Newcastle Eagles finally snapped a six-game losing streak down in Surrey yesterday afternoon to give themselves, the coaching staff and their supporters an early Christmas present. But boy was it close! The Eagles have been accused of being a team that doesn’t know how to win but finally after threatening in their last three games to…
Marc Steutel was in no mood for excuses after battling Newcastle let slip a late lead in a ding-dong clash against title holders Leicester Riders last night. But the Eagles playcaller did heap praise upon his battling roster after the short-handed hosts almost pulled off one of the greatest comeback wins in franchise history. And…
Quite where this latest disappointing defeat on the road in Glasgow leaves the Newcastle Eagles, only Head Coach Marc Steutel and his players can tell. Another opportunity to get a much-needed win was within their grasp only for a late Gladiators charge to wrench it away leaving the Eagles with yet another notch in the…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL made it back-to-back victories with a superb win on the road in Manchester on Saturday afternoon. After seeing off Oakland Wolves at home to end November they’ve started December in final style with this excellent result to record their first away win of the season. The Eagles had five players in double…
A slow start and a sloppy finish sentenced Newcastle Eagles to a fourth loss on the bounce. The men in black couldn’t sustain an eye-catching fourth quarter fightback as seventh-placed Cheshire Phoenix eased to victory on Tyneside. And head coach Marc Steutel must hope new recruit Hasahn French is the player to spark a much-needed…
Newcastle Eagles season is just not improving any time soon and Coach Marc Steutel needs to address the situation very quickly otherwise despite not even reaching Christmas it’s going to be a long campaign. Last night in Leicester they went crashing out of the BBL Cup at the hands of a rampant Riders side that…
Nette Lewis and Katie Nolan cruised to their latest double doubles as Newcastle Eagles WBBL eased to a second league win of the season. Lewis added 14 rebounds and four steals to her 18 points as Noelia Cacheiro’s side put on an offensive masterclass. And Nolan was back to her dominant best with 22 points…
Plymouth City Patriots pulled off the perfect revenge mission as Paul James’ men sentenced Newcastle Eagles to a punishing homecourt loss. The short-handed visitors had lost twice to Marc Steutel’s men this season but there was no hat-trick of wins for Sport Newcastle’s newly anointed Coach of the Year. The Eagles went into battle without…
There were precious few fireworks going off last night at the Vertu Motors Arena as the Eagles of Newcastle took to the court against the Rebels of Essex. Instead both defences dominated the game taking the power out of the offensive kegs. What it meant was that we were treated to a hard-nosed war of…
