Newcastle Eagles gave a defensive masterclass on Friday night in The Vertu Arena to help complete an impressive 82 – 55 win over Surrey 89ers. In doing so they moved to a 4-win 2 loss record for the SLB season so far and a share of second place in the standings. An important win that…
Whilst there is still a long, long way to go in the 2026/27 Super League Basketball (SLB) season the signs right now are very encouraging for the Newcastle Eagles. A defensive masterclass against Surrey 89ers saw the Eagles move to a 4-win 2 loss record and a share of second place in the standings. When…
Due to a scheduling clash with London Lions playing an away EuroCup game in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Tuesday 29 December, Super League Basketball (SLB) have made the following fixture swap. The club would like to thank both the SLB and Surrey 89ers, the new opposition for that game date, for their support…
Newcastle Eagles are preparing for the middle section of three consecutive double-header weekends with the visit of Surrey 89ers to the Vertu Arena on Friday night before they make the trip to the newest Super League Basketball (SLB) franchise, Liverpool, on Sunday afternoon. Last weekend head coach Marc Steutel’s side had mixed fortunes. On the…
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…
