Newcastle Eagles player-coach Fab Flournoy has ruled out making panic changes as his team prepare to face basement side Essex Pirates on Friday evening. The Eagles went out of the BBL Cup after being beaten at Mersey Tigers last week, and survived a scare before sneaking a win against Worthing Thunder in their next game,…
Seventeen-year-old Ross Wilson is set to make his senior Eagles debut tonight against Worthing Thunder at Sport Central. The youngster is a graduate of the Eagles School of Excellence and has played in the Eagles Community Foundation Central Venue League since he was 11. He is currently the captain of the Newcastle Eagles U18 side…
Mersey Tigers went into the game with a seven point deficit to make up and buoyed by the fact that the Eagles were again without Fab Flournoy due to injury although in the early exchanges it was the visitors who edged ahead 9-5. Within a couple of minutes the home side had found some offensive…
Once again Trey Moore is in the BBL Team of the Week, where he is almost becoming a permanent fixture. This week he is the Eagles’ only representative. Trey Moore (Newcastle Eagles) It is becoming increasingly difficult not to run out of superlatives to describe the efforts of Trey Moore who makes the line-up for…
There was considerable fourth quarter excitement on Friday night as the Newcastle Eagles secured a BBL Cup semi-final first leg victory. Starting in the North East, the Eagles produced a fourth quarter rally to beat the Mersey Tigers and take a 97-90 edge into the second leg of the Cup semi-final. The hosts trailed for…
It was two Newcastle Eagles players who were the joint best players of the week and so it is no surprise to see them in the team of the week. The rest of the team is made up of Cheshire Jets players, but there is also another Eagle off the bench. BBL Team of the…
The Eagles were without Fab Flournoy who was forced to sit out due to injury but the Eagles started the stronger of the two sides with Darius Defoe leading the scoring with 12 for the Newcastle Eagles as the teams ended the first quarter 24 – 22. The start of the second quarter was tight…
Newcastle Eagles coach Fab Flournoy has claimed he doesn’t see the BBL Cup game against Worcester Wolves at Sport Central tonight as a revenge mission for his team after they were beaten by the Wolves in the BBL Championship last month. Having already booked their place in the semi-finals of the BBL Trophy, Flournoy and…
Newcastle Eagles and Worcester Wolves will be looking for a place in the BBL Cup semi-final when the two sides meet at Sport Central on Friday evening. The two sides have already met in BBL Championship action in Worcester this season, with the Wolves taking the league points with a 99-96 victory, and Eagles forward…
