London Towers              62     (26,39,49)       (White 19, Hickey 13, Myers 12) 
Milton Keynes Lions       67     (10,38,51)       (Payne 19, Alleyne 14, Kirk 13)

Milton Keynes Lions reversed last week's result against the Kinder London Towers to come away from Crystal Palace NSC with a stunning 62-67 success - their first win of the season. 

Towers dominated the first quarter and led 26-10, as Lions lost big man, Jason Siemon to a shoulder ligament injury. However, the rest of the Lions' squad stepped up and 15 unanswered points in the second quarter reduced the deficit to 36-34. A three-point play from the impressive young Englishman, Dru Spinks, gave Lions their first lead at 43-41 and from there the game remained close and tense. In the fourth quarter, Reggie Kirk hit a crucial three-pointer to take the Lions' lead to five points at 61-56 and they held on for the win. Towers' John White and Lions' Victor Payne each bagged 19 points each. 
 

Chester Jets                87     (24,50,69)       (Thomas 29, McCord 22, Davis 20) 
Leicester Riders          79     (21,41,60)       (Blalock 30, New 15, Singleton 14)

Chester Jets rejoined the Westfield Sharks Sheffield at the top of the BBL Championship
Northern Conference thanks to an 87-79 win at home to Nurishment Leicester Riders on Sunday evening. It was a game that Chester led for the most part, although Riders refused to let the Jets run away with it - 24 second-half points from Ralph Blalock helped keep the Riders in the game. In the fourth quarter, he bagged eight points in a 13-2 Leicester tear, which reduced Chester's lead to two points at 75-73. However, Jets fought back and despite losing star player James Hamilton to a gashed head four minutes from time, they eased to the win. 

Blalock led all scorers with 30 points, but John Thomas added 29 for Chester.
 

Edinburgh Rocks           77     (23,34,57)       (Berry 28, Huntley/Graves 11) 
Thames Valley Tigers   73     (26,41,56)       (Meldrum 18, Bowman 16, Burks 14)

Edinburgh Rocks secured their first points of the season with a 77-73 home victory over Thames Valley Tigers in the BBL Championship. The visiting Tigers just shaded a reasonably close first half and led 41-34 at half-time. They extended their lead to 13 points in the third quarter. However, Rocks fought back and turned that 13-point deficit into a one-point lead at 57-56, heading into the final quarter. Edinburgh - led by 28 points from top scorer Ted Berry - bagged 20 fourth-quarter points to take the win. 

"People will now look at us and say: 'Edinburgh's 1-2. They beat Thames Valley. They only lost to Towers by a point'," said Rocks coach Kevin Wall. "Rather than thinking: 'This is going to be an easy opponent'. We've turned it in the other direction and I'm sure it will do wonders for our confidence. We didn't play extremely well so we will get better. In some areas, we will get a lot better fast and that's pretty exciting." 

Greg Meldrum was the Tigers' top man, with 18 points.
 

Brighton Bears 71  (15,32,49)       (W.Johnson 27, Davis 17, White 12) 
Leopards   63     (19,23,37)       (R.Brown 22, Robinson 17, Alderson 10)

Brighton Bears picked up their first win of the season with a 71-63 home success over DG Leopards Kool Kats in Sunday's BBL Championship clash. 

However, it was the Leopards who started the brightest, running out to a 15-4 lead. For Brighton, 16 unanswered points either side of the first/second quarter break, put the Bears ahead 26-19, as Leopards were kept scoreless for the first seven minutes of the second quarter, Rico Alderson pickign up a technical. 

An 8-0 run gave Brighton their biggest lead at 53-37, and although Leopards rallied with a 10-2 tear, it was too late. Wilbur Johnson was the game's top scorer, with 27 points for the Bears, while a mis-firing Rod Brown added 22 for winless Leopards.
 

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