BBL Championship
 
Newcastle Eagles 86 (23,58,69) (Walker 21, Leak/Hyatt/Myers 15)
Milton Keynes Lions 89 (26,50,68) (Lloyd 21, Siemon 17, Payne 16)
 
Milton Keynes Lions recorded their second successive BBL Championship victory over Northern Conference opposition inflicting a tight 89-86 defeat over the Newcastle Eagles on Thursday night.
 
Lions Victor Payne extended a slender one point advantage to three with just 10s remaining, bagging two free throws from the charity stripe.  Eagles Jeremy Hyatt had the chance to tie the game with a buzzer beating three pointer but he failed to get a shot off.

 
BBL Trophy
 
Leopards 87 (20,34,62) (Brown 23, Robinson 20, Alderson 19)
Brighton Bears 103 (19,47,73) (White 30, Davis 23, Johnson 14)
 
Brighton Bears took a huge step towards booking their berth in the BBL Trophy semi finals with a convincing 103-87 success over Leopards on Thursday night at Brentwood.
 
The hosts started the brighter posting an early 11-3 run but after the Bears had levelled the game early in the second quarter a 16-2 tear gave them a double figure advantage which they rarely relinquished. Bears Albert White and Sterling Davis both posted double doubles, White leading all scorers on 30.
 

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