The Newcastle Eagles survived an extremely tough encounter with a talented Essex Rebels side to eventually force their way into the Play-Off Semi stage after a great game of basketball. It sets up a game in Sheffield next Sunday against The Hatters for the right to go to the O2 on Sunday May 18th. A…
Cole Long enjoyed the sweet taste of playoff success after returning to Newcastle’s starting five and sparking a quarter-final first leg win against Manchester. Just seven days earlier the Canadian all-rounder had been rushed to hospital with blood pouring from a serious gash to his top lip, as the Eagles lost out to Leicester. But…
Cole Long insists Newcastle are in it to win it at Manchester tomorrow after the classy Canadian paved the way for a famous playoff win. The Eagles forward returned to Marc Steutel’s starting five in some style after a badly gashed lip at the hands of Leicester Riders ended his regular season early. Long lit…
The Newcastle Eagles fly into tonight’s home Super League Basketball play-off quarter-final in confident mood and with massive momentum after last weekend’s wonderful double-winning weekend. A weekend that saw them secure a highest ever League placing of third. To win back-to-back games within 15 hours of each other is one thing to do it without…
Christian James is tipping backcourt buddy Trey Pulliam to provide the playoff spark required to propel Newcastle Eagles all the way to another London final. Neither player started the season with the men in black but their combined output in recent weeks has caused quite a stir across Super League Basketball (SLB). And ahead of…
Ambitious students are aiming high thanks to an aspirational scheme matching sport with education. During the last three seasons, the Newcastle Eagles women’s team have been inspiring the next generation by using basketball to boost learning. The club’s Science of Basketball programme focuses on science, technology, engineering and maths — covering topics like percentages, ratios,…
Marc Steutel described the ‘best 10-point loss of his life’ then paid tribute to the never-say-die attitude of a roster ravaged by injuries. Newcastle Eagles can look forward to a mouthwatering playoff quarter-final tie against Manchester Basketball this weekend after securing a fifth-place finish in the Super League Basketball Championship. But just who is fit…
Injury-ravaged Newcastle Eagles lost the battle but won the war as the men in black secured fifth place and a playoff quarter-final against Manchester Basketball. Not for the first time this season, late drama defined an action-packed affair at the Cheshire Oaks Arena. But never-say-die Newcastle managed to avoid the 12-point defeat that would have…
They say that it’s not how you start it’s how you finish. At Maiden Castle, Durham that proved to be true for Newcastle Eagles although to be fair they did start well before powering through the final quarter to complete a league double over their derby rivals. In doing so the Eagles ended the regular…
