BBL Championship and could secure second spot with a win over the Surrey Scorchers tonight. Flournoy believes…
BBL All-Star Five – Week 27 There are just a handful of line-ups left of the current campaign and we’ve still managed to squeeze in yet another debutant. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) It’s been a painful time of late for the Eagles, whose title bid disintegrated after a number of damaging defeats. But,…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 103 (32,54,82) (Fletcher 26, Martin 25, Parks 22) Glasgow Rocks 86 (17,45,65) (Watson 19, Thomas 15, Reilly/Matrakov 14) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle continued their dominance over Glasgow Rocks with a 20th consecutive victory as they recorded an important 103-86 win. Fab Flournoy’s side had lost their last two games,…
The ABL is pleased to announce the individual awards for the 2016-17 regular season, as voted for by coaches around the league. This season saw the league expand to four divisions with 30 teams competing in the second year of the ABL. Eisley Swaine, Hayden Alcindor, Kayne Henry-McCalla and Bryan Ejumeta earned the top honour…
BBL Championship London Lions 93 (23,52,67) (Hassan 18, Williams 18, Taylor 17) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 86 (26,43,58) (Martin 16, Fletcher 15, Parks 15) London Lions overcame Esh Group Eagles Newcastle by 93-86 at the Copper Box Arena on Wednesday night, to take the season head-to-head between the teams for the first time in 17…
BBL Championship Worcester Wolves 126 (27,57,87) (Zeigler 37, Navajas 29, Klassen 25) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 97 (19,38,61) (Parks 23, Martin 22, Hart/Defoe 12) Worcester Wolves continued their winning momentum with a dominant 126-97 win over Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. Paul James’ side toppled the league leaders, Leicester Riders, last Friday and followed with another…
