WBBL TEAM OF THE WEEK – WEEK 7 There are two more debutantes in our line-up this week. Teresa Manigrasso (Team Northumbria) The Team Northumbria guard joins her colleague Fiona O’Dwyer on three WBBL Team of the Week appearances this season after playing two great games over the weekend to help her side record a…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 9 This week features our new season leader, two Brits and a debutante. Kirk Crecco (Surrey United) It’s a first appearance of the season in our starting five for the former Wildcats’ guard as he produced a scintillating display to help Surrey pick up an overdue second win…
BBL Championship Plymouth University Raiders 82 (18,44,64) (Hampton 20, George 16, Sayers 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 88 (16,38,64) (Smith 24, Jones 21, Fletcher 10) A late salvo from Charles Smith restored Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as the outright leaders of the BBL Championship on Saturday night – having been joined at the summit after…
Newcastle Eagles’ nine-game winning streak will be under threat when they travel to Plymouth Raiders on Saturday, but Andrew Thomson believes it will be another step towards his team reaching their potential. Eagles have been flawless since losing their opening game to Worcester Wolves and Thomson credits this to the players’ ability to quickly discover…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 8 Still the debutantes keep rolling into our team, with another four this week. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) After a string of appearances on our bench, the playmaker has finally bagged his maiden starting five berth to underline what an impressive job he has done since…
National Cup (Quarter Final) Team Northumbria 52 (20,36,44) (Manigrasso 16, Mobley 10, Fong Lyew Quee 8) Brixton Topcats 63 (23,31,45) (Karumba 18, St Marthe 13, Charles 10) Brixton Topcats provided a surprise result in the National Cup quarter-final, knocking out Team Northumbria from of the competition after a 63-52 win on the road at the…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 103 (18,53,84) (Smith 23, Defoe 17, Martin 16) Glasgow Rocks 93 (21,51,67) (Achara 22, Smith 21, Ogedengbe 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle continued their sizzling form and started the weekend by maintaining the pressure on their pursuers at the top of the BBL Championship, beating old foes Glasgow Rocks…
Northumbria University’s Mens BUCS 1st team bounced back on Wednesday at home to Loughborough University with a superb 94 – 82 home win after losing their unbeaten record last week at Worcester 76 – 65. That loss at Worcester was played without all four Eagles stars and their absence cost Northumbria dear. But last night…
Newcastle Eagles may have won seven straight BBL Championship games, but Drew Lasker and his team-mates know they must keep up this pace if they are to be at the top when it really matters. Eagles latest success was a convincing 95-75 defeat of last year’s runners-up Sheffield Sharks, but Friday’s opponents Glasgow Rocks are…
