BBL Championship
Thames Valley
95 Ralph Blalock 19, Jermaine Brown 18
Leicester
92 Billy Singleton 29
Thames Valley Tigers
will spent Christmas in the South pole after defeating Leicester Riders
95-92 to remain at the head of the Southern Conference.
There was very little
in the game in the first half, Riders trailed by a couple at the end of
one but led by a pair at the interval.
Thames Valley though
rattled off an 18-4 burst in the third period to lead 63-53 with 3.30 left
in the quarter.
Their lead peaked
at 86-73 before Riders rallied with the next seven points. Riders continued
to close the gap but the closest they could get was 94-92 when Jermaine
Brown scored 10s from the end.
Billy Singleton led
the Riders against his old club with 29 points whilst Ralph Blalock netted
19 and Jermaine Brown 18.
Derby
85 Jemar Miller 19, Kevin Griffin 18, Durrell Robinson 16
Newcastle 104
Shawn Myers 28, Jeremy Hyatt 28, Malcolm Leak 23
Newcastle Eagles
closed the gap on the third placed Leicester Riders with a 104-85 victory
at Derby Storm.
The game was very
tight for three quarters until a technical foul on Derby coach John Spezia
was part of an 8-0 burst by the Eagles in the last 30s of the third period.
A 10-0 tear by Newcastle in the final quarter made the result safe at 89-71.
Shawn Myers and Jeremy
Hyatt both hit 28 points for the Eagles, who were without the injured TJ
Walker (hamstring).
BBL Trophy, group
stages
Birmingham 97
Brant Bailey 22, Rashod Johnson 20, Antonio Garcia 16
Edinburgh 82
Ted Berry 24, Jon Gaines 20, Brendan Graves/Roy Gardner 12
Pertemps Bullets
Birmingham will finish ahead of Edinburgh Rocks in their BBL Trophy group
thanks to a 97-82 victory over the Scottish side.
It was reasonably
close for three quarters before Birmingham went on an 18-3 run, including
two three pointers from Rashod Johnson and six points from Brant Bailey.
Leading 83-67 Birmingham never looked back.
Bailey led the home
side with 22 but Ted Berry led all scorers with 24.
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