The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles produced their best performance of the season on the road in Colchester to record a superb road victory against the Essex Rebels on Saturday night. A truly spectacular effort that was a real statement of intent for the rest of the season. A first win against a side in the top…
With 36 seconds left of the third quarter Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles guard/forward Zoe Willis made a two-point turnaround jump shot to give her side their biggest lead of the night at 60 – 41. Eight minutes and 47 seconds later with 1:49 left to play in the final quarter, Joice Leavold’s two-point jump shot…
On the face of it this was another disappointing defeat for the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles. However, there were lots of positives to take from the final performance and lots of lessons to learn. Perhaps the biggest lessons are that when they are concentrated and determined this Eagles side can play with the best of…
After a disappointing night less than 24 hours earlier when they lost to Leicester Riders on their home court the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles were on the road to Nottingham for another Women’s British Basketball League clash. They faced a Wildcats side that had an identical record on 3 wins and 8 loses but a…
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…
