Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS lost to SAGA BALLOONERS 70-87 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SAGA BALLOONERS won by a 17-point margin. Reynaldo Garcia led all scorers with 17 points. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS shot 45.8% from the field while SAGA BALLOONERS managed 45.8%. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS collected 32 rebounds and SAGA BALLOONERS grabbed 31. This game was played as part of the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026 season in Japan. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS
70 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Yanni Wetzell | 29:24 | 9 | 4/11 | 3/7 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 17 | * Takuya Nakayama | 25:26 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 77 | * Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya | 18:13 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | * Tsubasa Kurihara | 17:54 | 14 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 5/6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | * Teru Sugawara | 15:07 | 9 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | Kanji Takahira | 23:20 | 8 | 3/8 | 1/1 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Ali Mezher | 17:44 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | Jamel Mclean | 17:14 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 27 | Angelo Chol | 15:09 | 10 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Taiyo Motoda | 11:00 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Yori Iwaya | 08:17 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Naohide Hotta | 01:12 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 70 | 27/59 | 18/33 | 9/26 | 7/10 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 81 | |
SAGA BALLOONERS
87 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | * Dave Dudzinski | 30:22 | 11 | 5/10 | 4/7 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | * Reynaldo Garcia | 29:32 | 17 | 8/15 | 8/13 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 55 | * Josh Harrellson | 29:00 | 11 | 4/8 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 25 | * Taiki Sumida | 23:51 | 10 | 3/11 | 0/1 | 3/10 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 34 | * Ryota Inoue | 17:21 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Ryo Abe | 24:37 | 4 | 1/7 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Tanner Groves | 18:46 | 11 | 4/8 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 20 | Atsuki Kishida | 13:21 | 15 | 5/6 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 21 | Toshiki Tomiyama | 08:53 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Yasuhiro Yamashita | 01:33 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Futa Takedomi | 01:33 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kosuke Hashimoto | 01:12 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 87 | 33/72 | 20/41 | 13/31 | 8/10 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 104 | |