Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS defeated OSAKA EVESSA 77-76 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS won by a 1-point margin. Matt Bonds led all scorers with 27 points. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS shot 55.8% from the field while OSAKA EVESSA managed 43.9%. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS collected 29 rebounds and OSAKA EVESSA grabbed 24. This game was played as part of the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026 season in Japan. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
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AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | * Takuya Nakayama | 28:44 | 17 | 5/10 | 1/2 | 4/8 | 3/3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | * Yanni Wetzell | 28:39 | 12 | 5/10 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 77 | * Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya | 25:58 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | * Taiyo Motoda | 25:03 | 9 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | * Teru Sugawara | 15:36 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| 1 | Jamel Mclean | 25:23 | 12 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 24 | Kanji Takahira | 21:34 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Tsubasa Kurihara | 15:39 | 9 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | Ali Mezher | 13:24 | 8 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 77 | 29/52 | 21/35 | 8/17 | 11/15 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 84 | |
OSAKA EVESSA
76 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | * Matt Bonds | 36:48 | 27 | 11/23 | 10/16 | 1/7 | 4/6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | * Ryan Luther | 34:43 | 19 | 7/15 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | * Yasunori Aoki | 25:29 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 20 | * Rei Goda | 24:59 | 8 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 88 | * Hayato Maki | 21:51 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ray Parks | 21:26 | 12 | 4/9 | 2/3 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 35 | Tatsuya Suzuki | 14:55 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 31 | Makoto Kinoshita | 08:39 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 8 | Yoshiya Uematsu | 08:21 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 60 | Seiga Sakamoto | 02:49 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 76 | 29/66 | 21/38 | 8/28 | 10/12 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 84 | |