League champions Newcastle Eagles will look to wrap up their BBL Championship campaign as they host Sheffield Sharks on Sunday. Sharks go into the game after a good weekend which saw them extend their winning run to six games, their best form of the season, with a 78-73 victory against Kularoos Plymouth Raiders followed by…
The Eagles win at Guildford in an all time gripping game in which the away team were down 18 points (88 – 70) at the start of the fourth quarter. The game was tied at 96 – 96 in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter to take it into overtime. Eagles came through in…
Everton Tigers 90 (27,49,62) (Aliu 27, Midgley 20, Haslam 19) Newcastle Eagles 93 (21,45,58) (Stewart 27, Babalola 19, Dafoe 17) (After Overtime 86-86 at the end of regulation) Newcastle Eagles completed the first part of their bid to win the BBL Championship this weekend with a nail biting 93-90 overtime success over the Everton Tigers….
Newcastle Eagles moved another step closer to securing the BBL Championship League title after an 82-68 victory over the Marshall MK Lions at the MetroRadio Arena on Friday evening. It was the Lions who started the stronger and took an early 14-20 lead midway through the opening period, but the Eagles came back into the…
Guildford Heat 86 Newcastle Eagles 79 NEWCASTLE Eagles’ fabulous 12-game winning streak in the league came to an end in Guildford yesterday. Current champions Heat kept their hopes of retaining their title alive with a pulsating win in a game they couldn’t afford to lose, writes JEFF KING. It’s now three games and three losses…
NEWCASTLE Eagles took a giant step towards landing the BBL league championship after ripping Plymouth Raiders to shreds in a sensational 94- 78 win last night. It was a monumental performance by Fab Flournoy and his team as they humiliated the Raiders, not only delivering a killer blow to their title dreams but hammering down…
Newcastle Eagles’ coach Fabulous Flournoy is looking forward to a weekend of action which could go a long way towards deciding the destination of the BBL Championship title this season. Flournoy’s team host second-placed Kularoos Plymouth Raiders on Friday before travelling to third placed Guildford Heat two days later, and he knows the importance of…
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…
FORMER Newcastle Eagles star Richard Midgley will make his first return to the Metro Radio Arena tonight since his shock exit from Tyneside, but he is adamant there is no animosity. The Great Britain guard will come face to face with the franchise he deserted more than three months ago and, while some may be…
