Newcastle Eagles although under strength produced a great team performance to take down Cheshire Phoenix in the Vertu Arena on Friday night 108-97. Aussie guard Mitch Clarke who had 17 points in the game gave his reflections on the win. “It was a high paced high tempo game. Cheshire always like to get out and…
Newcastle Eagles saw out the old year with a crucial win in the SLB Championship at Surrey on Tuesday night. Their hard-fought 88-82 victory was important to keep them in touch with the other teams around them in the standings as well as moral booster for Friday night in the Vertu Arena. That game is…
It’s difficult to comprehend what was ultimately a crazy game of basketball. Statistics only telling part of the story. Eagles were outrebounded 49-33. They only went to the foul line 23 times making 18 of those free-throws whilst Spartak went 45 times and made 34 of their attempts. Newcastle also won three of the four…
The Newcastle Eagles fly into Bulgaria on Wednesday to take on Spartak Pleven in a crucial European North Basketball League group game. After three defeats from three games played so far in the competition, the Eagles can ill-afford to slip up again. But they are going into Wednesday night’s game in good form and with…
‘The Magnificent Seven’ is a world-renowned blockbuster of a Western movie that saw an outnumbered band of men coming together away from their homes to beat a seemingly stronger opposition. On Friday night the Newcastle Eagles produced an epic performance of their own to replicate tat achievement and take a victory that not many before…
The Newcastle Eagles finally “got the monkey off their back” according to Aussie Point Guard Mitch Clarke as they celebrated a first win in nine games at The Vertu Arena on Friday night. Their 92 – 89 victory over Surrey 89ers was not pretty and they had to dig really tough but they did hold…
