OLU BABALOLA showed just why he loves the play-offs after his sparkling 21-point performance kept the Eagles’ dreams of a historic fourth successive play-off championship alive. The man who was crowned the most valuable player in last year’s final, is now just 40 minutes away from having another crack at that accolade as the Eagles…
Newcastle Eagles 105 (23,52,78) (Babalola 21, Defoe 20, Leven 15) Worcester Wolves 96 (18,51,67) (Life 29, Paez 24, Harker 20) Three-time play-off champions Newcastle Eagles are back in the Final Four again after holding off a spirited performance by Worcester Wolves on Tyneside. After four consecutive overtime matches to end the regular season the Eagles…
Lynard Stewart was awarded the 2007-8 Eagles Players Player of the Year Award last night at the Eagles End of Season Dinner, hosted by the Newcastle Gateshead Hilton. In a star studded night, young Eagle and England Under 15 Ross Wilson was awarded the Eagles School of Excellence Player of the Year award and coach…
BBL champions Newcastle Eagles had to go to overtime for the fourth game in a row before they sealed their 21st straight home win and finally saw off the challenge of the Sheffield Sharks in the last game of the regular season, writes JEFF KING. It gives Newcastle a 29-4 record in the league and…
NEWCASTLE Eagles coach Fabulous Flournoy insists his side’s recent trend of overtime wins will bode well for play-off success this season. In recent weeks, Flournoy’s roster has done it the hard way. Their last three league fixtures have required energy-sapping periods of overtime to close out games against Everton, Guildford and Milton Keynes. However, Flournoy…
League champions Newcastle Eagles will look to wrap up their BBL Championship campaign as they host Sheffield Sharks on Sunday. Sharks go into the game after a good weekend which saw them extend their winning run to six games, their best form of the season, with a 78-73 victory against Kularoos Plymouth Raiders followed by…
NEWCASTLE Eagles coach Fab Flournoy has admitted he had no idea his side had made history when they became the first BBL team to have won three overtime games in a row. For one so used to breaking new ground during his sparkling reign, it was noticeable the New Yorker was genuinely surprised at this…
Marshall MK Lions 86 (23,44,62,78,81) (Brown 18, Williams 18, Jamison 14) Newcastle Eagles 93 (23,43,61,78,81) (Bridge 22, Leven 21, Stewart 16) After Double Overtime The newly-crowned BBL Champions, the Newcastle Eagles, recorded a sweep of the Marshall MK Lions as they beat them for the third time in the BBL Championship this season, 86-93 in…
EAGLES forward Charles Smith is bidding to make a shock return from serious injury problems after making rapid progress during the two weeks. While it is unlikely he will play any part at Milton Keynes tonight, Newcastle captain Andrew Bridge revealed Smith’s season is far from over. He could even make his return a week…
