BBL Championship
Derby Storm 75
(22,39,51) (Griffin 23, Peterson 21, Robinson 14)
Chester Jets
110 (23,60,87) (Davis 29, Hamilton 22, McCord 18)
Chester Jets opened
up a two point gap at the top of the Northern Conference thanks to a
110-75 success at
Derby Storm.
The game was tight
for 15 minutes before Chester raced into the lead with a 19-2 tear. The
posted a 17-2 burst
to start the third period and open up a 77-41 advantage from where they
never looked back.
Calvin Davis had a game high 29 points.
BBL Trophy
Leicester Riders
83 (30,42,64) (Moore 24, Singleton 21, J Brown 13)
Leopards 86 (24,22,59)
(Robinson 21, Alderson/R Brown 19)
On-song Leopards
began their BBL trophy campaign with an 83-86 come from behind victory
over Leicester Riders.
It was a see-saw
game throughout with neither side holding the lead for long, but with Leicester
in foul trouble
Leopards were able to seal it from the line. Mo Robinson led the Leopards
with 21 points, but Tim Moore had a game high 24 for Leicester against
his former club.
London Towers
98 (28,55,67) (White 26, Eppehimer 18, Youngblood 14)
Edinburgh Rocks
74 (28,36,60) (Berry 24, Gardner 21, Graves 14)
London Towers won
their second BBL Trophy group match of the campaign with a 98-74 victory
over Edinburgh Rocks.
Towers bossed the
second period and led 55-36 at half-time, but the Rocks rallied in the
third quarter to trail only 67-60 going into the final ten minutes. John
White, who lead all scorers with 36 points, hit back-to-back threes early
in the fourth, though, to make the result safe.
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