The Eagles were looking to avenge their earlier home defeat to 3rd placed Kingston and to consolidate their 2nd placed league standing….   The Eagles travelled the short distance to Hull minus both Rafael Camargo-Blas and Domantas Karpinskas because of vacation time but had included last year’s MVP Themba Yabantu and Danny Horta…. The game…

Newcastle Eagles were 3-4 going into this game trying to halt a 3 game slide against 3rd top Kingston…. The Eagles took to the court in front of big Panthers crowd looking to get off to a flying start… However the first 3 minutes of the game just saw both teams miss lots of opportunities……