Marshall MK Lions 78 (18,37,62) (Youngblood 20, Brown 17, Williams 15) Newcastle Eagles 91 (21,46,72) (Moore 23, Smith 18, Toney 15) Newcastle Eagles remain top of the BBL after another valuable road win. This time it was a 78-91 victory at Marshall MK Lions. Eagles were the first to put a run together with a…
Milton Keynes Lions
Newcastle Eagles sit proudly at the top of the BBL Championship table with 3 wins from 3 games as they defeated the Marshall MK Lions 81-87 at the Bletchley Leisure Centre on Friday night. A 6-0 start for the Lions was immediately followed by a 10-0 response from the Eagles to give them an early…
Newcastle Eagles 63 (12,31,51) (Levan 19, Stewart/Flournoy 14) Marshall MK Lions 72 (18,33,53) (Brown 17, Williams 13, New/Youngblood 12) It was a tight opening to the game, with both teams struggling to make their shots. However, Lions enjoyed more success and led 11-4 early on. Eagles suffered an early scare as Lynard Stewart fell awkwardly,…
NEWCASTLE Eagles coach Fab Flournoy has admitted he had no idea his side had made history when they became the first BBL team to have won three overtime games in a row. For one so used to breaking new ground during his sparkling reign, it was noticeable the New Yorker was genuinely surprised at this…
Marshall MK Lions 86 (23,44,62,78,81) (Brown 18, Williams 18, Jamison 14) Newcastle Eagles 93 (23,43,61,78,81) (Bridge 22, Leven 21, Stewart 16) After Double Overtime The newly-crowned BBL Champions, the Newcastle Eagles, recorded a sweep of the Marshall MK Lions as they beat them for the third time in the BBL Championship this season, 86-93 in…
Newcastle Eagles moved another step closer to securing the BBL Championship League title after an 82-68 victory over the Marshall MK Lions at the MetroRadio Arena on Friday evening. It was the Lions who started the stronger and took an early 14-20 lead midway through the opening period, but the Eagles came back into the…
EAGLES ace Jeremy Hyatt is hoping to make his long-awaited return against Milton Keynes tonight but has admitted that Sunday’s BBL Trophy Final is barely on his radar. The club’s longest serving player has had a worrying record of missing big games and played only a bit part role in January’s BBL Cup Final. The…
Playcaller Fabulous Flournoy may already have clinched every major accolade in British basketball but the Eagles coach last night expressed his bitter disappointment at losing the BBL Cup final to Milton Keynes Lions. For a second consecutive year the Newcastle Eagles lost at the final stage of the competition and gifted the cup to a…
Marshall MK Lions secured the first piece of silverware of the season with a 69-66 triumph over Newcastle Eagles in the BBL Cup Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on Sunday afternoon. Lions’ Kevin Griffin was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in this most anticipated of matches that pitted the BBL’s top two…