Newcastle Eagles’ forward Tafari Toney has continued his fine season by being picked for the 24-man Great Britain training squad. The 22-year-old is in his rookie year as a professional basketball player having graduated after four years at the University of Houston. In his final college season he was ninth leading rebounder in the prestigious…
Guildford Heat 96 (21,47,70) (Martin 26, Harrison 16, Sandell 15) Newcastle Eagles 100 (25,55,79) (Smith 30, Moore 23, Bridge 15) The Newcastle Eagles signed off their BBL Championship winning regular season with a 96-100 win over the Guildford Heat. That condemned the Heat to fourth place in the table and an eighth clash of the…
Newcastle Eagles 77 (19,34,60) (Attah 15, Moore 14, Glen 10) PAWS London Capital 64 (18,40,51) (Gariba 24, Mills 15, Sturgeon 12) Newcastle Eagles continued their strong finish to the BBL Championship season as they ran out comfortable 77-64 victors over the PAWS London Capital at the Metro Radio Arena on Friday evening. The Eagles started…
Everton Tigers 101 (27,52,74) (Smith 25, Gross 22, Herriman 13) Newcastle Eagles 80 (15,38,56) (Bridge 22, Toney 16, Moore 15) Everton Tigers came out on top in the battle of the top 2 on Sunday evening as they defeated the BBL Champions, Newcastle Eagles, 101-80 for the first time in three Championship attempts. The Tigers…
Newcastle Eagles 87 (21,43,63) (Moore 23, Jackson 15, Smith 15) Scottish Rocks 70 (18,39,51) (Johnson 14, Pratt 14, Yanders 14) The Newcastle Eagles won their third BBL Championship title in four years after defeating their old rivals, the Scottish Rocks, 87-70 at the MetroRadio Arena. The Eagles stormed to the title with a 13 game…
Newcastle Eagles have swooped to complete a double for March, with Fabulous Flournoy winning the Molten Coach of the Month award and Trey Moore collecting Molten Player of the Month trophy. Flournoy led the Eagles to a perfect March with nine wins by an average of 15.1 points. The highlight of the month saw the…
Tafari Toney, Eagles basketball star, came to Kenton School to be interviewed by pupils as part of the Newcastle Schools Sport Enterprise Challenge project. We talked tactics, training and tips. How did you get into a basketball career? “I played my first ball game at the age of 5. We used to just play ball…
Newcastle Eagles 93 (22,47,71) (Moore/Smith 17, Defoe 16) BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 76 (16,31,55) (Myers/Perre 18, Virgil 10) Newcastle Eagles opened up a six point lead over the Everton Tigers at the top of the BBL Championship table thanks to a comfortable 93-76 victory over the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets, in front of 3,000 at…
Marshall MK Lions 78 (18,37,62) (Youngblood 20, Brown 17, Williams 15) Newcastle Eagles 91 (21,46,72) (Moore 23, Smith 18, Toney 15) Newcastle Eagles remain top of the BBL after another valuable road win. This time it was a 78-91 victory at Marshall MK Lions. Eagles were the first to put a run together with a…
