Newcastle Eagles WBBL finally broke their Vertu Motors Arena duck to win in front of their own fans for the first time this season. A second successive victory lifts Chris Bunten’s fast-improving team into mid-table ahead of this month’s international break. But a game of two halves saw Jekyll and Hyde Newcastle struggle for the…
Chris Bunten hailed a ‘good job well done’ as Newcastle snapped a four-game losing streak to win the second of this season’s North East derbies in style. Despite a strong start and a late rally, Durham Palatinates had no answer to a dynamic display from the energetic Eagles. And Bunten believes a vital victory can…
The slow start that has plagued the Newcastle Eagles men’s team in the BBL seems to have infected the WBBL team as they dropped a home game to Riders they really should have won. Leading 28 – 16 after a hotly contested first half they fell apart in the second half as Leicester completely turned the game around….
Chris Bunten has called for collective commitment and greater consistency as Newcastle’s winless start to the league season stretched to a third game. Champions Sevenoaks were back to their ruthless best just five months after the Eagles eclipsed the Suns in a dramatic playoff semi-final. And while Bunten praised a breakout performance from close-season signing…
Newcastle Eagles’ injury curse struck again as the nervy visitors lost a second league game on the bounce. Caledonia Pride avenged last month’s 84-50 drubbing by Chris Bunten’s side on the back of big double doubles from Maud Ranger and Sian Phillips. But Newcastle might have mustered a stronger finish had both Ebony Horton and…
Previously winless Oaklands Wolves shocked pre-game favourites Newcastle Eagles as a record crowd for a WBBL fixture on Tyneside was left with little to cheer. It was a sobering case of after the Lord Mayor’s show for Chris Bunten’s misfiring Eagles as the hosts failed to capitalise on last weekend’s eye-catching win double. And it’s…
Red hot Ebony Horton scorched a disbelieving Durham Palatinates as Newcastle Eagles’ sizzling summer signing fired her new club into the WBBL Cup semi-finals in style. The former Manchester Mystics guard bagged 31 points, seven rebounds and four assists to emerge as the standout star of another stunning Newcastle win. And Horton’s huge haul completed…
A potentially serious injury to US rookie Courtney Clasen took the shine off a spectacular victory for Newcastle Eagles as the club’s WBBL Cup campaign got off to a flier. The explosive guard tripped in the paint in the dying seconds of the third period as Newcastle closed in on a one-sided win against Caledonia…
Chris Bunten is confident Newcastle Eagles can make an early-season statement in this weekend’s WBBL Cup double-header. And the experienced playcaller heads into back-to-back clashes against Caledonia Pride and Durham Palatinates determined to unlock the potential within an exciting roster. Newcastle defeated Leicester Riders 86-64 over five ‘quarters’ in a pulsating pre-season friendly in the…
