Grassroots Campaign Launched to Dispute British Basketball Funding Cut A grass roots campaign has been launched by members of the basketball community in the United Kingdom, urging UK Sport to reconsider their decision not to allocate funding to British basketball for the next Olympic cycle to 2016. ‘Fund British Basketball’, a website with an accompanying…
Newcastle Eagles v One Heatlh Sharks Sheffield Friday 18 January 2013 Sport Central (19:30) Despite the poor weather the Eagles (as at 5.30pm) will still be playing tonight at Sport Central against Sheffield Sharks. The club are looking to bounce back from their BBL Cup final loss when they host One Health Sharks Sheffield on…
We take a look at who has been hot in the BBL during the month of December. Scoring machines Three players managed to break the 20 points per game barrier during December, with Mike Baldarelli (Durham Wildcats; pictured) leading the way with 21.8 points per game. He was followed by Chez Marks (Cheshire Phoenix) and…
Newcastle Eagles 101 Team Northumbria 65 With the BBL Cup Final only six days away and without a competitive game before hand Head Coach Fab Flournoy turned to stable mate Marc Steutel to help sharpen up his charges before the clash with Leicester Riders on Sunday. Steutel brought his EBL Division 1 side Team Northumbria…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 15 Our last line-up of the calendar year contains two debutantes and only the second player to reach five appearances. Stefan Gill (Manchester Giants) The guard makes his BBL Team of the Week debut after instigating a remarkable second-half performance by the Giants to storm to a win…
BBL Championship Worcester Wolves 88 (Masiulis 20, Williams 20, Owumi 15) Newcastle Eagles 73 (Defoe 19, Maddox 19, Huffman 13) Worcester Wolves have had an up and down season, but after bolstering their roster last week, the move paid an instant dividend when they cut down high flying Newcastle Eagles with a vibrant 88-73 home…
We take a look at who has been hot in the BBL during the month of November. Scoring machines Having been in second place during the previous month, Chez Marks (Cheshire Phoenix) climbs one place and to the top of our scoring chart after pouring in a superb 24.4 points per game to keep his…
Wednesday, 5th December, 2012 Worcester Wolves v Newcastle Eagles Saturday 8 December 2012 Worcester University (19:00) Sherrad Prezzie-Blue (pictured) makes his long awaited return to Worcester University on Saturday evening as the home-town Wolves host BBL champions Newcastle Eagles. The 26-year-old missed the opening stages of the season, but coach Paul James is delighted to…
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 73 (Marks 20, Bland 16, Myers 13) Newcastle Eagles 96 (Maddox 27, Smith 17, Huffman 15, Defoe 15) A huge double-double of 27 points and 11 rebounds by Kareem Maddox (pictured) powered Newcastle Eagles to a convincing 96-73 success at Northgate Arena as Cheshire Phoenix felt the full backlash of an…
