BBL Cup Semi-final, Second leg Everton Tigers 97 (24,47,76) (Smith 30, Gross J. 21, Midgley 16) Newcastle Eagles 86 (20,43,67) (Smith 21, Moore 20, Stewart 16) Everton Tigers will meet the Airwaves Plymouth Raiders in the BBL Cup Final on Sunday 18 January 2009 at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham after the Tigers overturned a…
Playcaller Fabulous Flournoy may already have clinched every major accolade in British basketball but the Eagles coach last night expressed his bitter disappointment at losing the BBL Cup final to Milton Keynes Lions. For a second consecutive year the Newcastle Eagles lost at the final stage of the competition and gifted the cup to a…
Marshall MK Lions secured the first piece of silverware of the season with a 69-66 triumph over Newcastle Eagles in the BBL Cup Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on Sunday afternoon. Lions’ Kevin Griffin was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in this most anticipated of matches that pitted the BBL’s top two…
The Newcastle Eagles secured their BBL Cup Final berth thanks to a hard-fought 69-75 victory over the SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks at the K2 Arena in Crawley. The Rocks started the game the stronger team and leapt out to an early 10-3 lead, but the Eagles responded with a 7-3 run of their own to…
