Fit-again Josh Ward-Hibbert expects two of the most forward-thinking franchises in British basketball to serve up a typically feisty cross-border battle tonight. The former London forward wants both Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles and Caledonia Gladiators to flourish at home and abroad for seasons to come. But Ward-Hibbert draws the line at helping the Scots to…
Eagle-eyes will on live European North Basketball League action tonight as the result between two teams in our group could mean historic Play-Offs qualification. A Tuesday night win for Lithuanian side BC Siauliai away at Liege Basket, as well as seeing the Baltic ballers secure second place, could lock-out a top-three finish possibility for the…
It was a disappointing weekend for the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles in The British Basketball League. Two defeats against the top two sides in the country on current form has set Newcastle back a little in their play-off push. Head Coach Marc Steutel had previously given his thoughts on Friday night’s home loss in the Vertu…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles women without a game in four weeks ultimately ran out of steam and game legs in the final stretch against Essex Rebels as they returned to the court in the Women’s British Basketball League on Saturday night. The Eagles had not played since they lost in the first round of…
Ultimately a basketball game is played over four quarters and forty minutes and not decided until the final buzzer. But somewhere within those times and periods there are decisive moments. For The Eagles that came early in this game. Cheshire this season have been almost everyone’s surprise package. Few would have tipped them to be…
Sparks will fly when Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles seek to seize the initiative in this season’s Championship series against British Basketball League Trophy winners Cheshire Phoenix. That’s the verdict of firebrand guard Larry Austin Jr and head coach Marc Steutel with both predicting another feisty affair between two fierce rivals. Newcastle head to Cheshire tonight…
Perhaps the worry going into this match for the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles was their lack of game time balanced against the fresh Essex Rebels who have played all of January. The Rebels run in the Women’s British Basketball League Trophy had taken them all the way to the final which they lost against the…
It’s been four weeks since the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles took to the court when they lost 79 – 74 to Nottingham Wildcats in the first round of the Betty Cordona Trophy at home. That was a disappointing loss for Matt Newby’s team as it has meant no game time to wipe that result from…
Darius Defoe surpassed 6,500 British Basketball League Championship points on his way to another mighty double-figure haul against his hometown team. But a typically gutsy display from the most decorated player in domestic hoops history wasn’t enough to down deadeye London Lions. The league leaders broke the game wide open during a devastating spell of…
