Super League Basketball Championship
The B. Braun Sheffield Sharks are back! A nineteen day break from competitive action comes to an end as GB Head Coach Marc Steutel brings his Newcastle Eagles side to the Canon Medical Arena for some Friday night hoops. Steutel oversaw that heartbreaking loss on the buzzer to Lithuania and the tremendous win over Iceland that keeps GB in World Cup qualification contention but now all eyes return to the domestic game and the resumption of SLB. The Sharks went into the break on a high with that impressive win over Manchester – will they pick up where they left off?
Friday – Sharks v Eagles – Canon Medical Arena – 7.30pm
Tickets - https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Fixtures?fanStoreType=Fixtures&clubId=216
Ones To Watch
Maceo Jack – The Eagles went into the break with victory over Surrey and again all eyes were on Jack, who averages 17 points per game for the season so far. His all-round game shone against the Niners, contributing 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in a vital win.
Ray’sean Taylor – Was on triple double watch in the 92-89 win over Surrey, pulling all the strings. His 10 point, 8 rebound, 9 assist game was undoubtedly key in securing a third league success of the campaign for the Geordies.
Deion Hammond – Big game for Hammond who led all scorers in the crucial win for the Eagles against ‘89ers. His 20 points included 6 of 9 successful makes from three as well as 6 boards and a pair of dimes to secure his MVP status for the evening.
Gus Okafor – Mid-season signing for the Tynesiders, who has excelled ever since putting pen to paper. Another very impressive 17 point, 6 board, 4 assist outing for the all-action forward to add some momentum to Newcastle’s league season.
Last Meeting
November 14th 2025 – Newcastle Eagles 95 B. Braun Sheffield Sharks 99
Shark Bites
The Sharks currently have a 7 win, 4 loss record in this season’s SLB Championship. Their 8th Championship win will be the 700th for the club in the Championship only since being formed in 1994.
The Sharks are 5-0 in Championship games against Newcastle Eagles at the Canon Medical Arena with the Eagles averaging 72.8 points per game in those 5 losses.
The Sharks and the Eagles meet each other on the next two Fridays having previously met on November 14th. The Sharks then played Manchester on November 16th followed by a 19 day gap in their fixtures, thereby playing the same opposition – Newcastle – in 3 games out of 4. This is only the 8th time in club history this has happened.
Since September 2000 Rodney Chatman became only the 6th player to end a game with a personal haul of 35 points that he achieved in the last home fixture. There are only 17 instances in the same timescale of a Sharks player scoring more than 35 points in a game. They are: Mike Cook (x4), Jeff Bonds (x3) and the single efforts from Sterling Davis, Justin Dobbins, Jimmy Langhurst, Rob Yanders, Steve Parillon, Chris Alexander, Prentiss Nixon, Marcus Stout, Dirk Williams and Ryan Patten.
SharkNation
Did you miss us? Well we’re back and we’ve got some thrilling Friday night hoops to wow you with this week. We went into the international break with a tremendous win over Manchester and now we need to come out the other side with another dub. The ticket link can be found at the top of the page so kick your weekend off the right way by supporting Atiba and the guys as we look to keep the pressure on league leaders London Lions. The Eagles will hope they’ve turned a corner with their last league win and we know how tough a game they gave us in the North East so we need all the noise and passion that our SharkNation bring. Once again, it’s time to #FearTheFin!
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