Newcastle Eagles 96 (Smith 27, Defoe 24, Ikhinmwin 21) Durham Wildcats 92 (Page 26, Keister 21, Guinane 20) The Newcastle Eagles survived a late comeback to win the North East derby against the Durham Wildcats by 96-92 at Sports Central. Six players scored more than 20 points as Charles Smith led the way with 27…
Newcastle Eagles maintained their lead at the top of the BBL Championship table thanks to a hard fought come-from-behind 94-97 victory over the UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders at the Plymouth Pavilions on Sunday afternoon. A Jerome Gumbs “three-point play” had the home side trailing by just a single point at 90-91 with 56 seconds remaining…
As we enter the season stretch, the race continues to top our leaderboard and finish with the most BBL Team of the Week appearances. Kareem Maddox – Newcastle Eagles (Weeks 3, 7, 12, 14, 15, 23) The Newcastle Eagles forward (pictured) is leading the way as the only player to have found himself in our…
Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 80 (Couisnard 18, Losonsky 17, Rowe 15) Newcastle Eagles 69 (Huffman 18, Maddox 16, Defoe/Smith 12) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders took a big step towards their first BBL Championship regular season title thanks to a 80-69 victory over second-placed Newcastle Eagles at the John Sanford Centre on Wednesday evening….
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 71 (Defoe 14, Chapman 13, Maddox 13, Smith 13) Marjon Plymouth Raiders 76 (Schreiber 26, Schneck 13, Lasker 12) Marjon Plymouth Raiders moved up to third place in the BBL Championship on Friday night, holding off a late comeback effort to beat Newcastle Eagles 76-71 at Sport Central. Raiders now join…
The BBL Foundation National Proj3ct 3 on 3 came to an end with the National Finals taking place prior to the BBL Trophy Finals in Glasgow on the weekend. Unfortunately the Newcastle Eagles were not on hand having been knocked out of the trophy during the quarter final stage. So it was up to the…
At last Friday’s game Newcastle Eagles forward, Kareem Maddox, was presented with the BBL Molten Player of the Month for a second time this season, previously taking the honor in November 2012. This season Maddox has been displaying great performances for the Eagles fans and the team but in February he took his game to…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 25 There’s a certain BBL Trophy Final MVP this week and a couple of players who had such a good weekend, they met the criteria twice over. BJ Holmes (One Health Sharks Sheffield) Yes, it’s the most apt starting point for our fabulous five as the MVP and…
Newcastle Eagles 94 (13,43,63) (Smith 31, Defoe/Maddox 18) Surrey Heat 100 (26,55,82) (T Holmes 19, Joseph 18, C Holmes 15) Surrey Heat made the long trip to the North East on Friday night and came away with the impressive 94-100 victory over the Newcastle Eagles at Sport Central, forciing a third loss at home in…
