Against the backdrop of John Mitchell’s exit less than 24 hours before tip-off, a dead rubber of a BBL Cup tie had suddenly acquired extra significance. But if the American rookie’s short-lived stay on Tyneside had dominated the pre-match narrative then a convincing Newcastle Eagles victory dispelled any sense of a roster in crisis. In…
Going into last night’s BBL Cup North Group match down in Manchester, the Newcastle Eagles knew they had already qualified for the quarter-final stage of the competition. That was courtesy of results elsewhere earlier in the weekend. So, the focus for Ian MacLeod’s men was to take a road victory to reverse their recent run…
Newcastle Eagles were left to lament a poor third quarter performance as they blew a half-time lead against long-time rivals Leicester Riders in the BBL Cup Northern Group. Heading into the second half, Newcastle held a six point lead over Leicester. But unfortunately for coach Ian Macleod’s side, a bruising third quarter and costly turnovers…
Newcastle Eagles endured a nightmare of a day yesterday cumulating in a heavy loss at Sheffield last night. Traffic problems on the A1 got the Eagles off to a bad start and with the going slow it meant a huge amount of time spent on the road for one of their shortest journeys of the season….
The Newcastle Eagles made the long trip down to London for the British Basketball All-Stars Championship and after a slow start they were involved in some tight games before falling in the semi-final stage at the hands of homecourt favourites and eventual winners London Lions. For the third season in a row in this unique…
The Newcastle Eagles took their second road win in under 48 hours at Cheshire last night to move to 4 – 1 for the season and remain in pole position in the BBL Cup North Group. It was a scrappy game in which the high scoring belied the nature of the game. For the Eagles it…
The first big BBL clash of the season between the countries top two sides went the way of the visitors as Newcastle Eagles took the spoils in Leicester tonight. It was Leicester’s first defeat of the season and means the two sides now have identical 3 – 1 positive records in the BBL Cup North Group….
The honeymoon period is over. But Newcastle Eagles’ interim head coach Ian MacLeod won’t care. Nobody said it would be easy succeeding the most successful play caller in British basketball history and the new man at the helm always knew as much. A dramatic last-gasp overtime defeat to Glasgow Rocks won’t dissuade MacLeod that he…
The Newcastle Eagles completed a thrilling victory in Glasgow last night to stay perfect in the BBL Group North. It was a huge win on the road and puts the men from Tyneside in a great position early in the Cup proceedings. There may be a bigger story for the Rocks to answer as they were…
