Stat machine Rickey McGill insists rock-bottom Plymouth will be no pushovers as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles bid to take a four-game winning streak into the international break. The men in black face their longest trip of the season just three days after another stunning win against European opposition. But former Patriots favourite McGill claims current…
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A Tajh Green masterclass set the seal on another superb display as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles made it three wins on the bounce. Zastal Zielona Gora needed victory on Tyneside to progress to the European North Basketball League (ENBL) post-season. And already-qualified Newcastle required the win to seal third spot in Group B and book…
Jordan Johnson spearheaded a second half comeback as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles fought back to beat Manchester Giants in their own backyard. The US Guard proved too much for the hosts as he ended the game top-scorer and leading on assists. The game didn’t look to be going the Eagles way as the Giants started…
Tajh Green has warned against complacency as a buoyant Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles look to bag back-to-back wins in Manchester. Victory in this afternoon’s clash against the Giants will lift Marc Steutel’s men back into the top four of the British Basketball League Championship. But Green insisted his former club will be no pushovers and…
Rickey McGill led Caledonia a merry dance as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles stunned the Gladiators on Tyneside. The US Guard busted a full range of dazzling moves to lead all scorers with a thrilling 30 points at a packed Vertu Motors Arena. And McGill’s magic proved too much for Caledonia’s frustrated head coach as a…
Fit-again Josh Ward-Hibbert expects two of the most forward-thinking franchises in British basketball to serve up a typically feisty cross-border battle tonight. The former London forward wants both Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles and Caledonia Gladiators to flourish at home and abroad for seasons to come. But Ward-Hibbert draws the line at helping the Scots to…
Ultimately a basketball game is played over four quarters and forty minutes and not decided until the final buzzer. But somewhere within those times and periods there are decisive moments. For The Eagles that came early in this game. Cheshire this season have been almost everyone’s surprise package. Few would have tipped them to be…
Sparks will fly when Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles seek to seize the initiative in this season’s Championship series against British Basketball League Trophy winners Cheshire Phoenix. That’s the verdict of firebrand guard Larry Austin Jr and head coach Marc Steutel with both predicting another feisty affair between two fierce rivals. Newcastle head to Cheshire tonight…
Darius Defoe surpassed 6,500 British Basketball League Championship points on his way to another mighty double-figure haul against his hometown team. But a typically gutsy display from the most decorated player in domestic hoops history wasn’t enough to down deadeye London Lions. The league leaders broke the game wide open during a devastating spell of…