‘Magic’ Mike Okauru and Seneca Knight combined for 41 points as nerveless Newcastle Eagles ended a four-year wait for a major honour. Marc Steutel’s men dominated the 2025 Super League Basketball Trophy final to close out one of the most impressive title wins in franchise history. And it’s now 28 pieces of silverware for the…
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A season high 37 points from Seneca Knight wasn’t enough to save Newcastle Eagles from another loss on the road following a dramatic finale to a frantic clash in Cheshire. The US star — in his first season with the men in black — equalled his career best score as he converted 12 of 15…
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Super League Basketball disruptors Newcastle Eagles proved they are going nowhere in this season’s gripping race for the Championship title with a gutsy win against joint leaders London Lions. Marc Steutel’s men fought for every point against the defensively resolute visitors, as a compelling top-flight classic ebbed and flowed from tip to buzzer. And that…
A typically tenacious second half fightback couldn’t prevent Newcastle Eagles leaking another league loss on the road at Bristol Flyers. Not for the first time this season Marc Steutel’s men gave themselves a mountain to climb as the hosts raced into a 13-point first half lead. And Newcastle trailed by as many as 21 as…
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Deadly De’Sean Allen-Eikens fired Newcastle Eagles into the quarter-finals of the European North Basketball League with a game to spare as the American’s dazzling return to form sent the Vertu Motors faithful into a frenzy. The all-action rookie missed Sunday’s disappointing defeat at Surrey as he nursed a niggling wrist strain. But Allen-Eikens revealed he…
The Jekyll and Hyde Newcastle Eagles crashed to a disappointing defeat down in Guildford, Surrey on Sunday afternoon to move to 5 wins 4 losses in the SLB Championship. After the great work they did at home to defeat high-flying Leicester this was not the follow-up they were hoping for. It seems at times that…
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Fired-up Newcastle Eagles snapped a five-game winless streak to throw this year’s Championship title race wide open. A 93-90 victory against third-placed Leicester Riders reignited the home side’s top four challenge. And there was double joy for Marc Steutel’s men after second-placed Sheffield Sharks slipped up on the road at Manchester. Sensational Seneca Knight led…
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Newcastle Eagles felt the full force of Sheffield Sharks’ two-man game as the visitors’ in-form backcourt blitzed the men in black. Prentiss Nixon and Rodney Chatman III combined for 51 points as the relentless guards kept digging deep to keep Atiba Lyons’ men in front. And despite winning the battle of the boards and seeing…
AGGREGATE 174 – 178 Newcastle Eagles are going to the Utilita Arena Birmingham to play Bristol Flyers in the Super League Basketball Trophy Final on Sunday 26th January 2025. That’s the simple easy fact to quote. How they got there is a much harder fact to break down after a wild night in Leicester on…
