Whisper it quietly, The Newcastle Eagles are still alive in the Play-Off race. A week ago, it seemed unlikely as three wins from four games was the least they needed. A week on and they could head to Plymouth on Sunday with a chance to snatch the eighth and final play-off place of the Patriots…
Our Eagles travel to Caledonia Gladiators without Javion Hamlet tonight due to injury. The American guard limped off the court last Friday night in our win over Caledonia and was subsequently forced to miss Sunday’s game at London Lions.
Fit-again Ben Mockford insists Newcastle can confound the critics and complete this season’s playoff push as the Eagles bid for back-to-back wins against the Caledonia Gladiators. Tonight’s trip to Glasgow sets up a mouthwatering rematch between two storied opponents with the dust still to settle on last Friday’s fractious clash on Tyneside. And it seems…
Newcastle Eagles live to fight another day after a monster fourth quarter saw off border rivals Caledonia Gladiators at a rocking Vertu Motors Arena. The hosts outscored the 2023 BBL Trophy winners 32-14 during a punishing final period as Ben Mockford lit up from beyond the arc. But it was red-hot Justin Gordon who grabbed…
Marc Steutel is demanding Newcastle Eagles up their defensive effort ahead of this weekend’s Championship double header following a dispiriting defeat in Scotland. And Newcastle’s playcaller will double down on Justin Gordon’s Eagles rehabilitation after the forward failed to spark on his BBL return. The men in black host Rahmon Fletcher’s Manchester Giants this Friday…
The most successful franchise in BBL Trophy history will have to wait for a record-breaking eighth title after Newcastle Eagles were dumped out of this season’s competition by cross-border rivals Caledonia Gladiators. On a night when Marc Steutel’s men couldn’t buy a three-pointer — shooting just three from 24 from downtown — the visitors allowed…
Marc Steutel might have returned one of the most dynamic players of the modern era after sealing a deal for homecoming hero Justin Gordon. But ahead of tonight’s cross border clash at Caledonia Gladiators, the Newcastle Eagles playcaller has already settled on his on-court leader. And after in-form David Cohn rocketed into this week’s BBL…
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’…
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…
