Thames Valley Tigers 111 (26,46,77) (Bowman 29, Jamison 19, Meldrum 17) 
Leopards Kool Kats 110 (32,63,90) (Kimbrough 27, Alderson 23, Robinson 22)

Thames Valley Tigers staged a remarkable comeback to snatch a vital victory in their battle for a play-off berth in the Southern Conference. Tigers came from 25 down to win 111-110 against Leopards. 

Leopards dominated the game for three quarters leadin 55-80 midway through the third quarter. They still had a 98-80 advantage with 6.50 left in the game. But a 15-2 tear had Tigers back in the game at 95-100 but they had lost the game's leading scorer Barry Bowman (29 points) to fouls. 

A Greg Meldrum three pointers with 36 seconds left made it 105-108 and then he hit another and drew a foul to put Tigers up 109-108. 

Jason Kimbrough gave Leopards back the lead with two free throws with 5 seconds on the clock, but former Leopard Eric Burks snatched the victory with two foul shots at the death.

Barry Bowman led all scorers with 29 points.
 
 

Newcastle Eagles 93 (33,53,72) (Myers 26, Leak 23, Hyatt 19)
Birmingham 107 (26,57,82) (Johnson 41, Bailey 19, Paternostro 13)

Birmingham consolidated their position in the final play-off berth with a 107-93 success at Newcastle Eagles. 

Rashod Johnson signalled his intentions early netting a stunning 22 of Birmingham's 26 first quarter points. Johnson hit five in a row in the second as the vistors took the lead. Late in the third Bullets hit seven unanswered points to lead 78-69 and they never looked back from there. 

Johnson netted 41 points for the Bullets, whilst Shawn Myers bagged 26 for the Eagles. On a positive note for the home side, Fab Flournoy returned from injury to play 17 minutes.
 

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