BBL Championship
Pertemps Bullets Birmingham 103 (26,48,74) (Garcia/Bailey/R Johnson 22)
Kinder London Towers 115 (23,48,80) (Myers/White 30, Allen 16)

Kinder London Towers strengthened their hold on the Southern Conference of the BBL Championship with a 115-103 victory over the Pertemps Bullets Birmingham  in a battle of the NEBL rivals.  

A tight opening first two periods meant the both teams were level at 48-48 at the half.  In the third quarter, the Bullets scored the first five points, but the Towers stormed back with a 11-2 run to lead 59-55, which they would never relinquish.   Terrell Myers and John White joint top scored for the Towers with a game-high haul of 30 points, while Antonio Garcia, Brant Bailey and Rashod Johnson all bagged 22.
 

Derby Storm 96 (23,39,62) (Griffin 38, Robinson 17, Kennedy 12)
Leicester Riders 106 (29,58,84) (Moore 40, L Johnson 18, Singleton 15)

Leicester Riders came out on top in the Midlands derby 106-96 over the Derby Storm to end their barrren run.  

A tight opening period saw the Riders lead 29-23 at the end of the first, but in the second, Leicester's Tim Moore came out firing on all cylinders scoring 21 points to help Leicester to a 58-39 lead at the half.  Derby staged a late comeback scoring 15 of the last 23 points in the game, but it was all too late.  Moore bagged a game-high 40 points for the Riders, while Kevin Griffin scored 38 for the Storm

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