It may still be early in the season, but one of the most wide-open and thrilling BBL Championship title races looks like potentially unfolding during the coming months. Heading into this weekend, there are no fewer than five teams all locked on two losses at the top of the standings and it is even leaving…
Fab Flournoy wants improvements across the board when Esh Group Eagles Newcastle look to level the season series with Worcester Wolves in Friday’s top-of-the-table BBL TV clash. Wolves lead the league at 8-2 after ending Leicester Riders’ 20-month unbeaten Championship run last weekend. They also got the better of Eagles, 80-71, in their last meeting….
BBL Cup Glasgow Rocks 69 (Northern 19, Marcotullio 13, Harrison 10) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 81 (Cooke 27, Gause 12, Martin 12) Malik Cooke (pictured) poured in a game-high 27 points as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle outpowered Glasgow Rocks 81-69 in the British Basketball League (BBL) Cup Quarter Finals. It was a tough start of…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 103 (Martin 21, Defoe 19, Gause 18) Manchester Giants 51 (Marsden 12, Jones 8, Watts 7) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle took a share of second place in the BBL Championship by sweeping aside Manchester Giants 103-51 in the North East, as they passed 100 points for the fifth time already this…
Manchester Giants’ season took a big step forward last weekend and coach Jeff Jones is keen to keep pushing on against Esh Group Eagles Newcastle on Friday. Giants doubled their tally of wins for the season when they closed last Sunday’s meeting with in-form Plymouth University Raiders on a 9-0 run to seal a win…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are bidding to reach their third successive appearance in the Final, but will firstly have to see off Glasgow Rocks when they travel across the border for a quarter-final clash at the Emirates Arena on Sunday. The winner of that match-up will face either the in-form One Health Sharks Sheffield who…
Scott Martin gained his first starting five Team of The Week spot this week following a sterling performance at Surrey Sports Park this weekend. The Notre Dame grad has been working up to this for several weeks following numerous appearances in the top ten. Here is the full team for the week: Devin Ginty (Durham…
Surrey United 71 (Kucinskas 28, Tamayo 17, Callum 11) Newcastle Eagles 115 (Martin 25, Gause 24, Cooke/Defoe 18) Newcastle Eagles pulled within two points of the top of the BBL Championship after a comfortable road win at Surrey United. The Eagles were led by 25 points from Scott Martin, while Paul Gause weighed in with…
Newcastle Eagles 123 Huddersfield Heat 67 On Wednesday night the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle played host to Yorkshire’s Huddersfield Heat in a mid-season friendly game that benefitted both sides. Eagles had been without any form of competition for almost two weeks so needed a sharpener and Heat are an ambitious EBL Division 2 side with…
