Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ historic first foray into Europe ended in heartbreak as the battling visitors fell at the final hurdle. Marc Steutel’s men surrendered a 19-point lead as fatigue appeared to set in during a frantic fourth quarter. And comeback kings Šiauliai sealed the deal with the final bucket of the game to rob Newcastle…
It would appear that the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro and her players have a lot of work to do before they open their Women’s British Basketball League campaign against Manchester Giants on October 20th. Last weekend they’d gone down to a 20-point defeat at home in their opening pre-season game against…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles fly into Europe for the first time next week on the back of a first defeat of the domestic season. Cheshire Phoenix dug in during a scrappy fourth quarter to stun the Vertu Motors Arena faithful. And Marc Steutel must rally his troops and hit the reset button ahead of Wednesday’s…
It was an afternoon of experimentation and learning for coach Noelia Cacheiro and her Eagles women as they opened their preseason campaign with a tough loss to the visiting Leicester Riders. The Eagles play-caller had at her disposal a deep and diverse roster, featuring a blend of returning Eagles, new-additions and talented University athletes eager…
Jordan Johnson bookended a brilliant fourth quarter display with pivotal plays to bag a game high 26 points and lead the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles to a battling road win. Clutch baskets down the stretch from the former Caledonia Gladiator papered over a few early season cracks as the visitors struggled at the bonus stripe…
Double doubles from Tajh Green and Larry Austin Jr underpinned a determined display from Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles as top-flight hoops returned to the Vertu Motors Arena. Following a flawless pre-season all the talk on Tyneside was of the attacking intent and scoring ability at the heart of head coach Marc Steutel’s tantalising roster. But…
Perhaps the biggest surprise in this match-up between two of the more fancied British Basketball League’s teams was the final score. Somehow the visiting Gladiators managed to keep the gap to less than double figures in a highly competitive and entertaining pre-season game that had all the hallmarks and qualities of a truly meaningful encounter…
There will be bigger and tougher tests ahead for the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles as the season progresses for sure but Marc Steutel’s new-look roster were certainly impressive as they blew brave Derby aside in their opening pre-season game There have been many that have been impressed with the Eagles summer recruitment and it’s easy…
Newcastle’s mission impossible proved predictably unmanageable as the most talented women’s team in WBBL history put the hapless Eagles to the sword. London Lions were merciless in their dismantling of Noelia Cacheiro’s ragged roster on a bad day at the office for the vanquished visitors. But playoff quarter-final defeat to the wealthiest club in the…
