The Newcastle Eagles won their first ever home derby by 20 points, beating Durham Wildcats 92-72. Newcastle Eagles gave BBL new boys a lesson in top-flight ruthlessness with a comfortable victory at Sport Central. The experienced duo of Charles Smith (pictured) and Joe Chapman proved to be constant thorn in the side of the Wildcats…
The Eagles can put one foot in the BBL Trophy semi-finals with a victory against local opponents Durham Wildcats when the sides meet for the second time in a week this coming Friday night. Fabulous Flournoy’s team gate-crashed Wildcats’ opening night of BBL basketball by winning 88-66 in front of a packed out Newton Aycliffe…
BBL Trophy Group 1 Durham Wildcats 66 (13,28,46) (Defoe 23, Thomson 14, Smith 12) Newcastle Eagles 88 (21,35,67) (Bucci 23, Hinnenkamp 18, Capocci 6) The Durham Wildcats began their inaugral season in the BBL in high spirits on Saturday night, but could not give the partizan crowd at the Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre the victory…
Durham Wildcats 94 (22,47,75) (Capocci 27, Flaherty 18, Elderkin 16) Newcastle Eagles 101 (25,45,70) (Chapman 26, Smith 26, Thomson 17) The Newcastle Eagles showed their championship credentials once more as they dug themselves out of a hole to beat local rivals the Durham Wildcats 94-101. The Eagles have now won six games in a row…
