Three is the magic number for Justin Gordon as the Newcastle Eagles favourite bids to fire Marc Steutel’s men towards this season’s playoffs. The eye-catching 29-year-old has committed to a third spell in as many years at the Vertu Motors Arena ahead of Friday’s night’s BBL Trophy trip to the Caledonia Gladiators. And Steutel can’t…
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The week 15 BBL All-Star Five is led by possibly the performance of the season so far from David Cohn for our Eagles in Friday night’s win over Surrey Scorchers. Cohn receive his a fourth place in the league’s weekly pick this season, moving joint-second in the overall chart. Our Eagles made it three wins in…
David Cohn has revealed how hitting the books is helping him write a brand new chapter in the storied history of British basketball’s most successful franchise. The 27-year-old exploded off 31 points in just 31 minutes to sentence basement club Surrey Scorchers to a 79-72 defeat on Friday. And Cohn’s sparkling form has coincided with…
Marc Steutel marvelled at David Cohn’s matchwinning display against Surrey Scorchers before hailing his side’s most complete defensive display of the season. An explosive performance from Newcastle’s pocket rocket playmaker scorched bottom club Surrey and kept the Eagles’ playoff hopes alive. But if the headline stat was Cohn’s 31 points in 31 minutes then head…
Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s crucial BBL Championship clash against Surrey Scorchers desperate to pick up their first win of the New Year. They could have been going into the game looking for a fourth successive win had they managed to defeat Manchester Giants on New Years Day in Lancashire. But, once again, despite a…
Javion Hamlet hammered home the points in our Eagles two games spanning the New Year mark last week to earn his second appearance in the BBL’s Week 14 All-Star Five. Hamlet holds top billing in the BBL right now, setting the place for 2023 as the league’s leading scorer after being unstoppable in our Eagles’…
There will be no consolation for Head Coach Marc Steutel that his team took part in a thrilling high-scoring game of basketball in Manchester last night after they came up just short of making it three wins in a row. Having seen off Surrey and Caledonia in their last two games this New Years Day…
Javion Hamlet is convinced Newcastle have started to turn the corner in their bid to transform a losing season into a winning campaign. The BBL’s breakout star locks horns with two-time MVP and former Eagles favourite Rahmon Fletcher in Manchester tonight. But Hamlet heads to the North West ready to add to his Hollywood highlights…
Javion ‘Hollywood’ Hamlet took centre stage as Newcastle Eagles bagged back-to-back wins for the first time this season. But if all the talk was of another stellar display from the BBL’s breakout performer then there was more to this vital victory than a 34-point Hamlet highlights reel. Newcastle’s supporting cast — led by the ageless…