BBL Team of the Week – Week 25 There’s a certain BBL Trophy Final MVP this week and a couple of players who had such a good weekend, they met the criteria twice over. BJ Holmes (One Health Sharks Sheffield) Yes, it’s the most apt starting point for our fabulous five as the MVP and…
Newcastle Eagles 94 (13,43,63) (Smith 31, Defoe/Maddox 18) Surrey Heat 100 (26,55,82) (T Holmes 19, Joseph 18, C Holmes 15) Surrey Heat made the long trip to the North East on Friday night and came away with the impressive 94-100 victory over the Newcastle Eagles at Sport Central, forciing a third loss at home in…
FABULOUS Flournoy won the prestigious Sports Personality of the Year Award at Sport Newcastle’s annual prize-giving ceremony hosted on Monday evening. Fabulous’ latest award was in recognition of the Eagle’s success last season in the British Basketball League, securing an impressive array of trophies to their name. The Newcastle Eagles player-coach’s acceptance speeches have become…
Mersey Tigers 57 (Bigley 11, Wait 9, Lockett 8) Newcastle Eagles 100 (Chapman 26, Smith 22, Defoe 13) Newcastle Eagles defeated Mersey Tigers 100-57 to maintain their BBL Championship title challenge. Eagles’ victory stretches means they now sit second in the BBL Championship table with 40 points with 10 games left to play. They are…
The BBL Foundation are delighted to announce that Proj3kt 3on3 its pilot participation programme launched last October in partnership with Sport England, using 3 on 3 basketball to engage with boys and girls in the 16-19 year old age group, has smashed its own attendance targets with over a month to go. The programme has…
We take a look at who has been hot in the BBL during the month of February. Scoring machines February witnessed an incredible amount of points production with five players smashing the 20 points per game barrier and two of those finishing either side of the eye-popping 30 landmark. Veteran forward Charles Smith (Newcastle Eagles;…
The Newcastle Eagles extended their lead at the top of the BBL Championship as they won their thirteenth consecutive game in beating fellow top-four contenders the Cheshire Jets by 100-81. Newcastle’s winning run dates back to October, when they were defeated by the Jets. Cheshire have lost three of their last four, with crucial defeats…
Newcastle Eagles’ high-flying forward Kareem Maddox has been crowned the Molten BBL Player of the Month for February having also taken the honour last November. The 23 year old averaged a stellar double-double of 21.6 points and 13 rebounds per game during the month to continue his excellent rookie BBL campaign and keep his team…
This week brings a debutante and the second best BBL performance of the season. Devan Bailey (Manchester Giants) It’s a debut slot in our line-up for the Giants’ playmaker, having inspired his team to a valuable home-floor success against north-west rivals Cheshire Phoenix. Bailey enjoyed an incredible shooting night and could hardly miss from tip…
