Newcastle Eagles face possibly their biggest weekend of the season so far with two vital games in two different competitions. On Sunday they travel to Cheshire Phoenix in the first leg of The BBL Trophy semi-final but before that they face London Lions tonight. The clash against Lions is at the Eagles Community Arena and…
Whilst Friday night’s 77 – 72 loss at Worcester was a disappointing result, it was not disastrous for Newcastle Eagles in what looks increasingly like one of the closest BBL Championship races for some seasons. There’s no doubting a win on the road at the newly crowned BBL Cup winners would have been a statement…
Ian MacLeod has praised Darius Defoe’s professionalism as the veteran forward continues to power through the pain barrier at a pivotal stage of the BBL campaign. For the second successive Friday the 35-year-old faces a late fitness test as Newcastle Eagles prepare to face Cup winners Worcester tonight. But MacLeod won’t be surprised if Defoe…
Rahmon Fletcher played all but 28 seconds of our BBL Trophy Quarter-Final win over Sheffield Sharks, scoring over a third of our Eagles’ points to send us into the Semi-Finals. Fletch shot 10-16 (62%) from the field and 7-8 (87%) at the line on his way to 30 points. In addition our starting point guard…
On a night when nothing less than a Newcastle Eagles win would placate an increasingly restless fanbase this felt like the old order restored. For more than a decade the hardiest of Sheffield Sharks’ long-suffering supporters made the trip up the M1 expecting nothing more than a sound beating at the hands of the merciless…
International basketball star turned big screen hero Ian Whyte insists Newcastle is perfectly placed to host world class hoops. More than 1,000 tickets have already been sold for next month’s EuroBasket qualifier between Great Britain and Germany at the Eagles Community Arena. And Whyte, who won 80 caps for his country before starring in Star…
A nailbiting final saw Seaburn Dene retain their Hoops 4 Health title as the top four schools in Sunderland took the Eagles Community Arena by storm. Twenty-four teams from seven primaries tipped off at Sunderland University the previous week in a bid to make this season’s semi-finals. And 2019 winners Seaburn Dene Primary were joined by…
Leicester Riders snapped Newcastle Eagles’ eight-game winning streak to join Sevenoaks Suns back on top of the WBBL. And Chris Bunten’s battling black and whites will rue a string of late missed chances as they slipped to a first league loss since October. Double doubles from Mante Kvederaviciute, Georgia Ohrdorf and Anja Fuchs-Robetin were not enough…
Two-time league MVP Rahmon Fletcher has paid tribute to club mate Giulia Simioni after the Swiss star passed 300 WBBL assists. Fletcher and Simioni are two of the most consistent playmakers in British basketball – setting the standard in the men’s and women’s games. And one of the biggest names in the BBL insists it…
