BBL Trophy Semi-Finals, 1st Leg One Health Sharks Sheffield 84 (26,38,56) (Babalola 22, Langhurst 21, Dobbins 16) Newcastle Eagles 116 (29,61,82) (Chapman 37, Gause 26, Smith 22 The Newcastle Eagles have one foot in the BBL Trophy Final after a commanding 84-116 road win over the One Health Sharks Sheffield in the semi-final first leg….
Newcastle Eagles gained the advantage in the first leg of the BBL Trophy Semi Final, over arch rivals Everton Tigers, as they just about held on to an 89-85 win, thanks to a tremendous fourth quarter. Everton had led by nine points midway through the final period but a 24-11 burst from the Eagles to…
Scottish Rocks 64 (16,27,41) (George 14, Shelton 13, Pratt/Johnson 9) Newcastle Eagles 83 (28,45,61) (Defoe 15, Bridge 13, Stewart 12) Newcastle Eagles picked up the final semi-final berth in the BBL Trophy thanks to a comfortable 64-83 victory over the Scottish Rocks at the Kelvin Hall on Sunday evening. The Eagles led from tip-to-buzzer in…
BBL Trophy Newcastle Eagles 79 (22,43,58) (Smith 19, Moore 14, Bridge/Stewart 11) Sheffield Sharks 92 (21,41,70) (Whyte 19, Sanders 18, Gorman 17) Sheffield Sharks kept their hopes alive of qualifying for the semi-finals of the BBL Trophy thanks to a 79-92 victory over the Newcastle Eagles at the Newcastle Arena. The Eagles are still in…
Newcastle Eagles 105 (30,58,74) (Moore 35, Smith 24, Bridge) Scottish Rocks 89 (28,51,70) (Davis 19, George 17, Shelton 14) Newcastle Eagles are on top of BBL Trophy group one after an excellent fourth quarter performance saw them past northern rivals Scottish Rocks 105- 89. Trey Moore scored the final 10 points of the match, and…
The Guildford Heat have won the BBL Trophy for the first time by beating the Newcastle Eagles 86-79 at the Plymouth Pavilions. EJ Harrison scooped the MVP award after scoring 25 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, as the Eagles were condemned to their second defeat in a major final this season. Harrison’s score…
GEORDIE coach Gary Stronach believes he will be handing the BBL Trophy to his hometown club Newcastle Eagles on Sunday. Stronach returned to his native North East last year to lead Plymouth Raiders to their first piece of BBL silverware by beating hot favourites Newcastle on their home court. When Plymouth Pavilions was announced as…
Newcastle Eagles will now face Cheshire Jets and not Milton Keynes in Saturday’s BBL Trophy semi-finals after the Lions were sensationally dumped out of the competition. Fab Flournoy and his players have been enjoying a near-fortnight break from action and have been preparing to face the Lions – the team that beat them in the…
A bullish Fab Flournoy was today reflecting on coming within a whisker of being dumped out of the BBL Trophy after his Newcastle Eagles side crashed 100-78 to Scottish Rocks in Glasgow. Just a week after the Cup Final loss, a defeat would have been a crushing psychological blow for the New Yorker who was…
