After the surprise loss to Cheshire Phoenix in The BBL Cup last weekend, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle bounced back to winning ways on Friday night with a 103 – 80 defeat of Surrey Scorchers in a BBL Championship clash, writes Jeff King. The win maintained The Eagles’ 100% record in league play and as veteran…
It might be game over in the BBL Cup, but Terry Martin knows the Newcastle Eagles still have plenty to play for. After Friday’s agonising 80-79 loss to the Cheshire Phoenix, he wants the team to hit the reset button and return to winning ways. The forward is one of seven new faces and has…
Well, we all saw it but I’m not sure any of us quite believed it. Hurts so much thinking about I hardly want to remind anyone about it, BUT you have to be big and you have to stand proud and if we celebrate our wins then we have to face up to our losses….
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s stranglehold grip on The BBL Cup was dramatically ripped away from them on Friday night when Cheshire Phoenix staged a remarkable comeback to take the victory on the buzzer, writes Jeff King. The Eagles having won The Cup for the last three seasons were a mere four seconds away from taking…
The Newcastle Eagles crashed to a last-second defeat to the Cheshire Phoenix, ending the club’s quest for a fourth successive BBL Cup. A turnover with four seconds gifted Cheshire the ball and former Eagle Orlan Jackson scored the winning lay-up at the buzzer. The result was all the more shocking after the Eagles roared from…
It came as no surprise when this week the October BBL Player of the Month was announced and the recipient was none other than Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s very own Jaysean Paige, writes Jeff King. Paige has had a stunning start to his basketball life in England with Newcastle and in The BBL. Currently averaging…
Two things have been well documented about Esh Group Eagles Newcastle since the start of the 2017/18 British Basketball season, writes Jeff King. Their unbeaten 5 – 0 start and the impact of their back-court duo, Saah Nimley and Jaysean Paige. However, two players don’t make a team and it does appear that this Eagles…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 103 (Smith 37, Defoe 25, Cooke 18) Cheshire Phoenix 100 (Middleton 39, Coleman 26, Moses 23) Reggie Middleton won the scoring battle but Charles Smith and Newcastle Eagles won the match with a thrilling victory over Cheshire Phoenix. Smith (pictured) scored 37 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and dished out six…
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 87 (21,39,59) (Coleman 22, Moses 22, Middleton 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 79 (21,37,50) (Gause 21, Smith 19, Defoe 16) Cheshire Phoenix pulled off an upset against the visiting Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, defeating one of the league leaders 87-79, behind terrific performances by Dominique Coleman and Victor Moses. The hosts…
