The U18 Newcastle Eagles Were on the Road for Their First Outing in the National Cup

2016/17 Game Report

Team Newcastle Eagles Under 18 Men Opposition QE York Knights Home/Away A Competition EBL Under 18 Men National Cup Date 9th October 2016 Score Newcastle Eagles 73 V 52 QE York Knights

Report

The U18 Newcastle Eagles were on the road for their first outing in the National Cup competition, with QE York Knights hosting the tie. The Eagles were desperate to bounce back and kick start their season after 3 league defeats, the latest being a tough home loss to the Sheffield Sharks in which they dominated the first three quarters only to fall short at the buzzer. The tie started at a good fast pace as both sides exchanged scores as they settled into the game, the hosts finding the majority of points from the perimeter. The quarter ended evenly matched, with the Eagles taking a slender two point advantage into the break, leading 17 to 15. Quarter two began as the first had ended, the Eagles defence forcing York to shoot long, but QE defending well enough to force errors when the Eagles attacked and going into the half the SOE side had increased the margin to 37 points to 30. After a quiet team talk from Coach Heath, the Newcastle side upped the tempo at the start of the third, with David Underwood scoring 8 quick points including two 3’s from the outside. As the period continued the margin increased and ended 57 to 42 to the visiting side. The final period began and it was now that the experience of playing in the Premier division started to show as the fast transition and solid defence of the Eagles broke down the hosts. The highlight of the scoring was a long fade away 2 from Cyrus, who was under pressure from some aggressive York defence. The games ended with the Newcastle Eagles running out comfortable winners 73 points to 52 and take this morale boosting victory into Saturday’s league tie at home to Manchester Giants. Top scorers: - David Underwood 18, Gabriel Evans 15, Ben Hogg 14, Blake Keeble 11…. QTR SCORES- 15-17, 15-20, 12-20, 10-16 (52-73)