Newcastle Eagles players Joe Chapman and Darius Defoe are both looking forward to the challenge of lifting the BBL Championship play-off crown as they prepare to face Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders in Sunday’s showpiece game at Wembley Arena. “It’s always a challenge to get to a final, and it’s always exciting to play in…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 30 Fittingly, our last line-up of the campaign features some of the players vying for the most appearances this season. Travis Holmes (Surrey Heat) In a quite staggering run of outrageously impressive form, the guard takes a stunning fifth place in our line-up within the space of just…
Newcastle Eagles v One Health Sharks Sheffield 1st Leg: Friday 12 April 2013 @ Sport Central (19:30) 2nd Leg: Monday 15 April 2013 @ EIS Sheffield (19:30) Newcastle Eagles will look to take the first step to retaining their BBL Championship play-off crown when they host One Health Sharks Sheffield on Friday evening. The sides…
Our penultimate line-up of the campaign contains one debutante and none of those at the top of our season leader board. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles; pictured) The playmaker gave a master-class from behind the three-point line to help the Eagles take an impressive win against Glasgow Rocks at Sport Central. Huffman finished with 36 points,…
Frontcourt players dominated last week with a staggering 19 of the top 20 spots, so we have our tallest ever line-up. Travis Holmes (Surrey Heat) The scintillating Travis Holmes was so good, he produced not only the best performance in the BBL, but actually, the best two of the week. He had 26 points, eight…
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…
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…
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…
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…
