A record-breaking afternoon and a game for the ages in the SLB Women’s Championship. No-one that was there is going to forget this contest in a hurry that’s for sure. Sheffield and Newcastle served up what, at least offensively, must have been one of the best games in top-flight women’s basketball. The aggregate points tally…
A brutal schedule caught up with a Newcastle Eagles team running on fumes as Manchester Basketball strengthened their bid for a top four finish. A third game in four days was 40 minutes too far for a side that had been beaten in a bruising European North Basketball League final just 48 hours earlier. But…
A second final of the season proved a game too far for Newcastle Eagles as the club’s dreams of a first overseas title were cruelly dashed in Slovakia. Last season’s runners-up turned silver into gold as CSO Voluntari defeated the men in black 95-82 to claim a first European North Basketball League (ENBL) crown. But…
Newcastle Eagles are on the brink of conquering Europe after Marc Steutel’s men wrote the latest chapter in the famous franchise’s storied history. The most successful club in British basketball left it late to make their mark overseas despite dominating the domestic scene for the best part of two decades. But in only their second…
The Eagles loyal fan base and everyone connected with the Club witnessed one of the greatest second half performances from a Newcastle team in their storied franchise on Saturday night. In the Vertu Motors Arena Newcastle’s women produced a devasting effort to blow Cardiff away. In truth the demolition of a game and competent Met…
Newcastle Eagles handed the top four initiative to their mid table rivals after an unconvincing homecourt display left head coach Marc Steutel baffled. The men in black slipped back to sixth in the Championship table following a seventh loss in eight Super League Basketball (SLB) games. And now Newcastle find themselves mired in the thick…
A Rickey McGill-inspired Sheffield Sharks exacted swift retribution for Friday night’s loss against Newcastle Eagles with a hard-fought homecourt win. A second clash inside 48 hours between two of British basketball’s fiercest rivals threw up another fascinating game of big runs and brutal defence. But ultimately Marc Steutel’s men paid the price for sloppy starts…
magnificent second half performance and in particular third quarter effort saw Newcastle Eagles bounce back to winning ways in Colchester at the University of Essex Sports Arena on Saturday night. After losing to league leaders Oaklands Wolves seven days ago this was the perfect response. The Eagles though had to do this the hard way….
Seneca Knight spearheaded a special win against Sheffield Sharks as the US star returned to Newcastle Eagles’ starting five in style. The do-it-all guard missed the previous weekend’s loss against Leicester as he battled a bout of illness. But Knight snagged a game high 20 points and bagged seven boards as the hosts finally snapped…
