Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SAGA BALLOONERS defeated LEVANGA HOKKAIDO 79-76 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SAGA BALLOONERS won by a 3-point margin. Tanner Groves led all scorers with 20 points. SAGA BALLOONERS shot 44.8% from the field while LEVANGA HOKKAIDO managed 42.9%. SAGA BALLOONERS collected 29 rebounds and LEVANGA HOKKAIDO grabbed 39. 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
SAGA BALLOONERS
79 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | * Taiki Sumida | 33:15 | 6 | 2/8 | 2/2 | 0/6 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | * Tanner Groves | 28:43 | 20 | 7/13 | 5/8 | 2/5 | 4/4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| 23 | * Dave Dudzinski | 25:48 | 9 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | * Ryo Abe | 18:54 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | * Sori Uchio | 17:08 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 55 | Josh Harrellson | 24:18 | 15 | 5/12 | 2/4 | 3/8 | 2/2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Davon Reed | 24:03 | 11 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 6/6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 34 | Ryota Inoue | 21:06 | 10 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Yasuhiro Yamashita | 06:45 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 79 | 26/58 | 16/25 | 10/33 | 17/21 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 96 | |
LEVANGA HOKKAIDO
76 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | * Kevin Jones | 29:50 | 2 | 1/9 | 1/6 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 22 | * Jahlil Okafor | 28:52 | 19 | 7/9 | 7/9 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | * Dwight Ramos | 27:43 | 15 | 6/13 | 3/6 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 15 | * Ren Shimatani | 21:16 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 30 | * Keisei Tominaga | 13:30 | 7 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 29 | Max Hisatake | 18:40 | 9 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Hiroto Kikuchi | 15:59 | 3 | 1/6 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| 1 | Kohei Sekino | 12:17 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Shuto Ichiba | 11:10 | 7 | 3/7 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Kaito Morizane | 10:32 | 6 | 2/6 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Kyosuke Hoshino | 07:34 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Yu Kibayashi | 02:38 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 76 | 30/70 | 21/47 | 9/23 | 7/10 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 83 | |