BBL Championship
Newcastle Eagles   75 (21,48,61) Shaun Myers 24, Ian Whyte 13, Malcolm Leak 12
London Towers   94 (24,41,66) Terrell Myers 32, Phil Hickey 17, Jeff Kent 16

London Towers opened up a two point lead at the top of the BBL Championship Southern Conference with a comfortable 94-75 success over the Newcastle Eagles on Thursday night. 

The Towers trailed 48-41 at the half time interval but after starting the 2nd half with 7 straight points to draw level they took controlscoring 12 without reply in the final quarter to make the game safe at 78-63. Towers Terrell Myers led all scorers with 32 points. 
 
 

Milton Keynes Lions  89  (25,44,64) Jason Siemon 22, Victor Payne 18, Nigel Lloyd 16
Chester Jets             94  (26,56,80)  John Thomas 25,  Pero Cameron 20, Calvin Davis 17

All-Star laden Chester Jets survived a late scare to record a 94-89 victory over the Milton Keynes Lions and open up a four point lead at the top of the BBL Championship Northern Conference. 

The Jets thanks to some fine permiter shooting from Pero Cameron opened up a comfortable 76-56 third quarter advantage and looked to have made the game safe. The Lions however posted a late 19-2 tear to close within three points with 22s remaining only for Reggie Kirk to miss the long range effort that could have forced the extra period. 

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