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BBL Championship
Birmingham Bullets 95 (20,43,62) (Erskin 25, Harker/Murray 16)
Brighton Bears 108 (26,46,77) (Lepore 27, Williams 22, Alleyne 20)

Brighton Bears climbed to second in the BBL Championship table after defeating the Birmingham Bullets 108-95 on Sunday – their second road victory in as many days. After Bullets had started the second stanza well and opened up a 43-35 advantage the Bears rattled off the final 11 points of the first half to move in front. A 13-4 third quarter Bears burst put daylight between the two teams at 63-54 and despite all of the efforts of the Bullets they could find no way of closing the gap.

Chester Jets    90 (26,46,68) (Moore 27, Myers 17, Singleton 14)
Springfield Honda Newcastle Eagles  101 (28,58,72) (Hyatt 25, Walker 22, Smith 21)

Springfield Honda Newcastle Eagles recorded their first victory of the Championship season with a 101-90 success over the TCS Chester Jets on Sunday evening. The Jets, missing Calvin Davis with a knee injury, held the Eagles level at 46-46 with 97 seconds remaining of the first half before
conceding 12 unanswered points up until the half time interval – Eagles Charles Smith bagging two
three pointers in thet burst. After Jets had trimmed the lead to just four at the third quarter
break the Eagles regained their control with a 15-5 start to the final stanza, an immediate 8-0
reply for the Jets threatened a comeback but they could get no closer.
 

Milton Keynes Lions    70 (13,32,47) (Jamison/Longpre 17, Benjamin 16)
Westfield Sharks Sheffield   75 (24,43,56) (Yanders 23, Petteway 17, Reinking 16)

Westfield Sharks Sheffield notched their second victory of the week with a hard fought 75-70 road
win over the Milton Keynes Lions on Sunday night. After Sharks had raced out of the blocks into an
early 22-8 advantage the Lions slowly chipped away at their lead culminating with a late final
quarter rally which moved them to within four at 62-66 with three minutes remaining. After Lions
Ishua Benjamin had trimmed the lead to just three with 60 seconds remaining Sharks guard Rob Yanders
used his valuable experience to take his side to safety, bagging his teams final 7 points to make
the game safe.
 

Scottish Phoenix Honda Record Rocks 71 (17,38,53) (McIntosh 17, Bradford 16, Perre 13)
London Towers 103 (24,42,70) (Williams 28, Brown 21, Stewart 13)

London Towers maintained their 100% start to the season securing a 103-71 victory north of the
border over the Scottish Phoenix Honda Record Rocks. After a close first half the Towers led by
former Rock Jerry Williams, who finished with a game high 28 points, broke the game open with a 14-3
third quarter burst which gave the visitors a double digit advantage from which the Rocks could not
recover. Earlier the Rocks had fought back after the Towers had rattled off 13 points without reply
either side of the first quarter break to take a 29-17 lead.

 

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