All Star Five – Week 17 Our second line up of 2016 sees one of our starters posting the second best display of the entire BBL season, we also have two debutantes and someone becoming the first player to take his sixth starting slot. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) Yes, the Eagles’ point guard…
BBL Trophy, First Round Manchester Giants 75 (27,44,58) (Bankevics 25, Jones 21, Attah 10) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 91 (27,50,68) (A Thomson 21, Martin 18, Smith 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle began the defence of their BBL Trophy title with a 91-75 victory away at Manchester Giants. Andy Thomson scored all of his 21 points…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 99 (27, 54, 77)(Martin 19, Defoe 14, Smith 14) Surrey Scorchers 67 (11, 27, 45)(Fullah 14, Felder 11, Ogedengbe 11) It was a historic night for the returning Fab Flournoy as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle beat Surrey Scorchers 99-67 at Sport Central to extend their unbeaten BBL Championship start…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Surrey Scorchers Where and when: Sport Central, 7.30pm Friday 8 January Summary: Esh Group Eagles Newcastle aim to extend their 10-point lead at the top of the BBL Championship when they host Surrey Scorchers on Friday. Eagles’ sensational, unbeaten start shows no signs of slowing down as in their final…
Martin handed Molten BBL Player of the Month While often seen as the ‘quiet man’ of the all-conquering Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, Scott Martin has been rewarded for making some serious noise of late by being crowned Molten BBL Player of the Month for December. Currently in his third season on Tyneside, the unflappable forward…
All Star Five – Week 16 It’s our first line-up of the new calendar year and we have one debutante who arrives in style with the joint-best BBL performance of the week. Ashton Khan (Worcester Wolves) It’s a third appearance of the campaign in our fantastic five for the Wolves’ guard after he played a…
Basketball fans can enjoy live coverage of the British Basketball League in January for FREEwith four BBL events to be streamed live WORLDWIDE in a pilot scheme on SkySports.com. Following a pioneering collaboration between SkySports.com, Hawk-Eye Innovations, WebcastSport and the BBL, the coverage will start on January 8 at The Copper Box, where the London Lions…
A sold-out home crowd at the Emirates in Glasgow sees the visiting Eagles cruise to victory and extend their club record winning streak a little further to sign off a stunning calendar year. BBL Championship Glasgow Rocks 72 (18,42,56) (Hall 24,Achara 10,Gillis 10) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 104 (25,48,79) (Chapman 24, Thomson 23, Smith 18)…
Glasgow Rocks v Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Where and when: Emirates Arena, 5.00pm Wednesday 30 December Summary: The last obstacle between Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and heading into 2016 unbeaten is an in-form Glasgow Rocks. Sterling Davis’ side have begun to really show what they are capable of in recent weeks, after getting players…
