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Writer's pictureMāris Noviks

Remember, remember the fifth of November, the Newcastle Eagles and Marc




What a rollercoaster! Newcastle Eagles wasted a 14 points lead but finished the game on a 8-0 run to defeat relentless Donar Groningen, 67-63, on Tuesday, November 5, at the Vertu Motors arena in northern England.


Players of the game

De`Sean Allen-Eikens stole the ball with 54 seconds left.


California State University at Northridge graduate scored the last four points for the Eagles.


Allen-Eikens finished the game with 17 points on great 8/11 shooting from the field.


He added a team high seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.


Mike Okauru tied the game at 63.


University of North Carolina at Wilmington shooting guard also scored 17 points.


He shot 6/14 from the field and 4/5 from the charity stripe.


Seneca Knight started the final 8-0 run and finished with 12 points on nice 5/8 shooting from the field.


James Karnik from Boston College had a monstrous game for Donar Groningen.


Canadian-Czech center set a new ENBL record with 23 rebounds.


Karnik scored 13 points and blocked four shots in all around effort.


Zach Harvey dropped 16 points on 5/15 shooting from the field and a perfect 5/5 from the free throw line.


University of California at Santa Barbara swingman registered three steals too.


Rebounds | ENBL records

James Karnik 23 November 5, 2024, Newcastle 67-63 Donar

Dean Mickelson 21 December 2, 2021, Valmiera 77-79 Brno

Kahliel Spear 18 October 8, 2024, Valmiera 81-78 Donar OT

Noah Dickerson 16 October 31, 2023, Zwolle 77-62 Svendborg

Hameir Wright 16 November 8, 2023, Svendborg 62-102 Lublin

Kevin Tumba 16 January 23, 2024, Newcastle 100-92 Liège



Key stats

Newcastle Eagles held Donar to 34 percent in the first half, including 12 percent from the deep.


Tyneside boys had a 39-28 lead at the half.


They had a 14 points advantage but Donar never gave up.


Groningen outrebounded Newcastle 7-21 on the offensive end, thanks to James Karnik.


Donar center grabbed 13 offensive rebounds.


Filip Brankovič and Kjeld Zuidema gave a 57-62 lead for Donar with 02.43 left.


The visitors didn`t scored a single field goal the rest of the way.



Game notes

Newcastle Eagles improved to 3-0, while Donar Groningen dropped to 0-4.


Marc Steutel and his men are 2-0 at the Vertu Motors arena.


Donar Groningen are 0-3 on the road.



ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube




STANDINGS, as of November 5, 2024

Group A

Valmiera Glass ViA 4-0, +60

Newcastle Eagles 3-0, +25

Dziki Warszawa 3-1, +43

CSO Voluntari 2-0, +26

BK Opava 2-1, +6

Spišski Rytieri 1-3, -59

Donar Groningen 0-4, -29

Tartu Ulikool 0-3, -28

Spartak Pleven 0-3, -44



Group B

Bakken Bears 3-0, +63

Bamberg Baskets 3-0, +51

Inter Bratislava 3-0, +10

Legia Warszawa 3-1, +34

Bristol Flyers 0-3, -28

Dinamo Bucharest 0-3, -36

Fyllingen Lions 0-2, -32

Keila Coolbet 0-2, -60

Basket Brno 0-1, -2

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