With a big shout out to Darius too who makes it to the bench. Molten BBL All-Defensive Team of the Year 2016-17 The awards season tips-off with the Molten BBL All-Defensive Team of the Year, with the clubs/coaches voting as follows: Zaire Taylor (London Lions) The former BBL MVP has remained one of the best…
BBL Play-Offs, Quarter-Finals, Second Leg Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 84 (21,46,67) (Defoe 26, Fletcher 20, Parks 12) Bristol Flyers 82 (26,47,65) (Ali 24, Boggs 20, Cosby 12) Eagles win 181-176 on aggregate. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle secured a spot in the Play-Offs Semi-Finals after beating Bristol Flyers 84-82 at Sport Central for a five-point aggregate…
BBL Play-Offs, Quarter-Finals, First Leg Bristol Flyers 94 (9,35,53) (Ali 30, Boggs 22, Streete 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 97 (30,53,77) (Fletcher 31, Jackman 23, Defoe 14) Bristol Flyers kept their hopes of advancing alive after rallying from a 33-point deficit before losing the first leg 94-97 at home to Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. The…
Bristol Flyers [7] v Esh Group Eagles Newcastle [2] Esh Group Eagles Newcastle [2] v Bristol Flyers [7] Details: Friday 28 April, SGS Wise Arena, 7:30pm – BBL Play-Offs, QF First Leg Details: Sunday 30 April, Sport Central, 5pm – BBL Play-Offs, QF Second Leg Summary: The Flyers were the last team to make it…
BBL All-Star Five – Week 29 It’s our penultimate line-up of 2016-17 and while a trio took their last opportunity to shine as their respective seasons came to an end, two of our starters will be hoping to re-appear as they head into the Play-Offs! Mike DiNunno (Cheshire Phoenix) As the curtain fell on an…
BBL Championship DBL Sharks Sheffield 82 (19,42,60) (Rembert 16, Riley 15, Davis 13) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 84 (27,37,66) (Fletcher 28, Martin 15, Behrens/Hart 8) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle closed out their regular season camapign with an 82-84 victory on the road against DBL Sharks Sheffield. Rahmon Fletcher netted a game-high 28 points as the…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 83 (29,45,68) (Fletcher 24, Martin 18, Flournoy 10) Leicester Riders 76 (21,44,61) (Clark 18, Thomson 13, King 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle secured second spot as they defeated the league champions, Leicester Riders, 83-76, at Sport Central. Rahmon Fletcher led the Eagles to victory with 24 points and eight…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Leicester Riders Details: Friday 21 April, Sport Central, 7:30pm – BBL Championship Summary: A few months ago, this match-up may have been viewed as a title decider. As it is, Leicester already have the league in the bag, but that’s not to say there will be any less edge in…
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…
