A punishing Super League Basketball Playoff final proved a game too far for gutsy Newcastle Eagles as the curtain came down on a dramatic campaign for British basketball’s most improved team. Ultimately an unforgiving injury list cost the Tynesiders dearly on the final day of a topsy-turvy season — with a full-strength Leicester side outsmarting…
Money’ Mike Okauru underlined his exceptional value to Newcastle Eagles by leading the fifth seed Tynesiders to a sensational road win at number one ranked London Lions. The US sharpshooter led voting in the Molten All-League Team of the Year selections in the build-up to a mouthwatering playoff semi-final tie. And Okauru utterly eclipsed next…
Somehow, someway the Newcastle Eagles survived a huge final quarter onslaught from Manchester Basketball to extend their season and move through to the semi finals of the End of Season Play-Offs. They will face Champions London Lions next weekend in that two-legged semi-final. The first leg will be in London at The Copperbox on Friday…
Cole Long enjoyed the sweet taste of playoff success after returning to Newcastle’s starting five and sparking a quarter-final first leg win against Manchester. Just seven days earlier the Canadian all-rounder had been rushed to hospital with blood pouring from a serious gash to his top lip, as the Eagles lost out to Leicester. But…
Injury-ravaged Newcastle Eagles lost the battle but won the war as the men in black secured fifth place and a playoff quarter-final against Manchester Basketball. Not for the first time this season, late drama defined an action-packed affair at the Cheshire Oaks Arena. But never-say-die Newcastle managed to avoid the 12-point defeat that would have…
Battling Newcastle Eagles lost a first game in four on a night of high drama inside a vocal Vertu Motors Arena. In front of former coach and British basketball legend Fabulous Flournoy — fresh from his latest NBA campaign with the Philadelphia 76ers — the hosts finished the game with just four players. But that…
It’s been a truly blessed Easter for Marc Steutel and his Newcastle Eagles players as they defied a brutal schedule to claim their 3rd win in a row over the long 5 day holiday weekend. And they did it in some style as well shooting down a Flyers side that themselves have played 3 games in…
Classy Christian James closed out a huge victory on the road for Newcastle Eagles after the all-action American blazed a trail from the bench at Surrey. Marc Steutel introduced his mid-season signing five minutes into another must-win game for the men in black. And what followed was a masterclass in composure and aggression from a…
Marc Steutel celebrated a century of Championship games at the Newcastle helm with the statement win that put the Eagles back at the heart of the postseason conversation. The hosts exacted revenge for a 31-point defeat at the hands of Manchester Basketball earlier this month thanks to a thrilling fourth quarter. And the ruthless manner…
