Guildford Heat kept alive the possibility of retaining the BBL title with an 86-79 win over league leaders Newcastle Eagles.

Heat stunned their visitors with a 24-8 run in the opening quarter to assume control but a 13-4 run by the visitors tied the match at 40-40.

Newcastle briefly took the lead before runs of 5-0 and 12-4 gave the hosts a lead they were not to relinquish.

Everton Tigers took a huge step towards clinching a play-off position with a well-deserved 86-77 road win at north-west rivals Cheshire Jets.

Jets controlled the first half of the match and led 37-28 at the midway mark but Tigers were a different team in the third quarter and Tony Robertson took over in the fourth with 11 points to keep the Jets at arm's length.

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