Jerry Williams is the last man standing in his family's bid for end-of-season glory.

And he can do his chances of gaining a decent play-off seeding with Genesis Brighton Bears a power of good against two of his former clubs this weekend.

Bears face arguably their toughest two days of the British League campaign so far as they host in-form London Towers at the Triangle tomorrow (8pm) and go to Sheffield Sharks on Sunday (4pm).

A top-eight finish and end-of-season knockout action should not be beyond Bears if they show the form that eased them past Guildford last week.

And that would make Williams the second family member to reach play-offs this season after his half-brother Rashean Mathis, an American football star with the Jacksonville Jaguars, suffered NFL defeat to the New England Patriots.

The brothers share a home in Florida in summer and follow each other's careers closely.

But the longer it takes Jerry to get home the better as he looks to do what he did with Scottish Rocks, Towers and Sheffield by getting to the play-offs.

Tomorrow's tussle sees him come up against two of his best mates in the game in Lynard Stewart and Niki Arinze.

The 27-year-old Bears star said: "It seems to be every game I play is against one of my old clubs but it looks like being an exciting weekend, especially playing London at home.

"I speak to Lynard and Niki all the time. Towers are getting better as a team but I don't know many of the personnel.

"Then we've got Sheffield who beat us before Christmas.

"It seemed like everybody was hitting shots for them that day. There were guys I'd never heard of hitting shot after shot."

Williams won the league with Sheffield but failed to pick up a medal at Towers, which is pretty much par for the course.

Towers have recently added former Charlotte Hornets summer league guard Terrance Simmons and quality big man Mike New to what looks a powerful squad.

But they have always had the talent. The problem has been turning it into silverware.

Williams admitted: "It's hard to get five, six or seven egos to go down the same path.

"When Rico Alderson was in the team at the start of last season, people were saying we had one of the strongest lineups ever seen in the BBL. But we didn't click.

"We don't have a gang of allstars on our team (at Brighton) but everybody knows his role.

"We need to pull together and not care about who does what. It was like that when I was at Scottish Rocks.

"We pulled together and had a pretty successful season."

Towers scored impressive wins over Sheffield and Newcastle last weekend while Bears were successful at Guildford but lost a close one at Chester.

Williams said: "It was good to come back and win, especially in somebody else's back yard. I don't like to talk about other teams but, looking at Chester, we should have won that game by far.

"That's what good teams do.

When they win a big game, they can come back out the next day and do it all again."

Still, Williams, a highlyrated American footballer as a youngster, is enjoying his part in a sporting family.

He chose basketball after his mother Oletha had to quit the game when she became pregnant with him.

Meanwhile, Mathis has shone on the gridiron and was a reserve for the Pro Bowl this season.