Sunday

BBL CHAMPIONSHIP

Cheshire Phoenix 104 Surrey Heat 100

Friday

BBL CHAMPIONSHIP

Sheffield Sharks 80Cheshire Phoenix 71

THE Nix recovered from an 80-71 loss at Sheffield Sharks last Friday to beat high-flying Surrey Heat 104-100 on Sunday.

Against Surrey at the Northgate Arena, Chez Marks led the way with 30 points for the hosts.

The match was tied at 98-98 before a Marks three with 1.27 minutes remaining gave Cheshire the lead for good.

An Alif Bland dunk had erased two free throws from Albert Margai to make it 103-100 and a free throw from Shawn Myers made the game safe, with Travis Holmes and Caylin Raftopoulos both missing threes.

Heat wasted a superb 44 points haul by Travis Holmes in the defeat.

Against Sheffield, Mike Tuck and Demetrius Jemison jointly led all scorers with 19 points each for the hosts.

Phoenix’s scorers were led by Gabe Haskins with 18 points.