by Vlad Ionasc Cheshire Phoenix secured their second seven-point victory over the Sheffield Sharks in the BBL Cup Group Stage. The win marked Cheshire’s seventh consecutive triumph (all competitions) over their long-standing rivals and improved their record to 3-2 after five games in the ‘North’ group of the Cup, while the Sharks dropped to 2-3. … Read more
by Vlad Ionasc The Nix will have the chance to bounce back from their 20-point defeat against the Eagles when they’ll take on the Sheffield Sharks at the EPSV later this evening. Ben Thomas’ men defeated the Sharks 71-64 in the season opener in Sheffield on September 24th. They’re currently on a six-game winning streak … Read more
by Vlad Ionasc Cheshire Phoenix succumbed to a 20-point defeat against the resurgent Newcastle Eagles at the Vertu Motors Arena. The Eagles claimed their first win of the season after a dominant performance against a Nix side missing their star point-guard, Teddy Okereafor. Ben Thomas’ men actually started off pretty well as they got themselves … Read more
by Vlad Ionasc The Nix will aim to clinch their second road win and improve their BBL Cup record to 3-1 when they’ll take on the out-of-form Newcastle Eagles at the Vertu Motors Arena later this evening. Ian MacLeod’s team is still searching for its first win of the season, after falling to the Glasgow … Read more
by Vlad Ionasc Cheshire Phoenix recorded their second win in the BBL Cup Group Stage (North) against the Glasgow Rocks despite missing Head Coach Ben Thomas. Cheshire’s head coach was ruled out prior to tip-off because of food poisoning, meaning that assistant coach Danny Byrne had to step in with Mike Burton acting as his … Read more
by Vlad Ionasc The Nix will look to bounce back from their Derby Day defeat when they’ll take on the in-form Glasgow Rocks at the EPSV later today. Phoenix head coach Ben Thomas will miss the game due to food poisoning. Cheshire defeated Glasgow twice at the Mike Burton Pre-Season Invitational, however the Scottish side … Read more
Cheshire Phoenix are pleased to announce the signing of Radwan Bakkali on a short-term deal. The 6’9 British center played in the NCAA D1 at Jacksonville during his junior year of college. Bakkali then suited up for ETB Wohnbau (Germany) and Ostuni (Italy). Bakkali was originally brought in as cover for Noah Dickerson at the … Read more
