Newcastle Eagles kept their impressive run in the BBL Championship going thanks to an 83-97 victory over the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets at the Northgate Arena on Sunday evening. In a close game through the first three quarters, it was the Eagles who held a slender lead at 60-67 going into the final stanza. In…
NEWCASTLE Eagles club captain Andrew Bridge has vowed that he will spend the rest of his playing career on Tyneside – unless he is axed. Long-serving Bridge has been with Fabulous Flournoy’s men for six years, and has won every major accolade in British basketball. But with Newcastle’s incapacity to pick up silverware in a…
SHOOTING ace Jeremy Hyatt has demanded patience after the Eagles inched closer to the BBL league championship with a comfortable 91-82 win against Sheffield Sharks last night. Having been doubtful for the game with another injury, Hyatt came off the bench to fire a game-high 21 points as the title chasers closed in on their…
NEWCASTLE Eagles have one hand on the BBL title after reigning league champions Guildford Heat suffered shock successive defeats over the weekend. While the Eagles followed up their vital victory against Scottish Rocks on Friday with a comfortable 88-67 success over Birmingham Panthers on Saturday, their closest challengers slumped to surprise losses against London Capital…
Newcastle Eagles 79 Scottish Rocks 75 DARIUS DEFOE has spoken of the relief that he and the rest of the Eagles players were feeling last night after completing a nail-biting 79-75 win over Scottish Rocks. Certainly in the context of the title race and taking into account the Trophy Final loss and the serious injury…
EAGLES chief Paul Blake has warned the club’s players they need to put things right when they make a return to action against Scottish Rocks tonight. Blake also revealed that he met with Flournoy and the players earlier in the week to discuss their second-half performance in the final, although he stopped short of declaring…
NEWCASTLE Eagles have been left shell-shocked by the news that Charles Smith could be out for the rest of the season. The influential forward complained of pain in his knee after Sunday’s BBL Trophy final in Plymouth. And after returning to the North-East with his team-mates, medical staff revealed he had sustained a hairline fracture…
EAGLES play-caller Fab Flournoy was named BBL Coach of the Month award last night – just 24 hours after losing the BBL Trophy final. While such awards should always be seen as an honour, the timing of the announcement is likely to make a proud Flournoy feel a little uncomfortable as he is still stewing…
The Guildford Heat have won the BBL Trophy for the first time by beating the Newcastle Eagles 86-79 at the Plymouth Pavilions. EJ Harrison scooped the MVP award after scoring 25 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, as the Eagles were condemned to their second defeat in a major final this season. Harrison’s score…
