Thames Valley Tigers 94 (23,44,66) (Nurse 23, Williams 19, Bowman 16)
Kinder London Towers 88 (20,39,65) (Dixon 23, Myers 20, Warren 13)

Thames Valley Tigers moved to within two points of BBL Championship leaders Sheffield thanks to a 94-88 success over Kinder London Towers on Wednesday night. 

The hosts controlled the first half and secured their biggest lead of the game at 38-27 midway through the second quarter, following a 12-2 tear. 

London rallied and bagged eight unanswered points early in the third to take the lead at 54-50 but lost John O'Connell to a disqualifying foul in the fourth quarter.

After that, Thames Valley sealed the win by scoring eight of the final 12 points. 

Tigers' Michael Nurse and Towers' Theo Dixon were joint top scorers with 23 points apiece.

Prior to the contest, Thames Valley guard Barry Bowman revealed he has decided to put his retirement on hold and continue to play - a week after he originally opted to quit due to on-going injuries to both knees.

Tigers’ Head Coach Paul James said: “Barry has had great support from his team-mates, who understand that he can’t train a lot because of his knees, but his contribution in games is still very valuable and retaining him helps maintain our team chemistry.”

Despite his injury, Bowman has still been averaging 15.3 points per game and added 16 in the victory.