Guildford Heat 86 Newcastle Eagles 79 NEWCASTLE Eagles’ fabulous 12-game winning streak in the league came to an end in Guildford yesterday. Current champions Heat kept their hopes of retaining their title alive with a pulsating win in a game they couldn’t afford to lose, writes JEFF KING. It’s now three games and three losses…
NEWCASTLE Eagles took a giant step towards landing the BBL league championship after ripping Plymouth Raiders to shreds in a sensational 94- 78 win last night. It was a monumental performance by Fab Flournoy and his team as they humiliated the Raiders, not only delivering a killer blow to their title dreams but hammering down…
Newcastle Eagles’ coach Fabulous Flournoy is looking forward to a weekend of action which could go a long way towards deciding the destination of the BBL Championship title this season. Flournoy’s team host second-placed Kularoos Plymouth Raiders on Friday before travelling to third placed Guildford Heat two days later, and he knows the importance of…
More than £200 was raised for Northumbrian Water’s international adopted charity, WaterAid, at the recent Eagles v Sheffield Sharks basketball match. Eagles coach, Fab Flournoy, helped to encourage fans to support the life saving charity by riding the water company’s ‘toilet bike’! WaterAid provides clean, safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education in 17 countries…
Newcastle Eagles kept their impressive run in the BBL Championship going thanks to an 83-97 victory over the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets at the Northgate Arena on Sunday evening. In a close game through the first three quarters, it was the Eagles who held a slender lead at 60-67 going into the final stanza. In…
NEWCASTLE Eagles club captain Andrew Bridge has vowed that he will spend the rest of his playing career on Tyneside – unless he is axed. Long-serving Bridge has been with Fabulous Flournoy’s men for six years, and has won every major accolade in British basketball. But with Newcastle’s incapacity to pick up silverware in a…
SHOOTING ace Jeremy Hyatt has demanded patience after the Eagles inched closer to the BBL league championship with a comfortable 91-82 win against Sheffield Sharks last night. Having been doubtful for the game with another injury, Hyatt came off the bench to fire a game-high 21 points as the title chasers closed in on their…
NEWCASTLE Eagles have one hand on the BBL title after reigning league champions Guildford Heat suffered shock successive defeats over the weekend. While the Eagles followed up their vital victory against Scottish Rocks on Friday with a comfortable 88-67 success over Birmingham Panthers on Saturday, their closest challengers slumped to surprise losses against London Capital…
Newcastle Eagles 79 Scottish Rocks 75 DARIUS DEFOE has spoken of the relief that he and the rest of the Eagles players were feeling last night after completing a nail-biting 79-75 win over Scottish Rocks. Certainly in the context of the title race and taking into account the Trophy Final loss and the serious injury…
