After last weeks defeat at home to Birmingham the Eagles were on the road to their BBL rivals, Leicester. The first quarter was great for the away side, they took control very early on with some defensive work that led to easy finishes on the other end. Leicester didn’t struggle to score in the half…
After a one week rest, the Eagles were back in action against Myerscough College. it was a depleted opposition with the away team travelling with only 7 players. However Myserscough started the strongest of the two teams with the Eagles struggling to contend with the height of their opponents and going into the second quarter…
Two things have been well documented about Esh Group Eagles Newcastle since the start of the 2017/18 British Basketball season, writes Jeff King. Their unbeaten 5 – 0 start and the impact of their back-court duo, Saah Nimley and Jaysean Paige. However, two players don’t make a team and it does appear that this Eagles…
Once again our Eagles lead the role-call of the top players over the last seven days in the British Basketball League. This afternoon the BBL announced their picks for the 4th All-Star line-up with an All-Eagles backcourt taking centre stage. Here’s their full list featuring Saah Nimley and your MVP from Friday night’s game against…
The Eagles playing in black were looking to keep their unbeaten league run going with a home game against Blackpool playing in orange… The home team’s starting 5 jumped out to an impressive 22 to 5 lead in the early and middle part of the 1st quarter… However the players coming off the bench managed…
On Friday 13th October when the London Lions visited Sport Central to take on our Eagles we had another group of visitors back for the first time this season, the Rickelton family. Mum of three, Sam is the award winning blogger behind North East Family Fun and along with husband Steve they brought the kids to…
Team Northumbria playcaller Chris Bunten has admitted his new-look women’s basketball roster have plenty to do following a 1-3 start to their WBBL campaign. The Sport Central side fell agonisingly short against early-season pacesetters Sheffield Hatters after hauling themselves back into contention during the game of the weekend. And Bunten will be hoping TN can…
After a tough loss in the National Cup last weekend, the under 16s Eagles were back in League action on Saturday, travelling to Sheffield to play the Junior Sharks. After some hassle getting to the venue the Eagles arrived with 10 minutes to spare and quickly hurried through a warm-up. Despite their best efforts it…
After last weeks tough loss away to Leeds, the Eagles were once again back on the road, this time to Cheshire Wire. The Eagles set the tone early by going on a great 15-2 run that spanned 5 minutes of great defensive play and transition points. Cheshire did well on the offence with rebounds however…
