Newcastle Eagles 87 (17,37,64) (Defoe 20, Chapman/Jackson/Stewart 14) Worcester Wolves 63 (18,38,51) (Uzkuraitis 14, George 13, Zabas 13) The Newcastle Eagles, reigning BBL champions, ended a three game losing streak by beating the Worcester Wolves 87-63 in the North East, after surviving a first half scare. British big man Darius Defoe led their scoring with…
BBL Cup Quarter Final Cheshire Jets 64 (8,28,50) (Myers 15, Marks 14, O’Reilly 11) Newcastle Eagles 61 (17,34,47) (Smith 18, Stewart 14, Chapman 10) Cheshire Jets joined the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders and Marshall MK Lions in the Final Four of the BBL Cup thanks to a hard-fought and thrilling 64-61 victory over the…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 89 (16,39,67) (Smith 17, Bridge/Chapman/Stewart 15) Sheffield Sharks 93 (24,49,61) (Cook 36, Toney 19, Patton 17) Sheffield Sharks extended their lead at the top of the BBL Championship after beating second placed Newcastle Eagles 89-93 in the north east. The Sharks were the dominant side throughout but allowed an 18-point second…
Airwaves Plymouth Raiders 96 (27,40,67,84) Newcastle Eagles 95 (28,45,67,84) (after overtime) Airwaves Plymouth Raiders shocked league leaders Newcastle Eagles to secure their first win of the season with a thrilling 96-95 home victory. After Florentino Valencia had made two free throws to force overtime, the match was undecided until an Anthony Martin (pictured) bucket with…
Newcastle Eagles 99 (28,46,75) (Smith 24, Chapman 21, Bridge/Stewart 12) Essex Pirates 72 (22,41,51) (Rodrigo 20, Metcalfe 15, Adu 11) Newcastle Eagles kept themselves on the summit of the BBL Championship table thanks to a comfortable 99-72 victory over the Essex Pirates at the Metro Radio Arena on Sunday afternoon. Both sides traded baskets throughout…
Newcastle Eagles 84 (20, 42, 63) (Smith 23, Jackson 17, Stewart 16) Sheffield Sharks 74 (18,31,54) (Cook 29, Lawson 13, Patton 11) The sides were basket for basket in the first quarter of this eagerly anticipated encounter, as the Sharks led 16-13, before a 7-2 run from the Eagles took the score to 18-20 to…
Newcastle Eagles 98 (27,50,79) (Defoe 26, Chapman 23, Bridge 16) Everton Tigers 81 (20,41,62) (Gumbs 20, Jones 14, Larkai 12) The Newcastle Eagles bounced back from their first defeat of the season by beating the Everton Tigers 98- 81 at the MetroRadio Arena. The game saw last season’s top two teams in the BBL Championship,…
BBL Championship Guildford Heat 102 (23,43,68,83) (Drakeford 23, Martin 23, Joseph/McKnight 17) Newcastle Eagles 98 (18,42,63,83) (Chapman 29, Jackson 22, Smith 19) After overtime Newcastle Eagles’ unbeaten start to the season is over after they went down 102-98 at Guildford Heat after overtime. Heat’s Aaron Drakeford forced the extra period by sinking one of two…
Eagles lack of a game this weekend resulted in no presence in this weeks Team of The Week. This week’s star performer is Irish forward Colin O’Reilly, of the Cheshire Jets. O’Reilly is new to the league this year, and after a couple of solid games, he announced that he was the ‘real deal’ with…
