Marc Steutel has praised impactful rookie Devin Whitfield — after revealing the all-action guard will be rested ahead of tonight’s crunch clash against Plymouth. The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles host an unpredictable Patriots roster on Tyneside before the two teams match up again on the south coast on Saturday. But the men in black will…
Marc Steutel insists Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles can become a formidable force in the British Basketball League after the short-handed men in black forced their way back into the Championship’s top four. An eye-catching 113-91 win at Cheshire Phoenix on Sunday underlined the potential at the heart of this season’s remodelled roster. And Newcastle have…
It seems the most consistent thing about this season’s Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles British Basketball League side is their inconsistency. Although to be fair you could mention their unpredictability as well as their definite ability to entertain. When Marc Steutel’s side went on a seven-match winning run during November it seemed that the much-lauded summer…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles are sweating on the fitness of key man Darius Defoe ahead of Sunday’s tough trip to Cheshire Phoenix. The men in black are already missing big man Will Neighbour and all-rounder Scott Spencer as they prepare to face this season’s surprise package. But Defoe must be a doubt after British basketball’s…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles latest European adventure took them to the outskirts of northern Bucharest in Romania to take on the Group B Leaders CSO Vountari. In the end despite a valiant effort from Marc Steutel’s short handed roster it was the home side that consolidated their lead at the top of the standings moving…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles have confirmed summer signings Scott Spencer and Will Neighbour have played their last games of 2023. The sidelined duo will sit out this month’s trips to CSO Voluntari, Cheshire Phoenix and Plymouth City Patriots. And neither Neighbour nor Spencer will be available for Newcastle’s final homecourt clash of the calendar year…
Tajh Green has leapt to the defence of team-mate Larry Austin Jr after the incensed US guard was thrown out of Friday’s ill-tempered affair against Bristol Flyers. Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’s former Cheshire Phoenix star picked up two technical fouls within the space of a minute after taking the officials to task over a brutal…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles slipped to a second successive homecourt defeat as another physical fixture was decided down the stretch. Malcolm Delpeche levelled the scores at 63-63 with the first basket of the fourth quarter before battling Bristol Flyers turned the game on its head. The visitors went on an 11-0 tear to establish an…
Marc Steutel has paid tribute to Bristol’s comeback king Rowell Graham-Bell ahead of Friday’s Vertu Motors Arena showdown with the Flyers. But the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles playcaller is keeping his fingers tightly crossed that the homegrown star saves his best form for after this week’s sell-out clash on Tyneside. Steutel worked with Graham-Bell at Great Britain…
