Basketball: Myers' late flourish has Jets flying high

CHESTER JETS remain four points clear at the top of the BBL Championship after they scored the last eight points of the game for an 87-85 win at third-placed Brighton Bears on Saturday.

Brighton, already without their playmaker Ryan Huntley after he broke a foot last weekend, lost their captain, the England international Yorick Williams, in the third quarter with a twisted ankle.

The Bears seemed to have made the game safe with a 6-0 run, included four free throws from Andrew Alleyne, to lead 85-79. But Shawn Myers inspired the Jets by scoring five of the last eight points, including a three-pointer, plus the game-winning basket.

Sheffield Sharks stayed second, recovering from Thursday night's defeat to Brighton with a 74-64 win at Plymouth Raiders after two three-pointers from Rob Yanders and one from Sterling Davis opened up a 70-60 lead.

London Towers, beaten 109-103 after double overtime at Newcastle Eagles on Friday night, completed a gruelling weekend with an 80-77 victory over Scottish Rocks at Crystal Palace. Niki Arinze secured the win from the foul line after Lamont McIntosh's three-pointer cut Towers' lead to a single point.

Michael New and Joel Burns scored 26 points each to lead Leicester Riders, second from bottom, to their first home win in two months, 99-95 over Thames Valley Tigers.

The bottom club, Birmingham Bullets, whose new signing, Ted Berry, walked out to join a Polish club on Friday, were hammered 109-75 at home by Newcastle.