In Episode 20 of our “Eagles Nest-In” series former Eagles player Malik Cooke looks back at our 2014 BBL Championship win and another thriller of a league victory from that season vs Leicester Riders.
BBL Championship Birmingham Knights 71 (17,32,49) (Benson 19, Hopkins 14, Lockett 13) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 87 (19,32,56) (Cooke 24, Martin 23, Gause 17) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle will try to put their sub-par performance in an 87-71 victory against Birmingham Knights before Sunday’s clash with Surrey United for the BBL Championship title. An unusually…
Eagles very own Malik Cooke makes the 5 this week with Darius Defoe coming off the bench. The line-up this week is as follows: Zaire Taylor (Worcester Wolves) The playmaker moves into double figures after finding his way into our team for a tenth time, courtesy of a super performance in the win against Durham…
In the lead up to the biggest game of the season this Friday, Malik Cooke makes this weeks BBL starting five with Paul Gause in the 12. Well done to both Eagles! The full team released today follows: Stefan Gill (Manchester Giants) The experienced guard has been a pivotal figure in taking his team to…
Manchester Giants 82 (24,37,61) (J Jones 21, Gill 20, Marsden 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 83 (21,41,72) (Cooke 23, Defoe 15, Smith 14) A Malik Cooke (pictured) two with 45 seconds to play to put the title destiny in Esh Group Eagles Newcastle hands with victory at Manchester Giants. Manchester had edged in front on…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 104 (Cooke 34, Martin 16, Lasker 14) Surrey United 73 (McGill 21, Henry 18, Kucinskas 17) After losing at Cheshire Phoenix in their previous BBL Championship outing, it always looked likely that Fab Flournoy and his players would bounce back with a home fixture against basement dwellers Surrey United…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 86 (13,35,50,66) (Cooke 29, Martin 17, Gause 13) Worcester Wolves 74 (14,32,53,66) (Owumi 16, Taylor 13, Schreiber 11) After Overtime Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have gone top of the BBL Championship table after producing one of the best ten-minute spells of the season to overcome the incumbent Worcester Wolves…
BBL Championship Manchester Giants 98 (Gill 25, Jones 23, Marsden 22) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 112 (Cooke 32, Martin 21, Smith 19) Nothing could separate the sides after a high-scoring first quarter, as the scoreboard showed 27-27 after the first 10 minutes of play. However, Eagles took command in the second period, going on a…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 129 (Cooke 27, Martin 24, Gause 22) Birmingham Knights 70 (Benson 22, Gayle 15, Rolls-Tyson 11) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle made it three wins in a row, taking a share of top spot/second in the BBL Championship, after comprehensively sweeping aside Birmingham Knights by 129-70 at Sport Central. It leaves the…
