BBL Championship Play-off Final Newcastle Eagles 71 (12,31,56) (Smith 21, Gause 13, Defoe 10) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 62 (21,31,49) (Sullivan 18, Hardy 12, Wierzbicki 11) Newcastle Eagles made it a clean sweep of all four British Basketball League trophies with a 71-62 victory over Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders in the play-off final…
The Eagles have secured one clean sweep already this year by winning all three awards in the Basketball Journalists Association’s Awards. Joe Chapman was the first two-time winner of the Player of the Year award whilst Andrew Thomson won the Pete Jacques Award for BBL British Player of the Year for the second consecutive season….
Newcastle Eagles’ guard Joe Chapman has won the Molten BBL Most Valuable Player of the season award after a fine season with the north east club. The 6’4” American guard had an outstanding year for the BBL regular season, Cup and Trophy champions, averaging 20.2 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds in a team-high 34.7…
Newcastle Eagles’ coach Fabulous Flournoy has been named Molten BBL Coach of the Year for 2011/12 following a fine season for his team. The Eagles captured the first three pieces of silverware this season and remain on course for a clean sweep as they prepare to face Cheshire Jets in the two-leg semi-final of the…
Joe Chapman was named Newcastle Eagles Players Player of the Season last night at the Eagles Community Foundation Champions Ball. Chapman’s teammates voted the Guard as their player of the season after he returned to the Eagles after a serious injury ended his season early last year. Chapman ruptured his Achilles whilst playing at Sport…
Newcastle Eagles v Guildford Heat BBL Play-Off Quarter Final 1st leg, Friday 27 April 2012, Sport Central (19:30) Newcastle Eagles will look to move a step closer to a clean sweep of BBL Trophies when they host Guildford Heat in the play-off quarter-final first leg on Friday night The Eagles have already collected the regular…
The Newcastle Eagles enjoyed some downtime with a visit to Newcastle United for a friendly basketball and football tournament. The Eagles were delighted to accept an invitation from Alan Pardew and the Newcastle United team to take part in a basketball game followed by a football match. Up for grabs was the Newcastle Challenge Cup….
Newcastle Eagles won their third piece of silverware this season on Wednesday night as the north east side sealed the BBL Championship regular season crown without even playing. Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders’ 96-72 home win against UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders means that Fabulous Flournoy and his team sealed the title after a league campaign…
Newcastle Eagles 96 (18,55,71) (Gause 19, Thomson 17, Chapman/Smith 16) UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders 80 (18,41,63) (Bell 29, Colbert 13, Williams 13) (Newcastle Eagles win 184-177 on aggregate See highlights at http://tyneandwear.sky.com/basketball/article/15973 Newcastle Eagles have won the 2012 BBL Trophy Final after beating the UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders 96-80 in the North East, thereby overturning…
