Due to competition progression for Super League Basketball (SLB) teams, including our Eagles making it to the SLB Trophy Final, a number of fixtures have been changed or postponed this month, January 2025. Firstly next weekend, instead of travelling to Sheffield Sharks on Sunday 12 January, it will be a visit to Bristol Flyers on…
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Newcastle Eagles felt the full force of Sheffield Sharks’ two-man game as the visitors’ in-form backcourt blitzed the men in black. Prentiss Nixon and Rodney Chatman III combined for 51 points as the relentless guards kept digging deep to keep Atiba Lyons’ men in front. And despite winning the battle of the boards and seeing…
AGGREGATE 174 – 178 Newcastle Eagles are going to the Utilita Arena Birmingham to play Bristol Flyers in the Super League Basketball Trophy Final on Sunday 26th January 2025. That’s the simple easy fact to quote. How they got there is a much harder fact to break down after a wild night in Leicester on…
Chloe Gaynor’s Newcastle Eagles made if four wins from four under her stewardship with a superb defensive display that set-up a very convincing road win down in Cardiff on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles improving their League record to 4 wins and a single loss as they continue their great run. Victory for the Eagles not…
If it’s true that you learn more about yourself in adversity than you do in triumph then Newcastle Eagles will have learned a lot about themselves after Sunday’s mauling at Leicester Riders in the SLB Championship. It’s advantage Leicester in the league situation after the home side swept all four quarters and put in a…
Sooner or later the Newcastle Eagles, under new head coach Chloe Gaynor will lose a game. It’s inevitable. But for now, they continue to ride the honeymoon period under their new play-caller. Saturday’s 81 – 73 home win over Essex Rebels making it three out of three for player-coach Gaynor. This was a tough game…
Newcastle Eagles’ six-game winning streak was finally snapped as Valmiera Glass VIA closed out a tight affair in Latvia. The men in black headed east buoyed by a 100 per cent record in this season’s European North Basketball League (ENBL). But Seneca Knight’s former club stayed strong down the stretch to throw Group A wide…
Newcastle Eagles stretched their winning streak to six games — gaining a critical advantage in this season’s two-legged Trophy semi-final tie. But head coach Marc Steutel cut a frustrated figure on the final buzzer as the hot and cold hosts surrendered a 17-point lead to allow Leicester Riders back in. Rob Paternostro’s men dominated the…
Marc Steutel hailed the ‘electric’ finish to a sparkling Newcastle Eagles display as the comeback kings erased a 17-point fourth quarter deficit to clinch a franchise-defining win. The men in black won 27 trophies on their way to becoming British basketball’s most successful side under Fabulous Flournoy and Ian MacLeod. But make no mistake —…