The Mersey Tigers scored a victory that could prove decisive by the end of the season as they beat the Newcastle Eagles 88-84 on Tuesday night. It gives the Tigers the head-to-head between the two leading contenders for the BBL Championship title, and was their fifth straight league win while ending Newcastle’s run of four…
Newcastle Eagles skipper Andrew Bridge believes the timely return to action of player-coach Fab Flournoy could make the difference during the title run-in after the New Yorker helped the league leaders to a couple of thrilling wins over the weekend. Having beaten Cheshire Jets at Sport Central on Friday night in one of the most…
The Newcastle Eagles made it three wins in a row in March as they edged out the Cheshire Jets by 91-88 after a tight finish in the North East, moving clear at the top of the BBL Championship, and taking the head-to-head with the Jets in the process. Reggie Jackson led their scoring with 28…
In the last game against the Jets the Eagles lost Joe Chapman to a season ending Achilles injury. ‘Geordie’ Joe is still on Tyneside recovering so we caught up with him to see how he was getting on. How are you recovering from the injury and do you know how long you will be out…
Both Newcastle Eagles and Cheshire Jets will look to take another step towards the BBL Championship when they meet at Sport Central on Friday evening. The Eagles go into the game level at the top of the table with Mersey Tigers having won 17 of their 22 games, while Jets are in joint third spot…
The leading light in the BBL Team Of The Week throughout this season reaches a rather impressive landmark by chalking up an incredible tenth appearance of the campaign. Meanwhile spare a thought for Travis Nelson who is resigned to a place on the bench after the Lions lost in overtime but that shouldn’t detract from…
Newcastle Eagles 89 (22,42,65) (Moore 29, Smith 21, Jackson 17) Worcester Wolves 77 (10,32,48) (Cricelli 21, Middleton/Dobbins 13) The Newcastle Eagles moved themselves ahead of the chasing pack in the BBL Championship table thanks to an 89-77 victory over the Worcester Wolves at Sport Central on Friday evening. It was the Wolves who started strongly…
After an exciting weekend at the 02 Arena when the stars of the NBA lit up London along with Mersey Tigers, the competition from BBL players to make our Team Of The Week line- was similarly intense with an array of high quality performances to choose from. Rod Middleton (Worcester Wolves) Worcester Wolves were the…
High flying Newcastle Eagles forward Kadiri Richard believes the reigning champions have what it takes to finish to of the podium again after they got back to winning ways over the weekend with an impressive performance against UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders. The Eagles returned after an extended break from action without Fab Flournoy but nevertheless…
