Basketball: Milton Keynes bring down high-flying Chester

In the biggest upset of the campaign so far, Milton Keynes Lions won their first game of the season by defeating the defending BBL champions Chester Jets 98-95 after one period of overtime at the Northgate Arena last night.

Lions' Freddie Cole silenced the home crowd with a three-pointer 39 seconds from time to tie the scores 89-89 and force overtime.

In the extra period, Calvin Davis brought the Jets back to 96-95 down with 29 seconds left, but Kenny Gregory then fouled Lions' Joel Burns who scored both free throws.

Leicester Riders won for the first time at London Leopards by 99-91, after taking control with a 20-0 run in the third quarter.

Shaheen Holloway, who was released by Chester Jets last month, has signed for London Towers and the guard makes his debut tonight against Thames Valley Tigers in the BBL Trophy at Crystal Palace.

Holloway, a Seton Hall graduate who played for the Las Vegas Slam in the ABA, will give Terrell Myers support in the Towers back-court. The forward Chad Wilkerson has been released to make way for Holloway.

Brighton Bears will have to end a five-year losing streak in home fixtures against Newcastle Eagles tonight to extend their unbeaten start to the BBL Championship to four games. The Eagles, under rookie player-coach Fab Flournoy, have won every trip to the Bears since 1997 and have suffered just one defeat this campaign, at Towers last weekend.

Bears' coach and owner Nick Nurse and Flournoy made late signings in the close season which have contributed to their flying starts.

Nurse added former Essex Leopard Rico Alderson, who is averaging seven rebounds, four assists and a block per game, while Newcastle's Niki Arinze is the championship's third highest scorer (23.3ppg) and second highest rebounder at 12.3 per game.