In the penultimate week of the regular season our BBL team continued their fight for a post-season position and strong performances from a pair of Eagles saw them land in the Week 29 All-Star Five.
Our Newcastle Eagles set their chase of the final Play-Off spot alight by beating northernmost rivals Caledonia Gladiators at Vertu Motors Arena live on Sky Sports last Friday night.
Forward Justin Gordon secured a starting place in the pick of the players this week with an impressive 32-points and going 100% on three for three from the three-point line.
Add to that four rebounds and three assists, including eight points in three and a half minutes as Eagles came from behind to win the fourth quarter by a massive 32-14.
Gordon put our Eagles in a two-shot lead that they didn’t relinquish inside the last five minutes to take the ‘W’.
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The league’s leading scorer Javion Hamlet was another star of Friday night’s Sky Sports coverage and he gains weekly honours for the third time this season.
Hamlet scored 25-points including a perfect six at the free throw line, along with six assists and six rebounds.
The American guard’s seven points in the decisive fourth quarter including an early triple in a burst of 11 straight points put the Eagles in front for the first time since the opening period.
Well done Justin and Javion.