The end analysis will show a loss in the L column for Newcastle and a third successive SLB Championship defeat in a row. A statistic no-one involved whether it be coaching staff, players or even fans. What needs to be addressed is how to reverse the trend and quickly. Especially as The Eagles face another…
After only playing four competitive games since the season opening SLB Championship win on 21st September at Caledonia things are about to get very serious for the Newcastle Eagles. They embark on Friday night on a run of three games in a mere 5 days. Two on the road in The SLB and their season…
A punishing Super League Basketball Playoff final proved a game too far for gutsy Newcastle Eagles as the curtain came down on a dramatic campaign for British basketball’s most improved team. Ultimately an unforgiving injury list cost the Tynesiders dearly on the final day of a topsy-turvy season — with a full-strength Leicester side outsmarting…
Trey Pulliam insists Newcastle Eagles’ brilliant win against Bristol Flyers in the Super League Basketball Trophy final told him everything he needed to know about his new team. And after sitting out that victory march in Birmingham, the in-form rookie can’t wait to write his own name in the roster’s history books — and bag…
Never-say-die Will Neighbour is braced for an emotional and physical rollercoaster in tomorrow’s Super League Basketball Play-Off Final following one of the toughest seasons of his celebrated career. The experienced centre has come in from the cold to contribute key minutes at pivotal stages towards the business end of a challenging campaign. And Neighbour is…
Battling Newcastle Eagles lost a first game in four on a night of high drama inside a vocal Vertu Motors Arena. In front of former coach and British basketball legend Fabulous Flournoy — fresh from his latest NBA campaign with the Philadelphia 76ers — the hosts finished the game with just four players. But that…
Marc Steutel wants more from his men of the moment as Trey Pulliam and Christian James continue to perfect what could be the ultimate postseason partnership. Newcastle Eagles’ mid-term signings are making April fools out of their nonplussed rivals with both guards enjoying a rich vein of form heading into the playoffs And as the…
After the euphoria of Tuesday night’s superb win over Bakken Bears in the European North Basketball League that booked a ticket to the Final Four, it was back to regular season league action in Leicester on Friday night for Marc Steutel’s men. Unfortunately, they couldn’t take that European momentum and form into the Mattioli Arena…
It’s time to park Newcastle Eagles’ bold European ambitions and get back to business in the Super League Basketball Championship. That’s the unanimous message coming out of a united camp after the men in black made history earlier this week. Marc Steutel’s men face fierce rivals Leicester in the East Midlands tonight desperate to return…
