BBL All Star Five – Week 5 There are four debutantes in our line-up this week and only the second player this season to make our fab five for a second time. Hayden Lescault (Glasgow Rocks) Our first rookie comes in the form of the Rocks’ guard who has had an impressive start to his…
BBL Championship Plymouth Raiders 84 (35,46,70) (Corletto 23, Dixon/Nicholas 18) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 92 (36,65,82) (Fletcher 32, Lasker 18, Jackman 11) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle made it a double-winning weekend with a second victory over Plymouth Raiders following an 84-92 road success. It was a double dose of BBL history for Eagles player-coach Fab…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 103 (27,57,78) (Jackman 32, Martin 19, Defoe 17) Plymouth Raiders 93 (24,50,76) (Nicholas 26, Grady 24, Dixon 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle bounced back from their first defeat last week to beat Plymouth Raiders 103-93, on Friday evening. The home side were again without Deondre Parks, but Orlan Jackman…
Our Team Northumbia WBBL team player Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee has been announced as one of the newest members of the Great Britain squad for the upcoming EuroBasket Women Qualifiers. Only victory in the forthcoming game in Lucca on November 19th will sustain GB’s chances of qualification with the group winners and six of the…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 78 (23,40,61) (Hart 18, Fletcher 16, Lasker 14) London Lions 88 (18,46,67) (K Williams 23, Hassan 21, J Williams 17) London Lions claimed their first road win over Esh Group Eagles Newcastle in over a decade with a 78-88 success, on Friday night. The Lions improve to 3-0 whilst…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v London Lions Details: Friday 14 October, Sport Central, 7:30pm – BBL Championship Summary: Two unbeaten sides go head-to-head in the league as the 4-0 Eagles host the 2-0 Lions. Fab Flournoy’s side have won 23 straight home games over the Lions with their last defeat coming in 2003. Last season:…
BBL All-Star Five – Week 3 There are five more new names in our line-up, but four very familiar All-Star Five faces from previous BBL seasons. Zaire Taylor (London Lions) The former BBL MVP has taken on an Assistant Coach role with Lions and rather than distracting him from his playing duties, it’s causing Taylor…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 97 (23,50,77) (Parks 17, Martin 15, Defoe 14) Surrey Scorchers 66 (20,41,54) (Rollins 19, Ogedengbe 13, Neighbour 11) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle cruised to a 97-66 victory over Surrey Scorchers to set the early pace in the BBL Championship, moving to 4-0, as Scott Martin notched a double-double of…
Having already posted a strong start to the new BBL season, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have made a further statement of intent by capturing the highly talented and exciting Great Britain squad member, Joe Hart. Hailing from Southend and a graduate of Lakehead University in Canada, the 6ft 4in guard has agreed to make Tyneside…
