The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles who had finished 6th in the Women’s British Basketball League regular season standings travelled to Sheffield to take on the 3rd placed finishing B. Braun Hatters and what a game it was. Playoff basketball at its dramatic thrilling best. It was made all the more dramatic as in the Women’s…
Head Coach Matt Newby had talked about the three-game run-in to the End of Season Playoffs. He said his team’s focus was on delivering the best 120 minutes of regular season 40 minutes basketball to prepare themselves for that closing competition. The first 80 of that 120 had been delivered well. A close win at…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles flew down to Cardiff to take on the season-long winless Cardiff Met Archers and in a game that was perhaps closer than they would have like came away with a vital win in the race for the end of season Women’s British Basketball League play-offs. The Eagles look now an…
In front of an excellent packed Vertu Motors Arena, the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles produced a sensational finish to this crucial regular season League claim a vital win in their push towards the end of season play-offs. The 517 in the crowd were loud and proud as their favourites responded to their support by coming…
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…
