The Newcastle Eagles have been crowned BBL Champions for the second time in three seasons after taking the title from the Guildford Heat, on their rivals’ floor, with an amazing 101-108 overtime win behind 30 points from Steve Leven. The Eagles have been carried to the title after winning fifteen of their last sixteen BBL…
The Eagles win at Guildford in an all time gripping game in which the away team were down 18 points (88 – 70) at the start of the fourth quarter. The game was tied at 96 – 96 in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter to take it into overtime. Eagles came through in…
Everton Tigers 90 (27,49,62) (Aliu 27, Midgley 20, Haslam 19) Newcastle Eagles 93 (21,45,58) (Stewart 27, Babalola 19, Dafoe 17) (After Overtime 86-86 at the end of regulation) Newcastle Eagles completed the first part of their bid to win the BBL Championship this weekend with a nail biting 93-90 overtime success over the Everton Tigers….
NEWCASTLE Eagles duo Lynard Stewart and Steve Leven are celebrating today after being handed big boosts ahead of this weekend’s title run-in. The irrepressible Stewart has rightly been named BBL Player of the Month after a string of stellar performances during March, while Leven has been handed a shock place in the provisional Great Britain…
NEWCASTLE Eagles will launch their first assault on Europe next season as the club looks to build on its domestic dominance on the continent. The Eagles are expected to wrap up their second league title in three years this weekend – starting with tonight’s game at Everton Tigers – and go some way to relieving…
Newcastle Eagles duo Lynard Stewart and Steve Leven are celebrating today after being handed big boosts ahead of this weekend’s title run-in. The irrepressible Stewart has rightly been named BBL Player of the Month after a string of stellar performances during March, while Leven has been handed a shock place in the provisional Great Britain…
Molten Player of the Month: Lynard Stewart, Newcastle Eagles Three-time BBL All-Star Lynard Stewart, of the league-leading Newcastle Eagles, has won the Molten Player of the Month award for March. The 6’8” centre has had a startling month and has recorded double-doubles (points and rebounds) in his last five games, culminating in 18 points and…
Newcastle Eagles moved another step closer to securing the BBL Championship League title after an 82-68 victory over the Marshall MK Lions at the MetroRadio Arena on Friday evening. It was the Lions who started the stronger and took an early 14-20 lead midway through the opening period, but the Eagles came back into the…
Guildford Heat 86 Newcastle Eagles 79 NEWCASTLE Eagles’ fabulous 12-game winning streak in the league came to an end in Guildford yesterday. Current champions Heat kept their hopes of retaining their title alive with a pulsating win in a game they couldn’t afford to lose, writes JEFF KING. It’s now three games and three losses…
