After winning twice at the weekend our Eagles BBL team have two players in this week’s All-Star Five, as Rahmon Fletcher and Sade Aded-Hussein led them to BBL Cup victories on the road at Leicester Riders and Cheshire Phoenix. Plus on the same weekend an outstanding performance from our women’s team in their opening home…
It was a wonderful weekend for Newcastle Eagles with two great road wins at Leicester last Friday and then at Cheshire on Sunday. Once again though the Eagles were unable to run their full roster with American Mike Morsell struggling with a hamstring injury. That gave former Surrey Scorchers star Nick Schlitzer the opportunity to step…
The draw has taken place for this Sunday’s British Basketball All-Stars Championship with exciting opening match-ups across the board. Our Eagles will be third to tip-off in these fast-paced 12 minute running clock games in their first double-elimination group game against Glasgow Rocks. The winner of our first game will play the loser between Leicester…
The Newcastle Eagles took their second road win in under 48 hours at Cheshire last night to move to 4 – 1 for the season and remain in pole position in the BBL Cup North Group. It was a scrappy game in which the high scoring belied the nature of the game. For the Eagles it…
Newcastle Eagles head to Cheshire Phoenix this afternoon in great heart and full of confidence, writes Jeff King. They travel with a 3 – 1 record atop of BBL Cup North Group after a superb 94 – 86 win on the road at Leicester Riders led by Rahmon Fletcher’s 28-point haul. However, it was the…
The first big BBL clash of the season between the countries top two sides went the way of the visitors as Newcastle Eagles took the spoils in Leicester tonight. It was Leicester’s first defeat of the season and means the two sides now have identical 3 – 1 positive records in the BBL Cup North Group….
Drew Lasker has conceded Leicester Riders are the team to beat if Newcastle Eagles are to regain their position as the dominant force in British basketball. And ahead of tonight’s BBL Cup clash, the in-form guard is convinced the East Midlanders will pack an even heavier punch this season – without the added commitment of…
A defeat is never an easy thing to take but in a round robin Cup group when you’ve already won your first two games, it’s a little bit easier to take. Especially when you can take some positives out of the game to build on. That was the case for Newcastle Eagles after their 73-71 loss…
It was a first defeat of the season for Newcastle Eagles on Friday night after a double-winning effort last weekend. They battled all the way with fierce rivals Glasgow Rocks before succumbing 71-73 in overtime. It meant the Rocks gained revenge off the Eagles following Newcastle’s 90-86 win in Glasgow last Sunday. The result will be…
