BBL Championship               
Leicester Riders          88     (23,41,64)       (Blalock 39, Singleton 29, Brown 10)
Pertemps Bullets Birmingham        68     (10,21,38)       (Paternostro 14, O'Connell 13, Bailey 11)

Leicester Riders moved top of the BBL Championship Northern Conference for the first time ever on Sunday, thanks to an 88-68 win at home to Pertemps Bullets Birmingham. 

Riders kept the Bullets to just ten first quarter points and only 11 in the second period, as they controlled the game from the outset. Riders led 41-21 at half-time and maintained their 20-point advantage by the time the final buzzer sounded. Ralph Blalock and Billy Singleton were the star players, with an impressive 68 points between them - Blalock led all scorers with 39 personal points, while Bullets' top scorer was Rob Paternostro who bagged 14.
 

Sheffield      91     (17,40,49)       (Reinking 30, Scantlebury 23, Phoenix 13)
Leopards     89     (20,43,59)       (Robinson 19, Brown 16, Alderson 15)
(After overtime; tied 78-78 after regulation time)

Westfield Sharks Sheffield won a thrilling overtime battle with Leopards in the BBL Championship on Sunday afternoon. Englishman Mike Payne bagged a crucial three pointer with just five seconds on the clock to secure a 91-89 victory for the Sharks after a pulsating game - the second time in 24 hours the Sharks shooter had come up trumps for a winning basket. 

Earlier, Leopards had led for much of the game, but Sharks bagged a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter and in the dying seconds of regulation time Nate Reinking scored four times from the foul line to put Sharks ahead 78-75. A fantastic three pointer from Leopards star Rico Alderson forced the extra period and although Sharks' Lynard Stewart scored the first six points of the period, Leopards fought back until Payne's sensational winning shot.
 

Brighton Bears                             79     (16,29,53)       (White 27, Duck 19, Davis 16)
Milton Keynes Lions                    78     (19,42,67)       (Payne 18, Lloyd/Kirk 17)

Brighton Bears moved up to third in the BBL Championship Southern Conference table courtesy of a 79-78 success at home to Milton Keynes Lions on Sunday evening. Nick Nurse's men had to come from behind to claim the win, as a 14-5 second quarter tear saw the Lions leading 33-21 early on. Lions extended their lead to as many as 17 points at 72-55 and 78-61 in the fourth quarter. However, Bears rallied and kept Milton Keynes scoreless for the final six and a half minutes, while netting 18 points themselves. That put them ahead 79-78 and then Lions' Andrew Alleyne missed a jump shot with only seconds remaining that would have won
the game for the visitors. Albert White was the star man - the Brighton star led all scorers with
27 points.

London Towers                   84     (20,47,65)       (White 18, Myers 15, Youngblood/Hickey 12)
Newcastle Eagles                         81     (18,41,64)       (Walker 20, Hyatt 17, Myers 15)

Kinder London Towers took the spoils 84-81 in a pulsating BBL Championship game against Newcastle Eagles on Sunday evening. Towers led for most of the first half and with three minutes to go in the third quarter Towers looked to be well in control at 65-56. However, Eagles hit back strongly and scored the next eight straight points to trail by just one point - 65-64 - heading into the fourth quarter. The game remained nip and tuck in the final period, but with 25 seconds remaining Robert Youngblood put Towers ahead by one point at 82-81 with two foul shots. Eagles had the chance to hit back again, but Youngblood stole the ball from Malcolm Leak and John White scored on the buzzer to seal the win for the Towers. White bagged 18 points for Towers, but TJ Walker led the way with 20 for Newcastle.
 

BBL Trophy, Group A
Chester Jets                   114       (34,58,79)       (Thomas 29, Hamilton 21, McCord/Davis 19)
Thames Valley Tigers        91       (18,32,53)       (Bowman 25, Burks/Jamison 18)
 
Chester Jets ensured that they finish the group stages of the BBL Trophy top of Group A with a perfect 5-0 record, thanks to a 114-91 success at home to Thames Valley Tigers on Sunday evening. A spate of three pointers saw Jets take a 34-18 first quarter lead and they then began the second quarter with a 9-0 run to lead 43-18. Tigers slowed the Jets down and actually kept them scoreless for four and a half minutes in the second period, but could only managed six points themselves in that spell and trailed 58-32 at half-time. Jets kept up the pressure in the second half to secure the win. John Thomas led Jets scoring with 29 points.

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