Manchester Magic are perfect from their three games as they used a strong 17-6 fourth quarter to topple Cardiff Met Archers 64-58 in the North West. Tyme Regent-Bascombe led the Magic with 16 points, cancelling out Dan Flaherty’s 17 for the Archers.
But Manchester’s effort is only good enough for second in the D2 table as Bristol Academy Flyers II top the North on points differential. They downed the Encon Derbyshire Arrows 92-75 away from home thanks to 24 points from Giuseppe Landolfi.
The other team with a 3-0 mark is Barking Abbey, who sit at the top of the D2 South table after securing an 89-68 win away to Essex Rebels II.
GB junior Ethan Conway had a game-high 23 points for the winners as they recovered from a slow start, trailing 26-17 to win the next three quarters comfortably.
Hot on Barking’s heels are Team Solent Kestrels, who secured their second win in as many games on Saturday with a narrow 80-78 success at Richmond Knights. Isa Brandon exploded for 33 points to lead the South Coast side.
Solent are joined at 2-0 by NASSA, who sunk London Elite 96-71 at the UEL Sportsdock, while London Stars, breezed past Endeavour Ipswich 101-90.
Finally, 32 points from Lanre Ayinla and 25 more from Mayo Adeyeye were enough to help Greenwich Titans down Cobham Scorchers 104-85, moving them back to 1-1 in the process.
Up north, St Helens Saints recorded their first win of the season by downing Teesside Lions 71-65 in Middlesbrough thanks to 18 points from Ben Tew. There were also wins for Cardiff City, beating winless Liverpool 88-79, and Bristol BBU narrowly beat Worcester Wolves 87-86.
In the lone Sunday game in D2 North, Leicester Warriors edged Myerscough Basketball Academy 92-88.
The lone WNBL2 game this weekend saw the City of Birmingham Rockets improve to 2-0 in Group 1 by toppling the Nottingham University Wildcats 61-49.
With just a single point separating the two sides at the break, the Rockets moved up a gear in the third quarter before sealing the win towards the early stages of the final quarter. Nuri Calderon led the way with 20 points.
NASSA 96-71 London Elite
Essex Rebels II 68-89 Barking Abbey - LIVE STATS
Endeavour Ipswich 90-101 London Stars
Richmond Knights 78-80 Team Solent Kestrels - LIVE STATS
Cobham Scorchers 85-104 Greenwich Titans - LIVE STATS
Bristol Basketball United (BBU) 87-86 Worcester Wolves - LIVE STATS
Cardiff City 88-79 Liverpool - LIVE STATS
Encon Derbyshire Arrows 75-92 Bristol Academy Flyers II
Teesside Lions 65-71 St. Helens Saints - LIVE STATS
Manchester Magic 64-58 Cardiff Met Archers - LIVE STATS
City of Birmingham Rockets 61-49 Nottingham University Wildcats
Islington Panthers 48-39 Canterbury Academy Crusaders
Plymouth Marjon Patriots 78-69 Cardiff Met Archers II
NCC London Lions Foundation 87-83 Essex Charge
Tees Valley Mohawks 71-78 Tameside Vikings
Charnwood Riders 100-56 University of East Anglia
Northamptonshire Titans 91-89 Nottingham Trent Hoods
Brighton Bears 63-66 Portsmouth Force
CoLA Southwark Pride 68-40 Greenhouse Sports
Warwickshire Hawks 63-92 Birmingham City University
Manchester King 51-87 Sheffield Sharks
Cambridge Cats 87-54 University of Hertfordshire Storm
West Yorkshire Hawks 85-62 Manchester Swarm
Oaklands Wolves 79-88 Derby Trailblazers II
Bracknell Cobras 78-94 Crawley Storm
Myerscough Basketball Academy 88-92 Leicester Warriors - LIVE STATS
Sheffield Elite Basketball Academy 82-59 Cheshire Wire
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