Milton Keynes Lions were celebrating on two fronts tonight, as they defeated Manchester Giants 83-80 in the BBL Championship and saw veteran player, Leon Noel make his 467th all-time appearance. 

That put Noel into second place in the all-time list - only Sheffield's Peter Scantlebury has played in more games in British basketball. Meanwhile, in tonight's game, it was a 17-0 tear in the fourth quarter which gave the Lions the win. Lions had been trailing 52-64 early in the fourth, but turned that into a five point lead and then increased it out to 11 at 78-67. 

Giants fought back but could not do enough to get the win. Andrew Alleyne top scored with 22 points for the Lions.