All Star Five – Week 19 The leaderboard is beginning to heat up as two players this week record their fifth and sixth appearances of the season. Neil Watson (Leicester Riders) The playmaker caught fire from long-range for his team in the match-up with Plymouth University Raiders, knocking down a fantastic five from six to…
BBL Trophy, Quarter-Final Cheshire Phoenix 87 (16,35,53) (Ellis 34, Taylor/Rochford 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 97 (18,41,66) (Fletcher 18, Smith/Chapman 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle returned to winning ways after beating Cheshire Phoenix 97-87 on the road to become the first team into the BBL Trophy Semi-Finals. The defending champions withheld a late fightback from…
BBL Championship Worcester Wolves 94 (20, 47, 73)(Losonsky 26, Blackwell 20, Jackman 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 80 (22, 39, 62)(Smith 18, Martin 15, Fletcher 15) The second-best winning streak in BBL history came to an end on Friday as Worcester Wolves inflicted a 94-80 defeat on the previously unbeaten Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. Fab…
Hi All If you want the BBL Commercial Department, who are looking after men, women and GB teams, to come up with some serious sponsorship money you all need to get behind the Big Push to promote the last two games which we will be streaming live on Skysports.com. The games are: This Friday…
Worcester Wolves v Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Where and when: University of Worcester Arena, 7.30pm Friday 22 January Summary: Worcester Wolves will hope to rediscover their formula to thwarting Esh Group Eagles Newcastle at University of Worcester Arena on Friday. Eagles return to the Midlands fresh from retaining the BBL Cup in Birmingham last Sunday…
Eagles swoop to back Morpeth to Newcastle races Newcastle’s most successful sports team is backing a brand new event set to put the city centre stage this summer. Newcastle Eagles basketball club extended their 27-game winning streak by retaining their BBL Cup in front of 10,000 fans in Birmingham last weekend. But Fabulous Flournoy’s men…
All Star Five – Week 18 This week’s line-up includes the BBL Cup MVP who is also now streaking away at the top of our leaderboard after securing a stunning seventh starting berth of the campaign. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Newcastle Eagles) Yes, man of the moment ‘Fletch’ scooped successive BBL Cup Final MVP accolades…
Relive all the drama from BBL Cup Final day 2016 as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle came from behind to beat Leicester Riders and retain the Cup after Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters claimed their second straight WBBL Trophy title, at a packed Barclaycard Arena. Read the match report from the main event.
BBL Cup Final Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 94 (25,41,66) (Fletcher 18, Chapman 17, Smith 15) Leicester Riders 82 (28,50,76) (Wright/Sullivan 14, Gruis 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle pulled off a remarkable comeback from 14 points down in the third to defeat Leicester Riders 94-82, and retain their BBL Cup title. Riders looked in the ascendancy…
