Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on another night of fluctuating fortunes at the Vertu Motors Arena. Marc Steutel’s men led by 12 points heading into the final period after a 14-0 third quarter tear broke a feisty affair wide open. But not for the first time this season Bristol…
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The severely depleted Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles produced a magnificent road victory at Bristol on Friday night to give themselves a real chance of qualifying for the semi-finals of the Trophy competition. Those semi-finals will be held in Birmingham National Indoor Arena on Saturday 27th January with the Final taking place the next day. The…
Rickey McGill has seen a steely new side to Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles as the embattled men in black fight for their Trophy future. The seven-times winners travel to Bristol Flyers tonight without four senior pros and requiring victory to keep their Final Fours hopes alive. But McGill has seen enough in his under-pressure team-mates…
Points machine Jordan Johnson insists Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles are primed to deal with the pressure of January’s punishing injury pile up. The US star dropped 30 points on Manchester Giants last Friday as the last men standing kept the Tynesiders’ Trophy hopes alive. And head coach Marc Steutel will rely on Johnson and his…
Tajh Green has leapt to the defence of team-mate Larry Austin Jr after the incensed US guard was thrown out of Friday’s ill-tempered affair against Bristol Flyers. Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’s former Cheshire Phoenix star picked up two technical fouls within the space of a minute after taking the officials to task over a brutal…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles slipped to a second successive homecourt defeat as another physical fixture was decided down the stretch. Malcolm Delpeche levelled the scores at 63-63 with the first basket of the fourth quarter before battling Bristol Flyers turned the game on its head. The visitors went on an 11-0 tear to establish an…
Marc Steutel has challenged his Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ to build again — starting with the Friday night Sky Sports clash against Bristol Flyers. The club’s seven-game winning streak was abruptly halted by Surrey Scorchers in front of a full house at the Vertu Motors Arena last week. But Steutel is confident his reshaped roster…
Marc Steutel has paid tribute to Bristol’s comeback king Rowell Graham-Bell ahead of Friday’s Vertu Motors Arena showdown with the Flyers. But the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles playcaller is keeping his fingers tightly crossed that the homegrown star saves his best form for after this week’s sell-out clash on Tyneside. Steutel worked with Graham-Bell at Great Britain…
Darius Defoe insisted Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles will get to the bottom of the below-par display that led to a first defeat in eight games. The talismanic forward admitted hurt and disappointment will drive the men in black to bounce back from a shock loss against Surrey Scorchers. And Defoe reassured the Eagles faithful that…