BBL Championship UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders 70 (Schneck 22, Bell 18, Ojo 10) Newcastle Eagles 73 (Maddox 24, Huffman 19, Chapman 11) The only guarantee when these two BBL Championship clubs went head-to-head at the Pavilions, was that one was going to pick up a weekend loss double, providing a sizeable dent to their title…
BBL Championship Worcester Wolves 88 (Masiulis 20, Williams 20, Owumi 15) Newcastle Eagles 73 (Defoe 19, Maddox 19, Huffman 13) Worcester Wolves have had an up and down season, but after bolstering their roster last week, the move paid an instant dividend when they cut down high flying Newcastle Eagles with a vibrant 88-73 home…
Eagles Win Sport England North East Team Of The Year 2012 The Eagles have once again won the coveted Sport England BBC North East Team of the Year Award, following the clean sweep of 2011-12 BBL titles. The Award was presented at a gala event hosted at Gateshead International Stadium and was graciously received by…
We take a look at who has been hot in the BBL during the month of November. Scoring machines Having been in second place during the previous month, Chez Marks (Cheshire Phoenix) climbs one place and to the top of our scoring chart after pouring in a superb 24.4 points per game to keep his…
Wednesday, 5th December, 2012 Worcester Wolves v Newcastle Eagles Saturday 8 December 2012 Worcester University (19:00) Sherrad Prezzie-Blue (pictured) makes his long awaited return to Worcester University on Saturday evening as the home-town Wolves host BBL champions Newcastle Eagles. The 26-year-old missed the opening stages of the season, but coach Paul James is delighted to…
Our super-sized line-up this week includes three debutantes from three different clubs. Gabe Haskins (Cheshire Phoenix) It’s a BBL Team Of The Week debut for Cheshire Phoenix guard Gabe Haskins after he produced one of his best displays of the season in the north-west derby clash against Mersey Tigers. He harvested 21 points in the…
ewcastle Eagles’ high-flying forward Kareem Maddox has been named the Molten BBL Player Of The Month for November after a run of excellent performances. The American forward made the summer switch to Tyneside from Zwolle where he played in the Dutch League alongside Damon Huffman who also made the move. And, the pair have been…
Newcastle Eagles did it the hard way as they reached the BBL Cup final on Friday evening, and they look likely to be joined at the NIA by Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders. Eagles let a 17 point lead from the first leg slip against UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders before eventually winning 190-181 on aggregate,…
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 73 (Marks 20, Bland 16, Myers 13) Newcastle Eagles 96 (Maddox 27, Smith 17, Huffman 15, Defoe 15) A huge double-double of 27 points and 11 rebounds by Kareem Maddox (pictured) powered Newcastle Eagles to a convincing 96-73 success at Northgate Arena as Cheshire Phoenix felt the full backlash of an…
