Newcastle cruise past hosts Derby for 2nd win in a row The game began with the Eagles starting flat-footed as they struggled to keep Derby off the offensive boards in the opening four minutes with the team giving up eight of the nine points scored by the hosts on second chance opportunities. The Eagles defence…
Eagles were taking on the Lancashire Spinners this week for their second home game of the season. Spinners came into the game undefeated in their first three games therefore the Eagles knew this would be a tough test. A strong start by the Eagles saw them take a quick 4-0 lead after forcing a couple…
The Eagles (1-3) extended their losing run to 3 games, but played the best game so far this season against Edinburgh Kings (1-1). 1st quarter description: The game started with a back to back scoring actions with Eagles missing some key points and struggling with Kings full court press. The team managed to change their…
In their second away game of the season, the Newcastle Eagles were taking on Derby Trailblazers. The teams both had similar records coming into the game so the Eagles knew this would be a test from the start. The first 5 for the Eagles started the game strong with their full court pressure creating turnovers…
Eagles Academy Under 16’s earn first home victory in style The Eagles began the game at a frenetic pace, for both good and bad, as they pushed the pace against an Edinburgh team that struggled with the clear athletic advantages the home team had over them. Newcastle lacked a defensive intensity in the first however…
Newcastle U14s unable to close out the win at home against the Riders The game started with the home attempting to score from the paint while the visitors went on a commanding 13- 4 run The Home team however had other ideas, after quickly realising certain shortfalls of individual players, the visitors pressured the…
Eagles Academy Under 16’s fall on the road to Cheshire Wire The Eagles were slow out of the blocks on the road against Cheshire today as they struggled early in the first falling behind 9-3 to the hosts before several fouls made the Wire back off of their intense early defence which led to Jones…
The young Eagles were looking to put one over on the Division 3 Explorers with the winners heading to Swindon another D3 team…. The Explorers playing in white from Division 3 travelled very light as they arrived in the North East with only 5 players including the very experienced Vance Silcott… The Eagles minus both…
Eagles come close but are unable to close out on the road to Derby The game opened with the home team struggling to find the basket in the first 5 minutes in what was a sloppy first quarter though by the end of the first the Eagles switch to a more intense defensive outlook –…
