Our penultimate line-up of the campaign contains one debutante and none of those at the top of our season leader board. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles; pictured) The playmaker gave a master-class from behind the three-point line to help the Eagles take an impressive win against Glasgow Rocks at Sport Central. Huffman finished with 36 points,…
Frontcourt players dominated last week with a staggering 19 of the top 20 spots, so we have our tallest ever line-up. Travis Holmes (Surrey Heat) The scintillating Travis Holmes was so good, he produced not only the best performance in the BBL, but actually, the best two of the week. He had 26 points, eight…
Mersey Tigers 69 (Wait 22, Schall 10, Lockett 10, Bigley 10) Newcastle Eagles 92 (Defoe 26, Chapman 17, Smith 15) Newcastle Eagles did what they needed to do to keep alive their outside hopes of winning the BBL Championship. Their comfortable win at bottom placed Mersey Tigers was built on 26 points from Darius Defoe…
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,…
