Chloe Gaynor promised Newcastle’s powerful frontcourt trio will put the ‘Big’ into The Big One as top-flight women’s basketball takes centre stage this Friday. The homecourt Eagles host high flying Leicester Riders looking to set a WBBL attendance record for the second successive season. And all eyes will be on Gaynor and fellow bigs Nette…
As the WBBL returned for the New Year with a packed weekend of Trophy first round action played centrally at the Essex Sports Arena, the week 13 All-Star Five sees an Eagle flying straight in after a huge double-double to open 2023. Antoinette Lewis has made her second showing in the weekly team after her 19 points…
The week 15 BBL All-Star Five is led by possibly the performance of the season so far from David Cohn for our Eagles in Friday night’s win over Surrey Scorchers. Cohn receive his a fourth place in the league’s weekly pick this season, moving joint-second in the overall chart. Our Eagles made it three wins in…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL made it three wins in a row albeit over three different calendar months to secure a place in the Trophy Quarter Finals. It will mean a last eight matchup against Essex Rebels on a date and venue to be confirmed. The Eagles win over the Nottingham Wildcats was the second time they’ve…
David Cohn has revealed how hitting the books is helping him write a brand new chapter in the storied history of British basketball’s most successful franchise. The 27-year-old exploded off 31 points in just 31 minutes to sentence basement club Surrey Scorchers to a 79-72 defeat on Friday. And Cohn’s sparkling form has coincided with…
The WBBL returns to the court this weekend in spectacular style with a unique and inventive event that promises a cracking weekend of women’s basketball, writes Jeff King 16 elite teams across the UK will make their way to University of Essex, Colchester, to compete in the WBBL Trophy First Round hoping of making it…
Marc Steutel marvelled at David Cohn’s matchwinning display against Surrey Scorchers before hailing his side’s most complete defensive display of the season. An explosive performance from Newcastle’s pocket rocket playmaker scorched bottom club Surrey and kept the Eagles’ playoff hopes alive. But if the headline stat was Cohn’s 31 points in 31 minutes then head…
Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s crucial BBL Championship clash against Surrey Scorchers desperate to pick up their first win of the New Year. They could have been going into the game looking for a fourth successive win had they managed to defeat Manchester Giants on New Years Day in Lancashire. But, once again, despite a…
Javion Hamlet hammered home the points in our Eagles two games spanning the New Year mark last week to earn his second appearance in the BBL’s Week 14 All-Star Five. Hamlet holds top billing in the BBL right now, setting the place for 2023 as the league’s leading scorer after being unstoppable in our Eagles’…
