Cole Long insists Newcastle Eagles are building the right culture and cultivating the close connections that can fire the men in black towards silverware this season. After an injury-hit start to his Super League Basketball career, the all-action Canadian has become a firm fixture in Marc Steutel’s starting five, And after adding four rebounds to…
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Fired-up Newcastle Eagles snapped a five-game winless streak to throw this year’s Championship title race wide open. A 93-90 victory against third-placed Leicester Riders reignited the home side’s top four challenge. And there was double joy for Marc Steutel’s men after second-placed Sheffield Sharks slipped up on the road at Manchester. Sensational Seneca Knight led…
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Marc Steutel expects rough diamond De’Sean Allen-Eikens to take 2025 by storm after reaffirming his faith in the explosive rookie. Newcastle’s all-action American has emerged as one of the breakout stars of Super League Basketball after signing for the men in black last summer. But Allen-Eikens was quieter than usual towards the end of December…
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Josh Ward-Hibbert insists SLB Trophy finalists Newcastle Eagles retain 100 per cent belief in themselves and the process despite December’s dip in form. The men in black stretched their winless streak to five games on Friday night following a narrow loss to top four rivals Sheffield Sharks. And it doesn’t get any easier for Newcastle…
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Newcastle Eagles felt the full force of Sheffield Sharks’ two-man game as the visitors’ in-form backcourt blitzed the men in black. Prentiss Nixon and Rodney Chatman III combined for 51 points as the relentless guards kept digging deep to keep Atiba Lyons’ men in front. And despite winning the battle of the boards and seeing…
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It’s impossible to put a value on ‘Money’ Mike Okauru as the US star’s rich vein of form continues to reap rewards for Birmingham-bound Newcastle Eagles. That’s the verdict of head coach Marc Steutel after the do-it-all guard’s game high 34 points fired the men in black into next month’s SLB Trophy final. And as…
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Marc Steutel insists Newcastle Eagles will come out fighting in Sunday’s SLB Trophy second leg after conceding December’s tough schedule has tested his remodelled roster to its limits. The men in black take a four-point lead into their tie with Leicester following a topsy-turvy first leg on Tyneside. But that slim advantage will count for…
Newcastle Eagles failed to pull off another dramatic win down the stretch as a rebooted Caledonia Gladiators dumped the men in black out of the SLB Cup. The battling hosts overturned a 17-point deficit to lead for the first time with fewer than three minutes on the clock. And it looked like ‘Money’ Mike Okauru…
Marc Steutel is confident Newcastle Eagles can be the gift that keeps on giving ahead of a crucial pre-Christmas double header. In an ominous warning to his Super League Basketball (SLB) rivals, the club’s playcaller insisted the men in black can be twice as good. And in a further show of strength, Steutel revealed big…
