Frontcourt players dominated last week with a staggering 19 of the top 20 spots, so we have our tallest ever line-up. Travis Holmes (Surrey Heat) The scintillating Travis Holmes was so good, he produced not only the best performance in the BBL, but actually, the best two of the week. He had 26 points, eight…
Mersey Tigers 69 (Wait 22, Schall 10, Lockett 10, Bigley 10) Newcastle Eagles 92 (Defoe 26, Chapman 17, Smith 15) Newcastle Eagles did what they needed to do to keep alive their outside hopes of winning the BBL Championship. Their comfortable win at bottom placed Mersey Tigers was built on 26 points from Darius Defoe…
Newcastle Eagles 96 (Smith 27, Defoe 24, Ikhinmwin 21) Durham Wildcats 92 (Page 26, Keister 21, Guinane 20) The Newcastle Eagles survived a late comeback to win the North East derby against the Durham Wildcats by 96-92 at Sports Central. Six players scored more than 20 points as Charles Smith led the way with 27…
Newcastle Eagles maintained their lead at the top of the BBL Championship table thanks to a hard fought come-from-behind 94-97 victory over the UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders at the Plymouth Pavilions on Sunday afternoon. A Jerome Gumbs “three-point play” had the home side trailing by just a single point at 90-91 with 56 seconds remaining…
As we enter the season stretch, the race continues to top our leaderboard and finish with the most BBL Team of the Week appearances. Kareem Maddox – Newcastle Eagles (Weeks 3, 7, 12, 14, 15, 23) The Newcastle Eagles forward (pictured) is leading the way as the only player to have found himself in our…
Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 80 (Couisnard 18, Losonsky 17, Rowe 15) Newcastle Eagles 69 (Huffman 18, Maddox 16, Defoe/Smith 12) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders took a big step towards their first BBL Championship regular season title thanks to a 80-69 victory over second-placed Newcastle Eagles at the John Sanford Centre on Wednesday evening….
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 71 (Defoe 14, Chapman 13, Maddox 13, Smith 13) Marjon Plymouth Raiders 76 (Schreiber 26, Schneck 13, Lasker 12) Marjon Plymouth Raiders moved up to third place in the BBL Championship on Friday night, holding off a late comeback effort to beat Newcastle Eagles 76-71 at Sport Central. Raiders now join…
The BBL Foundation National Proj3ct 3 on 3 came to an end with the National Finals taking place prior to the BBL Trophy Finals in Glasgow on the weekend. Unfortunately the Newcastle Eagles were not on hand having been knocked out of the trophy during the quarter final stage. So it was up to the…
At last Friday’s game Newcastle Eagles forward, Kareem Maddox, was presented with the BBL Molten Player of the Month for a second time this season, previously taking the honor in November 2012. This season Maddox has been displaying great performances for the Eagles fans and the team but in February he took his game to…
