Pertemps Bullets Birmingham put further distance between themselves and Brighton Bears at the foot of the Southern Conference table, taking a 78-88 overtime win on the south coast on Wednesday.
 

                   However, the hometown Bears stayed close with the Bullets for most of the game - the two sides were level at 37 at the halfway point and things remained just as tight in the second half. 

Down the fourth period stretch, it took a Wilbur Johnson bucket with 4.9 seconds on the clock to force overtime at 76-76 but once in the extra period, Yorick Williams hit two successive three pointers to edge the Bullets ahead. 

Williams' team-mate, Brant Bailey top scored for the Bullets with 23 points, but it was Brighton's  Johnson who led all scorers with 26.