Another win last Friday night against Bristol Flyers by 88 – 83 in the BBL Championship was a great way for Newcastle Eagles to end a successful week. A win that took their season record in the league to 8 – 2 and kept them firmly in the title race. It was their second win of…
Abby Lowe can become the ace in the Eagles’ pack following her best effort yet in a Newcastle vest. That’s the verdict of playcaller Chris Bunten ahead of this weekend’s rearranged trip to Essex Rebels. Lowe played all 45 minutes in last weekend’s thrilling overtime win at Oaklands Wolves and landed a spot in the…
Lisa Koop and Mante Kvederaviciute insist they’re already missing their Newcastle ‘family’ after sealing bittersweet mid-season moves to Germany. The experienced internationals were granted permission to link up with heavyweight DBBL franchise TKH Hanover last week. And after withdrawing from the Newcastle Eagles WBBL squad that clinched a thrilling overtime win against Oaklands Wolves, the…
Our Eagles have landed in the All-Star Fives for both the BBL and WBBL after last week’s huge weekend of wins. On Saturday against the odds our women’s team pulled off an overtime victory at Oaklands Wolves and then on Sunday it was silverware number 26 for the men in the BBL Cup. Firstly with…
Newcastle Eagles’ legacy gained another chapter last Sunday when they lifted the BBL Cup for the sixth time after a pulsating 84 – 77 win over London Lions. It was their 26th National title for the most storied franchise in British basketball. One man who has been ever present on the court during every one…
Interviewed before the game, Newcastle Eagles head coac Ian MacLeod said that his team and he could only control their own destiny. After a pulsating 40 minutes of basketball that’s exactly what they did down the stretch to win the Eagles’ sixth BBL Cup, the seventh national cup title for the franchise. The Eagles had…
It’s the BBL Cup Final Day down at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. The battle for the first piece of silverware of the BBL season and it’s the league’s top two sides battling it out, Newcastle Eagles and London Lions. The two sides have clashed four times already this season, twice in the Cup Group…
Newcastle Eagles hauled themselves off the bottom of the WBBL Championship table with a heroic win against all the odds in St Albans. Chris Bunten’s under-pressure side snapped a four-game losing streak to clinch a spectacular victory in overtime. And a first league win of the season tasted even sweeter against a backdrop of key…
This Sunday’s BBL Cup Final between our Eagles and the London Lions will now be played at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. The game was set to tip-off at the University of Worcester of Arena however due to exceptionally heavy rainfall in Worcester over the past week and the expected regional flooding, Worcestershire County Council have…
