A blazing hot Ben Mockford couldn’t prevent champions London Lions putting on a BBL masterclass at a packed Vertu Motors Arena as playoff hoops returned to Tyneside. Newcastle’s in-form guard led his team with 31 points, shooting 73 per cent from the field, to deliver one of the best individual performances in Eagles history. But…
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Bravehearts Newcastle will play through the pain barrier and battle hard as the beaten up Eagles bid to overcome their biggest test yet. That’s the pledge from playcaller Marc Steutel 48 hours out from Friday’s crunch quarter-final first leg clash against champions London Lions. Newcastle’s head coach hopes the mental boost of making the BBL…
The final week of the BBL Championship regular season turned was a nail-biter to the finish and saw our Eagles go through to the post-season after two gripping road wins. Topping off Play-Off qualification is seeing two Eagles in the BBL’s All-Star Five for the second week in a row. As our Eagles finished the…
Our BBL team tip-off at home against the London Lions in the first leg of the 2023 Play-Offs Quarter-Finals this coming Friday 28 April at 7:30pm.
A defeat on the day but overall a victory as the Newcastle Eagles WBBL made it by the skin of their teeth into post-season play. They do so because the three teams chasing the final two play-off places all finished with identical 9 wins and 13 losses. Cardiff Met Archers, Durham Palatinates and The Eagles…
Newcastle Eagles completed one of the most remarkable comebacks in British Basketball League history to book their place in the 2023 playoffs. Seemingly down and out for most of the season, Marc Steutel’s do-or-die warriors left it late to join the post-season party. But a 90-68 win at Plymouth City Patriots saw the UK’s most…
The Newcastle Eagles WBBL fate will go to the last game of the season despite a heroic road win at Cardiff last night. Needing to win by ten points to confirm their play-off place Head Coach Noelia Cacherio’s came up agonisingly short. An eight-point victory for Newcastle bizarrely means it was a better result for The…
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…
In the penultimate week of the regular season our BBL team continued their fight for a post-season position and strong performances from a pair of Eagles saw them land in the Week 29 All-Star Five. Our Newcastle Eagles set their chase of the final Play-Off spot alight by beating northernmost rivals Caledonia Gladiators at Vertu…