There are some familiar names in our line-up this week, including a couple of players who feature for the fourth time. Chez Marks (Cheshire Phoenix) There could barely have been a better way for the Phoenix guard to rack up a third appearance in our starting five than by conjuring up a fast-break score to…
Newcastle Eagles 88 (Smith 23, Maddox 21, Defoe 16) Worcester Wolves 94 (Owumi 34, Masiulis 19, Ocitti) Worcester Wolves shocked a sell-out crowd at Sport Central with a superb 94-88 victory against Newcastle Eagles. Nothing could separate the teams over the first three quarters but a 7-0 burst gave Wolves a 78-71 lead late in…
BBL Team Of The Week – Week 20 There’s a record-breaker in our line-up this week after the highest performance valuation score in BBL Team of the Week history. Joe Chapman (Newcastle Eagles) The Eagles backcourt ace has really found some form since the turn of the new calendar year and having been the most…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 19 It’s been a sensational time for Durham of late and that is reflected in our line-up which features two Wildcats’ debutantes. BJ Holmes (One Health Sharks Sheffield) Just a couple of weeks after making his debut, BJ Holmes is back again, after making sure it was a…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 15 Our last line-up of the calendar year contains two debutantes and only the second player to reach five appearances. Stefan Gill (Manchester Giants) The guard makes his BBL Team of the Week debut after instigating a remarkable second-half performance by the Giants to storm to a win…
Durham Wildcats v Newcastle Eagles Sunday 30 December 2012 Newton Aycliffe LC (16:00) There’s a north east derby at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre on Sunday 30 December when Durham Wildcats and Newcastle Eagles meet in the BBL Trophy first round. A home tie against either Worcester Wolves or UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders awaits the winner,…
BBL Team Of The Week – Week 13 We’ve two debutantes this week, but most importantly, there’s a very strong British presence too. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles; pictured) The Eagles’ playmaker produced one of the best performances of the BBL season so far and the best of the weekend by some distance as his team…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 89 (Huffman 26, Defoe 21, Maddox 14) Surrey Heat 80(T. Holmes 20, Cricelli 17, C. Holmes 14) The Newcastle Eagles have given themselves a cushion in second place in the BBL Championship table after beating the third-placed Surrey Heat 89-80 in the northeast. The Eagles have won five of their last…
Newcastle Eagles did it the hard way as they reached the BBL Cup final on Friday evening, and they look likely to be joined at the NIA by Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders. Eagles let a 17 point lead from the first leg slip against UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders before eventually winning 190-181 on aggregate,…
