The Newcastle Eagles made the long journey south to Surrey Sports Park to take on the 89ers and will return home full of good heart and spirit after an excellent 103-94 victory. If Manchester have a curse over the Eagles, then the reverse is true of Eagles over the 89ers. This was the fourth and…
It was a disappointing and damaging home loss to Manchester on Friday night by 98-95 that Newcastle Eagles head coach Marc Steutel gave his assessment on before his side travel to Surrey Sports Park on Sunday for a 2pm tip-off against the Surrey 89ers. “I thought we had control of the game for 35 minutes….
An astonishing individual record-breaking performance from rookie professional guard Ray’Sean Taylor was at the heart of Newcastle Eagles emphatic 99-72 win over Surrey 89ers in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. Taylor smashed the Newcastle club record for points in a game with fifty-one in a herculean effort that inspired his teammates to end a…
Remember this date. A record-breaking night in the Vertu Arena for one man as he smashed a Newcastle club record. Ray’Sean Taylor. That’s it, that’s the match report done and dusted in two words and one name. An astonishing individual performance led the Eagles to a much-needed win in the Championship. A run of sixth…
Wednesday night the Newcastle Eagles lost their sixth successive SLB Championship game down in Manchester 105-79 after a dramatic second half collapse. At the half Manchester had been 39-35 ahead but those initial twenty minutes gave no real hint of what was to come. In the final two periods of basketball the Eagles lost the…
Newcastle Eagles saw out the old year with a terrific road win down in Surrey on Tuesday night in the SLB Championship. A great bounce back win after Sunday’s home loss to Caledonia and a win that takes them into the New Year and the Trophy semi-final against Cheshire Phoenix in good heart. It was…
‘Frustrating’ was the keyword Newcastle Eagles Head Coach Marc Steutel used to sum up his feelings after his side slipped to a disappointing 79-87 home loss to Caledonia Gladiators on Sunday evening in the Vertu Arena. Steutel’s side boosted by the return of Gus Okafor to the roster had gone into the game buoyed by…
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…
The Newcastle Eagles fly into Friday’s Super League Basketball Championship encounter at home in The Vertu Arena against Surrey 89ers desperately looking for a win to end their current losing streak. The Eagles last played a week ago also at home to Sheffield Sharks and despite leading by 13-points with a quarter and a half…
