The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles went into Saturday night’s British Basketball League match-up at Leicester Riders with renewed hope and confidence after their midweek European North Basketball League win over Basket Brno. That 87 – 81 point win had been achieved with good team basketball and a determination to show that this Eagles side belonged…
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Josh Ward-Hibbert has revealed the British Basketball League’s biggest rivalries are what drive players to hit their competitive peak. There has never been a keener focus on tonight’s ‘classico’ between Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles and old foes Leicester Riders after both Will Neighbour and Tajh Green were thrown out of last month’s feisty meeting between…
Rickey McGill will spearhead Friday’s London Lions revenge mission as one of the British Basketball League’s most marked men after igniting his season in style. The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles guard hit 84 points in six days to underline his value to the new-look men in black. And, following his explosive statement of intent, McGill…
Red hot Rickey McGill scorched Leicester Riders in a Friday night thriller as the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles pulled off the perfect revenge mission. The US guard added three steals, five assists and five rebounds to his game high 31 points as the hosts came through a fiery ‘classico’ at the Vertu Motors Arena. And…
Josh Ward-Hibbert insists Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles can get the jump on fierce rivals Leicester Riders tonight and put a frustrating five-game losing streak to bed. The all-action small forward spent four seasons with the East Midlands franchise prior to a trophy-laden five-year stint with London. And Ward-Hibbert knows what it takes to translate potential…
Beaten but unbowed Marc Steutel has challenged his Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles to hit Leicester Riders with the same passion, power and purpose that pushed table toppers London Lions to the brink of defeat this week. The British Basketball League’s ‘classico’ returns to the Vertu Motors Arena on Friday as Rob Paternostro’s Riders look to…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles slipped to a third loss on the bounce with Marc Steutel’s new-look roster still searching for cohesion and chemistry five games into the new campaign. Not for the first time this season the men in black put themselves in a winning position heading into the fourth period. And even when Larry…
Marc Steutel insists Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles remain on course to become a ‘complete team that’s consistently winning games’ ahead of tonight’s crunch clash with Leicester Riders. Just 48 hours after a controversial last-gasp loss in Lithuania, the men in black welcome Rob Paternostro’s team to Tyneside for what looks like the tastiest of top…
There is one simple question. After another double-losing weekend, is Newcastle Eagles BBL play-off hopes finally over? Yesterday’s loss on the road at Leicester may well have put the final nail in Newcastle’s coffin. Statistically and mathematically it still is not confirmed but with only four games left to play and now three games behind…