Newcastle Eagles have agreed to release Mike Morsell, Nick Schlitzer and Sade Aded Hussein. All three players returned to their respective home countries today after voicing concerns relating to the latest developments surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and announcements made by the US government last night. The club understands and respects their decision to leave the…
After our Eagles came from behind to beat Surrey Scorchers at Eagles Community Arena on Friday night, Mike Morsell has been given a nod in the All-Star Five for week 23 of the season. The 23-year-old forward’s 22 points, accompanied by eight rebounds, three assists and three steals, kept our Eagles in the game and contributed…
The Newcastle Eagles go into this afternoon’s BBL Trophy Semi-final second leg against Cheshire Phoenix buoyed by two factors in their favour. Firstly, they have a nine-point advantage from the first leg down in Cheshire and secondly, they go into the game on the back of a great 91 – 78 BBL Championship home win…
It was possibly the most important game of the season for Newcastle Eagles on Friday when they faced Sheffield Sharks in the BBL Trophy Quarter-Final. Sharks had never lost at the Eagles Community Arena in four previous visits and had won six out of the last seven competitive contests played between the two sides. For Newcastle…
The Eagles may have only had two games in the last five weeks but they were games where American forward Mike Morsell firmly announced his arrival on the BBL scene with two great performances. First off, he racked up 30 points albeit in a losing cause in the BBL Cup quarter final down in Worcester…
This Friday night BBL action is back at the ECA in the first of three festive fixtures, so it’s time for another episode of The Midweek Interview series and Dan caught up with Mike Morsell after this morning’s training: Tickets are available for all three games from our box office now and throughout the Christmas…
In the final weekend of the BBL Cup Group Stage for our Eagles, a dominating performance from Sade Aded Hussein locked him in for a starting place in the Week 9 BBL All-Star Five. For the first time since the opening weekend of the season all five starters chosen by the league were above 30….
It was a very disappointing and difficult night for Newcastle Eagles last Friday down in Sheffield as they suffered a heavy 93 – 69 defeat at the hands of the Sharks. It means that this Friday’s home game against Leicester Riders is even bigger than normal. The Eagles are looking to get in to the top…
Two great performances in our two opening games of 2019-20 secured Mike Morsell a place in the starting live-up for the first BBL All-Star Five of the season along with another Eagle this week in Rahmon Fletcher. So Dan caught up with Mike in the latest episode of our new midweek interview series which premieres on our…
