Somewhere, somehow, someway the Newcastle Eagles keep coming up with ways to lose a basketball game in what may well go down as one of their most frustrating seasons ever. On Friday night on their own court in the Vertu Motors Arena, they led Champions-elect London Lions by thirteen points with 11 minutes and 55…
Champions-elect London survived an almighty scare at the Vertu Motors Arena after Newcastle Eagles came within a whisker of ending the Lions’ 17-game BBL Championship winning streak. Marc Steutel’s men led until deep into another dramatic night on Tyneside but the league leaders proved their class to close out a barely deserved three-point victory. And…
Deadeye David Cohn experienced the best and worst of professional basketball after battling Newcastle Eagles narrowly missed out on famous back-to-back wins against Leicester Riders. Crestfallen Cohn cut a dejected figure as he headed to the locker room after picking up a second unsportsmanlike foul of the game five minutes from time. But had it…
Newcastle Eagles overturned a 20-point deficit to pull off the most famous win of the Vertu Motors Arena era and keep their playoff hopes alive. A delayed tip-off, damaged basket and Leicester’s lack of discipline added to the drama as the most unpredictable of BBL clashes reached its dizzying denouement. And as the clock ticked…
Marc Steutel blamed poor decision making down the stretch on another heartbreaking loss as Newcastle Eagles let slip a 17-point lead against Bristol Flyers. The hosts finally delivered on the defensive intensity lacking for long periods of a frustrating campaign. But Newcastle’s offence dried up with the winning line in sight as the Eagles managed…
Lightning struck twice for luckless Newcastle as another narrow loss on the road capped a miserable weekend for Marc Steutel’s men. The crestfallen Eagles returned to Tyneside with nothing to show from two winnable games at Bristol and Plymouth. But Steutel will look back on a fruitless 825-mile round trip with a mixture of frustration…
Newcastle Eagles travelled to the Ellesmere Port Sporting Village yesterday to take on a tough Cheshire Phoenix side that were in the top four of the BBL table. Phoenix had only lost twice on the home court this season so it was always going to be a tough ask for Head Coach Marc Steutel’s men….
It would be easy to say this was a game all about the final quarter and the magnificent performance the Newcastle Eagles produced in the last ten minutes of a pulsating basketball game. But, the three quarters that went before had a lot to do with the platform set for that final huge effort from…
Newcastle Eagles BBL side completed another pointless weekend which damages their play-off hopes with a defeat on the road in Bristol yesterday. There are still plenty of games and points to play for this season but Marc Steutel’s men need to start winning soon. It was always going to be a tough assignment travelling down…
