Newcastle suffer heartbreak exit in ENBL Play-offs

By Alan Mezoela on March 13, 2024

Newcastle Eagles suffered a heartbreak exit at the hand of Bakken Bears, 96-92 OT in ENBL Play-offs at Sparekassen Danmark Basketball Center on Wednesday evening.

Newcastle Eagles/ ENBL

Newcastle Eagles suffered a heartbreak exit at the hand of Bakken Bears, going down 96-92 in overtime in ENBL Play-offs at Sparekassen Danmark Basketball Center on Wednesday evening.

The Eagles entered the game with a five point deficit following the first leg defeat at home 87-92 on March 1st, and despite overturning a five point deficit in regulation and leading by as many as eight in OT, they came up short as Jordan Johnson (18 points and eight assists) and Darius Defoe both fouled out successively.

The defeat ended their first European campaign in the ENBL at the doors of the Final Four.

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Tajh Green had a monstrous performance delivering a double-double 27 points and 10 rebounds adding to that 4 steals. Rickey Mcgill had an incredible game as he tallied 27 points, five rebounds and eight steals.

Malik Parsons led Bakken with 20 points. Ryan Evans added 16 points as five Bears players scored in double digits.

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