The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles will look back on Saturday night’s home defeat against Leicester Riders, scratch their heads and wonder quite how they came out of it on the back of a 20-point loss. At times Newcastle without doubt played some of their best defensive basketball of the season and until deep in the…
As expected the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles match-up on the road at Oaklands College against the all-powerful, all-conquering London Lions proved to be a very tough task. After losing the first quarter by 31 – 11 Matt Newby’s side were always on the back foot and struggling to get into the game and cope with…
Perhaps the worry going into this match for the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles was their lack of game time balanced against the fresh Essex Rebels who have played all of January. The Rebels run in the Women’s British Basketball League Trophy had taken them all the way to the final which they lost against the…
A very disappointing night in the Vertu Motors Arena for Head Coach Matt Newby and his Eagles players ended in an overtime loss at the first hurdle in the Betty Codona Trophy. Going into the game Newcastle were confident about progressing to the next stage of the competition having home court advantage against a side…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles failed to gather in the festive cheer as they slipped to a defeat on the road in Oaklands on Saturday night. In a pivotal game in the standings it was the hungrier Wolves that held sway throughout the 40 minutes. Eagles wing player Zoe Willis had talked prior to the game…
On paper this game seemed a formality for the new-look Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles Women’s British Basketball League side. They faced a Cardiff Met Archers team that had lost all four previous League games and were struggling to find any form. The Eagles meanwhile came into the game on the back of a home win…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles took the bragging rights in the North East with a hard fought thrilling win in a tough game of basketball at the Vertu Motors Arena on Saturday night. Going into the game the teams had looked very evenly matched with their respective results so far this season. However, there was quite…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles showed plenty of heart, desire, commitment, grit and determination in their latest Women’s British Basketball League game at Sheffield on Sunday. But ultimately despite many positives, they came away with a defeat on the road against a very tough Hatters side who kept a dogged Newcastle side throughout the forty minutes…
Perhaps unsurprisingly the London Lions padded into the Vertu Motors Arena and ruined new Head Coach Matt Newby’s opening stint on the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles side lines. But Newby is a realist and he knows that a game like this is not one that will define his tenure nor his side’s season. What he…
