BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 89 (16,39,67) (Smith 17, Bridge/Chapman/Stewart 15) Sheffield Sharks 93 (24,49,61) (Cook 36, Toney 19, Patton 17) Sheffield Sharks extended their lead at the top of the BBL Championship after beating second placed Newcastle Eagles 89-93 in the north east. The Sharks were the dominant side throughout but allowed an 18-point second…
Newcastle Eagles 84 (20, 42, 63) (Smith 23, Jackson 17, Stewart 16) Sheffield Sharks 74 (18,31,54) (Cook 29, Lawson 13, Patton 11) The sides were basket for basket in the first quarter of this eagerly anticipated encounter, as the Sharks led 16-13, before a 7-2 run from the Eagles took the score to 18-20 to…
Sheffield Sharks 78 Newcastle Eagles 81 Eagles started Joe Chapman, Andrew Bridge, Darius Defoe, Lynard Stewart and Fab Flournoy. For Sharks, although Matt Gorman had just flown in the day before he started alongside Ryan Patton, Atiba Lyons, Mike Cook and Tafari Toney. Eagles started the brighter and had a double-digit lead at one stage…
Sheffield Sharks 66 (17,38,55) (Sanders 18, Gorman 15, Rivers 12) Newcastle Eagles 80 (20,37,56) (Jackson 18, Toney 17, Moore 16) Newcastle Eagles finished their build-up to the BBL Trophy Final on Sunday with a 66-80 victory over the Sheffield Sharks at the EIS, Sheffield on Wednesday evening. The victory also increases the Eagles’ lead at…
Sheffield Sharks 85 (20,41,61) (Sanders 19, Rivers 18, Brown 16) Newcastle Eagles 87 (28,42,72) (Moore 19, Bridge 18, Flournoy 15) Newcastle Eagles moved two points clear at the top of the BBL Championship table thanks to a 85-87 victory over the Sheffield Sharks at the EIS, Sheffield on Sunday afternoon. The visitors lead 78-87 going…
BBL Trophy Newcastle Eagles 79 (22,43,58) (Smith 19, Moore 14, Bridge/Stewart 11) Sheffield Sharks 92 (21,41,70) (Whyte 19, Sanders 18, Gorman 17) Sheffield Sharks kept their hopes alive of qualifying for the semi-finals of the BBL Trophy thanks to a 79-92 victory over the Newcastle Eagles at the Newcastle Arena. The Eagles are still in…
Everton Tigers will be aiming to reach the BBL Trophy semi-final when they host BiG Cheshire Jets on Friday evening. Coach Tony Garbelotto is expecting a difficult test when his side host the Northgate Arena outfit: “They are our local rivals, and I still maintain they are better than their record suggests. They showed what…
Eagles beat the Sharks at Ponds Forge in their first game of 2009, in front of the largest travelling Eagles support for a regular season game. Top scorers were Trey Moore 19, Charles Smith 18 and Tafari Toney 17.
Newcastle Eagles missed out on the chance to go clear at the top of the BBL as they lost for the first time this season against the in-form Sheffield Sharks 81-86. The Sharks resurrected memories of their famed bomb squads of seasons past by hitting 10 of 19 three-pointers. Top scorers Chris Sanders (22-points) and…
