BBL Championship
Milton Keynes  86 (25,43,69) Andrew Alleyne 23, Nigel Lloyd 20, Jason Siemon 18
London T  74 (13,39,53)     Brett Eppehimer 18, Terrell Myers 16, John White 13

Milton Keynes Lions continued their good run of form against the Kinder London Towers with an 86-74 success as the re-shaped capital outfit dropped their third in a row. 

Lions started well and though Towers rallied a 10-0 burst by Jason Siemon and Andrew Alleyne had the home side 25-13 clear. Towers closed back to four at the break, but two threes from Nigel Lloyd helped Lions back into a double-digit lead. Lions lead peaked at 78-61 five miuntes from the end. 

Andrew Alleyne led all scorers with 23 points, whilst Jason Siemon grabbed 15 boards to go with his 18 points. 
 
 

Birmingham  114 OT (22,41,75,99) Brant Bailey 27, Antonio Garcia 25, Rashod Johnson 23
Newcastle  110  (29,47,69,99) TJ Walker 29, Shawn Myers 26, Jeremy Hyatt 19

In a thrilling match Pertemps Bullets Birmingham outslugged Newcastle Eagles 114-110, but they not without requirng an extra five minutes to do so. 

Newcastle led by 16 in the first quarter, but Birmingham clawed their way back to take the led in the third period. Bullets were 98-94 up 30s from the end, but a three by TJ Walker was followed by two free throw misses from Rob Paternosro allowing Walker to level the game from the line with 10 seconds left. He couldn't win it with his second shot though and overtime ensued. 

It was tight again in overtime but four Rashod Johnson free throws settled the matter. 

Walker led all scorers with 29 whilst Antonio Garcia had a mammoth 25 point, 25 rebound game. 
 
 

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