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…
Newcastle Eagles will have to perform at their ‘absolute best’ to see off London Lions and make a third final of the season. That’s the verdict of head coach Marc Steutel ahead of the Friday night playoff semi-final first leg in the capital. But Newcastle will have to meet Steutel’s standard without star men Darius…
Somehow, someway the Newcastle Eagles survived a huge final quarter onslaught from Manchester Basketball to extend their season and move through to the semi finals of the End of Season Play-Offs. They will face Champions London Lions next weekend in that two-legged semi-final. The first leg will be in London at The Copperbox on Friday…
Cole Long insists Newcastle are in it to win it at Manchester tomorrow after the classy Canadian paved the way for a famous playoff win. The Eagles forward returned to Marc Steutel’s starting five in some style after a badly gashed lip at the hands of Leicester Riders ended his regular season early. Long lit…
Christian James is tipping backcourt buddy Trey Pulliam to provide the playoff spark required to propel Newcastle Eagles all the way to another London final. Neither player started the season with the men in black but their combined output in recent weeks has caused quite a stir across Super League Basketball (SLB). And ahead of…
Marc Steutel described the ‘best 10-point loss of his life’ then paid tribute to the never-say-die attitude of a roster ravaged by injuries. Newcastle Eagles can look forward to a mouthwatering playoff quarter-final tie against Manchester Basketball this weekend after securing a fifth-place finish in the Super League Basketball Championship. But just who is fit…
The 2025 Super League Basketball Play-Offs Quarter-Finals dates and oppositions have been confirmed following culmination the regular season over the weekend. Newcastle Eagles men will face Manchester over two legs, with the first next Friday 2nd May at home before the second away on the May Day Bank Holiday Monday 5th May. In their highest…
Marc Steutel will assess his walking wounded ahead of this afternoon’s regular season finale — with Newcastle Eagles struggling to put out a starting five at Cheshire Phoenix. The men in black must avoid defeat by 13 points or more against Larry Austin Jr’s men to cling on to fifth spot and set up a…
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…
