Devin Whitfield wowed another capacity crowd on Tyneside as the fit-again guard burst off the bench to lead the men in black to a fourth straight league win. Beset by a nagging hamstring injury over the festive period and into the new year, the Serios Group Newcastle Eagles rookie has been a slow burner all…
Jordan Johnson’s determination down the stretch handed Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles an invaluable European lifeline. The relentless US guard — who shared the MVP honours with Skyler Bowlin — scored the hosts’ last nine points of the game as he kept driving to the line at the death. And Johnson’s Herculean effort means it’s all…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles made it four wins in a week with a superb hard-fought road win in Plymouth on Friday night. Marc Steutel’s high-flying soaring Eagles swooping in for the kill in a tight encounter with an excellent last quarter finish. For thirty pulsating fiercely contested minutes through the first three quarters there’s…
A Tajh Green masterclass set the seal on another superb display as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles made it three wins on the bounce. Zastal Zielona Gora needed victory on Tyneside to progress to the European North Basketball League (ENBL) post-season. And already-qualified Newcastle required the win to seal third spot in Group B and book…
Jordan Johnson spearheaded a second half comeback as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles fought back to beat Manchester Giants in their own backyard. The US Guard proved too much for the hosts as he ended the game top-scorer and leading on assists. The game didn’t look to be going the Eagles way as the Giants started…
Rickey McGill led Caledonia a merry dance as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles stunned the Gladiators on Tyneside. The US Guard busted a full range of dazzling moves to lead all scorers with a thrilling 30 points at a packed Vertu Motors Arena. And McGill’s magic proved too much for Caledonia’s frustrated head coach as a…
Ultimately a basketball game is played over four quarters and forty minutes and not decided until the final buzzer. But somewhere within those times and periods there are decisive moments. For The Eagles that came early in this game. Cheshire this season have been almost everyone’s surprise package. Few would have tipped them to be…
Darius Defoe surpassed 6,500 British Basketball League Championship points on his way to another mighty double-figure haul against his hometown team. But a typically gutsy display from the most decorated player in domestic hoops history wasn’t enough to down deadeye London Lions. The league leaders broke the game wide open during a devastating spell of…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles held off a determined Keila Coolbet final quarter comeback to take a magnificent and hugely important road win in their European North Basketball League Group game, writes Jeff King. For much of the game the Eagles with Rickey McGill in imperious form and veteran Captain Darius Defoe leading from the…
