39-year old forward Charles Smith (198-F-75) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked Newcastle E. and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 4. He had a double-double of 32 points and 11 rebounds, while his team beat Cheshire P. (1-4) 88-81. Newcastle E. is placed at 2nd position in British…
Chris Jones (Durham Wildcats) The guard pulled the strings to brilliant effect as Wildcats recorded a stunning south-west double with victories at Bristol Flyers and Plymouth University Raiders inside the space of 24 hours. It was in the latter game that Jones shone most brightly. He finished with a marvellous double-double after scoring 15 points,…
Cheshire Phoenix 81 (24,40,65) (Watt 22, King 16, Murray 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 88 (15,40,64) (Smith 30, Fletcher 17, Thomson 10, Jones 10) A typically vibrant 30-point effort from ‘Prince’ Charles Smith handed Esh Group Eagles Newcastle a success at Cheshire Phoenix and a share of the lead at the top of the BBL…
Captain Charles Smith was clearly happy at the end of last night’s game v Bristol Flyers as The Eagles came away with a solid 98 – 72 win. “It was good to get the win, all of them are important and help us build as the season goes. We really got it right in the…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 98 (23,49,75) (A. Thomson 20, Fletcher 17, Defoe 15) Bristol Flyers 72 (18,39,57) (Bland 19, Seilund 14, Herring 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle leapfrogged Bristol Flyers in the BBL Championship table after a 98-72 win in the North East. The Flyers have started their debut BBL campaign well, but…
Fab Flournoy looks back on a crucial win against Sharks and forward to another vital game against Bristol tomorrow at Sport Central. “It was a really good win for us last week especially opening up and getting our first win on our home court. It felt really good and I think everyone got off to…
Scott Martin feels Newcastle Eagles took a big step by beating title rivals Sheffield Sharks last week, and they will look to build on that against Bristol Flyers on Friday. As you might expect from a team of their pedigree, Eagles have responded well to an opening home defeat to Worcester Wolves. Victory against Durham…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 3 Our third line-up of 2014-15 brings five players all making their first appearance of the campaign. Tyler Bernardini (Leicester Riders) Riders’ head coach Rob Paternostro looks to have unearthed a real offensive gem in Bernardini, who shot down Surrey with a blistering performance to allow the BBL…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have moved quickly to replace outgoing US guard Ricky Taylor with the signing of 24-year old 6′ 2″ guard Andre “Dre” Jones. Jones is a graduate of NCAA Division One Winthrop University where he started in the same team as Reggie Middleton who had such a successful season with Cheshire Phoenix…
