There are no fewer than three debutantes in the BBL line-up this week as the north of the UK completes a clean sweep. Joe Chapman (Newcastle Eagles) The influential Joe Chapman is in a rich vein of form and this is highlighted by him claiming successive appearances in our starting five. The guard also led…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 94 (25,38,67) (Smith 22, Chapman 20, Thomson 19) Mersey Tigers 77 (7,37,61) (Aliu 22, Hesson 20, Otten 10) Newcastle Eagles capitalised on the Worcester Wolves defeat to the One Health Sharks Sheffield to open up a four point lead at the top of the BBL Championship table thanks to a somewhat…
This week five players from five different teams make up the BBL Team of the Week, including one Eagle Jeremy Bell (UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders) After their catastrophic BBL Cup Final performance, Raiders needed to get back their shattered confidence and return to winning ways in the BBL Championship. It was Bell who led the…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 86 (27,47,65) (Gause 18, Smith 15, Defoe/Thomson 14) One Health Sharks Sheffield 67 (15,30,51) (Reinking 18, Tuck 12, Babalola 11) Newcastle Eagles kept their impressive run of form in the BBL Championship as they enjoyed a comfortable 86-67 victory over the One Health Sharks Sheffield at Sport Central on Friday evening…
It was a great weekend for the Newcastle Eagles with plenty of great performances so it is no surprise that there three Eagles in the BBL Team of the Week. Paul Gause (Newcastle Eagles) It’s been a stop-start season for BBL rookie Paul Gaus who has had some injury issues but the playmaker showed just…
BBL Cup Final, NIA Birmingham Newcastle Eagles 115 (35,63,94) (Smith 39, Gause 24, Bridge 16) UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders 94 (20,46,74) (Colbert 25, Bell 23, Rowe 20) An astonishing record-breaking performance by “Prince” Charles Smith (pictured) and Newcastle Eagles lit up the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham as they were crowned 2012 BBL Cup winners….
The BBL Team of the Week has three players who will be competing in this weekend’s BBL Cup Final, two of which are Newcastle Eagles players. Paul Gause (Newcastle Eagles) After spending some time injured on the sidelines during December, livewire point guard Paul Gause is beginning to get into the groove during his first…
BBL Championship Prestige Homes MK Lions 91 (27,48,66) (Bolds 29, Crawford/Northern 14) Newcastle Eagles 96 (27,54,75) (Smith 20, Gause 18, Defoe/Thomson 16) The Newcastle Eagles picked up their 11th victory of the season in the BBL Championship as they defeated the Prestige Homes MK Lions 91-96 at the MK Basketball Centre on Sunday evening. A…
The Newcastle Eagles are the first team to 10 BBL Championship wins this season as they sent a message to their title rivals. The Eagles played host to the third-placed Glasgow Rocks and comprehensively won the battle of the league’s two northernmost teams, 97-71, to beat the Rocks for the second time in little over…
