Head Coach Matt Newby had talked about the three-game run-in to the End of Season Playoffs. He said his team’s focus was on delivering the best 120 minutes of regular season 40 minutes basketball to prepare themselves for that closing competition. The first 80 of that 120 had been delivered well. A close win at…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles who had finished 6th in the British Basketball League regular season standings travelled to Scotland to take on the 3rd placed finishing Caledonia Gladiators. After 40 minutes basketball any neutral watching would have assumed the standings were the other way round. Newcastle were simply irresistible all game. Never behind and…
The inconsistency that the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles have shown most of the season came back to haunt them in Manchester on Saturday night. After a Dr. Jekyll performance against Cheshire at home on Friday, Mr Hyde returned on Saturday. With Sheffield defeating Plymouth at home also on Saturday, it now means the Eagles can’t…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles flew down to Cardiff to take on the season-long winless Cardiff Met Archers and in a game that was perhaps closer than they would have like came away with a vital win in the race for the end of season Women’s British Basketball League play-offs. The Eagles look now an…
Fourth place is still within the grasp of Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles after Marc Steutel’s men dismantled Championship runners-up Cheshire Phoenix. A packed Vertu Motors Arena roared the home side to victory on a night when Bristol’s defeat to Caledonia guaranteed the men in black a top six finish. But a win at Manchester tonight…
In front of an excellent packed Vertu Motors Arena, the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles produced a sensational finish to this crucial regular season League claim a vital win in their push towards the end of season play-offs. The 517 in the crowd were loud and proud as their favourites responded to their support by coming…
After a disappointing home loss to the Bristol Flyers, the 7th placed side in the League standings, the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles were looking to bounce back to winning ways down in Surrey on Saturday night. The Eagles faced a Scorchers side sitting in eighth place needing a victory to keep their hopes of a…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on another night of fluctuating fortunes at the Vertu Motors Arena. Marc Steutel’s men led by 12 points heading into the final period after a 14-0 third quarter tear broke a feisty affair wide open. But not for the first time this season Bristol…
Until the emergence of the heavily-backed London Lions, the most fierce rivalry in the British Basketball League was always the clash of heavyweight powerhouses Leicester Riders and Newcastle Eagles. This season both sides have had spells when they have looked like returning to former glory but conversely both sides have also struggled to turn their…
