The Newcastle Eagles extended their lead at the top of the BBL Championship as they won their thirteenth consecutive game in beating fellow top-four contenders the Cheshire Jets by 100-81. Newcastle’s winning run dates back to October, when they were defeated by the Jets. Cheshire have lost three of their last four, with crucial defeats…
Newcastle Eagles’ depleted squad suffered a setback in their bid for the BBL Championship after an 83-81 defeat at Prestige Homes MK Lions. Without the injured Trey Moore the Eagles struggled all match but led 77-78 with a minute to play before a three-point play from Travis Nelson gave Lions the lead for good. A…
Newcastle Eagles suffered yet another injury setback at the weekend as Trey Moore saw his season end early after breaking a bone in his foot. Moore, who has been a regular in the BBL’s Team of the Week this season, broke a metatarsal bone in his right foot and sat out the last 15 minutes…
The leading light in the BBL Team Of The Week throughout this season reaches a rather impressive landmark by chalking up an incredible tenth appearance of the campaign. Meanwhile spare a thought for Travis Nelson who is resigned to a place on the bench after the Lions lost in overtime but that shouldn’t detract from…
Newcastle Eagles 89 (22,42,65) (Moore 29, Smith 21, Jackson 17) Worcester Wolves 77 (10,32,48) (Cricelli 21, Middleton/Dobbins 13) The Newcastle Eagles moved themselves ahead of the chasing pack in the BBL Championship table thanks to an 89-77 victory over the Worcester Wolves at Sport Central on Friday evening. It was the Wolves who started strongly…
After an exciting weekend at the 02 Arena when the stars of the NBA lit up London along with Mersey Tigers, the competition from BBL players to make our Team Of The Week line- was similarly intense with an array of high quality performances to choose from. Rod Middleton (Worcester Wolves) Worcester Wolves were the…
Week 21 witnessed two of the best performances of the entire season with huge performance valuations for a couple of players both from the same club! We also see the return of the season leader in terms of appearances in our line-up with this former league MVP slipping seamlessly back into our offensively explosive three…
Essex Pirates 74 (17,33,57) (Adu 15, Sturt 14, Sing 11) Newcastle Eagles 91 (20,48,66) (Chapman 29, Smith 22, Moore 12) The Newcastle Eagles kept up their impressive run of form in the BBL Championship and moved level on points with the Mersey Tigers at the top of the table thanks to a 74-91 victory over…
Newcastle Eagles will look to continue their fine BBL Championship form when they host Guildford Heat on Friday evening. The Eagles have won their last ten Championship games to move up to third in the table with an 11-3 record, but will aim to bounce back after their BBL Trophy exit at the hands of…
