It was 12 games ago in February 2014 when the Sharks last came away with the points against Newcastle, so when the Eagles took an early lead and were 31-43 up in the middle of the second quarter, it could have been same-old-same-old. But the Sharks hit back to leave it 41-47 at half-time.
Coming out with renewed vigour in the second half, Sharks kept up with Newcastle to take it to 61-64 near the end of the third. They then went on an amazing run - 21 unanswered points - to eventually run out 95-84 winners.
Max Guercy, in for the injured Jordan Davies, run in
Max Guercy guards Deondre Parks
Ramon Fletcher runs in
Coach Atiba Lyons
Rashawn Rembert breaks away for a layup
Zach Gachette floats one in
Eddy Brownell on the ball
Malcolm Riley goes for a three
Birthday boy Mike Tuck shoots from the sides
George Brownell runs in, screened by Marko Backovic
Colin Sing runs in
Max Guercy finishes off a fine run in
Fab Fournoy tries to energise the Newcastle bench
With 29 points and 5 rebounds, MVP goes to Malcolm Riley
