It has been an amazing year for the young Newcastle Eagles player, Eddie Matthew, making his BBL debut at age of 16, winning the U18s National Proj3kt 3on3 Tournament in Glasgow, and finishing in second place with Eagles development partners Tyne Metropolitan College in the British Colleges Finals are only few highlights of Eddie’s accomplishments…
The race for the most appearances this season takes a twist, as three leading contenders move closer. EJ Harrison (Glasgow Rocks) There’s one debutante in our line-up this week and that is the Rocks guard, who hasn’t previously featured during the previous 27 weeks. And, this is perhaps something of a surprise, considering his influence…
One Health Sharks Sheffield 70 (Lewis 19, Tuck 12, Babalola 11) Newcastle Eagles 60 (Maddox 20, Defoe 15, Martin 9) In a fascinating BBL Championship Playoff dress rehearsal the One Health Sharks Sheffield beat the Newcastle Eagles 70-60 on Tuesday night. It saw the Sharks avenge two previous defeats to the Eagles this season, and…
One Health Sharks Sheffield 80 (17, 40, 60) (Tuck 19, Jemison 18, Babalola 16) Newcastle Eagles 88 (20, 38, 55) (Chapman 19, Huffman 18, Smith 16) Newcastle Eagles secured a fourth straight victory by beating One Health Sharks Sheffield 88-80, ending the Sharks’ 6 game winning streak. Eagles sit second in the BBL Championship table…
Worcester Wolves 87 (Owumi 26, Ocitti 18, Irving 14) Newcastle Eagles 102 (Smith 40, Huffman 24, Chapman 12) The Newcastle Eagles kept up the pressure on the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders and ensured that the League title race in the BBL Championship moved into the Easter weekend thanks to a comfortable 87-102 victory over…
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…
