As expected the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles match-up on the road at Oaklands College against the all-powerful, all-conquering London Lions proved to be a very tough task. After losing the first quarter by 31 – 11 Matt Newby’s side were always on the back foot and struggling to get into the game and cope with…
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…
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…
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…
Perhaps the worry going into this match for the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles was their lack of game time balanced against the fresh Essex Rebels who have played all of January. The Rebels run in the Women’s British Basketball League Trophy had taken them all the way to the final which they lost against the…
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…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles held off a determined Keila Coolbet final quarter comeback to take a magnificent and hugely important road win in their European North Basketball League Group game, writes Jeff King. For much of the game the Eagles with Rickey McGill in imperious form and veteran Captain Darius Defoe leading from the…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles soared to one of the biggest wins in franchise history as RSW Liege Basket suffered a shock defeat on Tyneside. In a week of unprecedented storms, the men in black blew away their Belgian opponents to keep alive hopes of a European North Basketball League (ENBL) playoff berth. Hurricane force double…
Injury and illness finally caught up with a beaten but unbowed Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles as the men in black ran out of steam against old foes Leicester. A six-man rotation of senior pros had carried Marc Steutel’s men to the brink of this season’s Trophy Final Fours. And hopes were high that one more…
