The Newcastle Eagles got their BBL Championship campaign back on track thanks to a thrilling 106-116 victory over the One Health Sharks Sheffield in front of the Sky TV cameras at the EIS, Sheffield on Friday evening. With the Eagles leading by four points at 94-98 with a minute remaining, a three-pointer from Ryan Patton…
Newcastle Eagles play-caller Fab Flournoy has hailed the firepower of One Health Sharks Sheffield ahead of the teams’ crunch meeting tonight at the EIS as the clubs meet for the third time this season with both having won their respective home games against each other in the BBL Trophy. Flournoy and his players are under…
Old rivals One Health Sharks Sheffield Sharks and Newcastle Eagles will meet with BBL Championship points at stake on Friday evening. Sharks are unbeaten in their three league games this season (though this may change at Guildford tonight), while Eagles have picked up after three straight losses to start the Championship season and are now…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 112 (18,54,79) (Moore 19, Bridge/Smith 17) Essex Pirates 43 (8,17,29) (Gachette 14, Britila/Toluwase/Sturt 7) Newcastle Eagles continued to get their BBL Championship campaign back on track as they enjoyed an extremely comfortable 112-43 victory over the Essex Pirates at Sport Central on Friday night. After both sides traded baskets in the…
Cheshire Jets 76 (17, 41, 55) (Schneck 22, Greer 20, Bell 10, Gayle 10) Newcastle Eagles 75 (16, 38, 50) (Moore 29, Lockhart 12, Chapman 11) In high drama at Northgate Arena, ex Cheshire Jets star Trey Moore experienced the ultimate bitter-sweet return to his former club after he amassed an impressive 29 points but…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 86 (22,38,58) (Smith 23, Defoe 13, Moore 11) Glasgow Rocks 74 (8,38,55) (Harrison 21, Livas 20, Copeland 13) Newcastle Eagles picked up their first victory of their 2010/11 BBL Championship campaign thanks to a hard-fought 86-74 victory over the Glasgow Rocks at Sport Central on Friday night. The Eagles started very…
BBL Trophy, Group Stage One Health Sharks Sheffield 92 (24,52,64) (Tuck 24, Dagostino 21, Williams 15) Newcastle Eagles 91 (19,41,71) (Moore 18, Chapman 17, Defoe 16) The Newcastle Eagles – defending BBL Trophy champions – had already clinched their berth to the semi-finals of the competition before losing a thrilling game 92-91 to the One…
Mersey Tigers have already made the last four of the competition and they host Worcester Wolves tonight while fellow semi-finalists Newcastle Eagles make the relatively short trip to Yorkshire to face One Health Sharks Sheffield. After suffering a second BBL Championship defeat in as many games last weekend, you might expect Eagles player-coach Fab Flournoy…
Worcester Wolves 99 (28,51,73,OT 99) Newcastle Eagles 96 (17,44,64,OT 96) After opening the defence of their BBL Championship crown with a humiliating loss at Mersey Tigers last weekend, Worcester Wolves ensured it was another miserable night in the league for defending champions Newcastle Eagles with a super overtime win. There had been little daylight between…
