After a two-week break Newcastle Eagles return to on-court action tonight with a huge road game down in Worcester. There is no doubting tonight’s BBL Cup quarter-final clash is the Eagles biggest game of the season so far. It could also be argued that it is interim Head Coach Ian MacLeod’s biggest game of his…
Before CJ Gettys takes to the court as an Eagle for the first time in our away game tomorrow, Dan caught up with our new 7’0″ centre at the ECA straight after this morning’s training. Get tickets to see CJ in action in our upcoming home games:
The First Round draw for the 2020 BBL Trophy took place live on the league’s Facebook Page this evening. There were 16 teams in the draw made up from 12 clubs from the BBL and four invited non-BBL organisations. This season the eight teams who didn’t get a home game in the BBL Cup Quarter-Finals,…
Following last night’s result in the in the BBL Cup South Group it was confirmed by the league this morning that our Eagles will face Worcester Wolves in the Quarter-Final played in one-leg next Friday 29 November 2019 with a 7:30pm tip-off. Tickets to sit with Eagles fans behind the team bench at the University…
In the final weekend of the BBL Cup Group Stage for our Eagles, a dominating performance from Sade Aded Hussein locked him in for a starting place in the Week 9 BBL All-Star Five. For the first time since the opening weekend of the season all five starters chosen by the league were above 30….
Newcastle Eagles have moved quickly to plug the gap created after releasing John Mitchell last week and it’s a considerable presence that fills the vacancy on the roster. A face and name well known to the BBL, Chancelor James ‘CJ’ Gettys will give Head Coach Ian MacLeod further options in the front court. CJ was…
Newcastle Eagles completed their BBL Cup North Group campaign on Friday night with a thumping 104 – 71 win over Manchester Giants. It took their record to 6 wins and 4 losses and means they will finish third in the group. It qualifies them for a Cup quarter-final tie that will be on the road…
Against the backdrop of John Mitchell’s exit less than 24 hours before tip-off, a dead rubber of a BBL Cup tie had suddenly acquired extra significance. But if the American rookie’s short-lived stay on Tyneside had dominated the pre-match narrative then a convincing Newcastle Eagles victory dispelled any sense of a roster in crisis. In…
Sade Aded Hussein admits Newcastle Eagles need to sign off in style ahead of a five-week break in homecourt action. Tonight’s BBL Cup showdown with Manchester Giants is the club’s last at the Eagles Community Arena until December 20. And on the back of three home defeats on the bounce, a determined Hussein accepts the…
