BBL Play-Off Semi-Final (2nd Leg) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 83 (25,43,61,73) (Defoe 25, Cooke 18, Smith 16) Leicester Riders 71 (16,39,50,62) (Couisnard 20, Sullivan 17, Hassan 15) (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle win 162-161 on aggregate) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle needed overtime against the visiting Leicester Riders, but became the first team to book a ticket…
Darius, Fab and Paul all get honourable mentions in BBL’s British and Defensive Teams of the Year announced by BBL yesterday. Here’s a run down. A total of six players make up the eagerly anticipated Molten BBL British Team of the Year after voting resulted in a tie for the last spot. Voted for by the…
After due consideration, the BBL coaches have determined the five players who make up the prestigious Molten BBL Team of the Year. And, there are a couple of clubs who each have two representatives in the 2013-14 line-up. Molten BBL Player of the Year Zaire Taylor (pictured) and Will Creekmore have both managed to tear it up…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle enter their BBL Play-Off quarter-final tie with Durham Wildcats full of energy, as well as confidence, after enjoying their Championship success without a game in the regular season’s final week. Conversely Wildcats endured an anxious, but ultimately successful, weekend as they secured their first trip to the post-season with wins over…
It’s the last weekend of the regular season and with the title having already in the cabinet, Eagle eyes are focused on the play-off race. The eighth spot in the Play-Off race is still unclear, however by the end of the weekdn the Eagles will know who they will face next Friday night in the first leg…
If the BBL had a ‘Sixth Man’ award, then one of the leading contenders to win it this season would be Paul Gause of the BBL Championship-winning Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. Now in his second spell with the Tyneside club, Gause was a part of the all-conquering side of 2011-12 that swept the honours. After…
Amongst the many happy Esh Group Eagles Newcastle players faces at Surrey Sports Park celebrating being crowned BBL League Champions for 2013/14 perhaps the biggest smile of all came from veteran forward ‘Prince’ Charles Smith. Smith who is not just an Eagles legend but also a legend of The BBL celebrated on court with what…
It’s the penultimate weekend of the regular season and it could see the crowning of new BBL champions. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are bidding to claim the win double at Birmingham Knights tomorrow night and then at Surrey United on Sunday, which will see them take the league title. “We will be focused on keeping…
Fab Flournoy has been rewarded with the Molten BBL Coach of the Month award for March after leading Esh Group Eagles Newcastle to a perfect seven wins from seven games during the period. The flawless run by the Eagles has seen the player-coach take his team to the brink of the BBL Championship title and…
