ANDREW BRIDGE insists Newcastle are not thinking about a fourth Play-off crown on the bounce. Because the Eagles are already dreaming of a FIFTH! The reigning champions head into next weekend’s Final Fours in Birmingham on the back of six successive wins. All those victories have come against top eight opposition and Bridgey’s boys have…
OLU BABALOLA showed just why he loves the play-offs after his sparkling 21-point performance kept the Eagles’ dreams of a historic fourth successive play-off championship alive. The man who was crowned the most valuable player in last year’s final, is now just 40 minutes away from having another crack at that accolade as the Eagles…
Newcastle Eagles 105 (23,52,78) (Babalola 21, Defoe 20, Leven 15) Worcester Wolves 96 (18,51,67) (Life 29, Paez 24, Harker 20) Three-time play-off champions Newcastle Eagles are back in the Final Four again after holding off a spirited performance by Worcester Wolves on Tyneside. After four consecutive overtime matches to end the regular season the Eagles…
NEWCASTLE Eagles coach Fabulous Flournoy insists his side’s recent trend of overtime wins will bode well for play-off success this season. In recent weeks, Flournoy’s roster has done it the hard way. Their last three league fixtures have required energy-sapping periods of overtime to close out games against Everton, Guildford and Milton Keynes. However, Flournoy…
NEWCASTLE Eagles duo Lynard Stewart and Steve Leven are celebrating today after being handed big boosts ahead of this weekend’s title run-in. The irrepressible Stewart has rightly been named BBL Player of the Month after a string of stellar performances during March, while Leven has been handed a shock place in the provisional Great Britain…
