Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SAGA BALLOONERS lost to UTSUNOMIYA BREX 82-87 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. UTSUNOMIYA BREX won by a 5-point margin. D.j. Newbill led all scorers with 21 points. SAGA BALLOONERS shot 42.6% from the field while UTSUNOMIYA BREX managed 43.9%. SAGA BALLOONERS collected 28 rebounds and UTSUNOMIYA BREX grabbed 37. 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
82 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 | 34:32 | 12 | 5/9 | 4/6 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 25 | * Taiki Sumida | 32:08 | 15 | 6/17 | 3/8 | 3/9 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 18 | * Sori Uchio | 27:58 | 12 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | * Ryo Abe | 25:41 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | * Tanner Groves | 22:53 | 20 | 6/12 | 4/8 | 2/4 | 6/7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Reynaldo Garcia | 22:35 | 14 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 5/7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Rui Todoroki | 18:15 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Ryota Inoue | 14:13 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Toshiki Tomiyama | 01:45 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 82 | 29/68 | 19/40 | 10/28 | 14/18 | 19 | 9 | 31 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 93 | |
UTSUNOMIYA BREX
87 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | * D.j. Newbill | 34:37 | 21 | 6/13 | 2/3 | 4/10 | 5/6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| 33 | * Gavin Edwards | 23:28 | 9 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 42 | * Isaac Fotu | 21:41 | 13 | 5/11 | 4/9 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | * Shinji Takashima | 19:21 | 6 | 2/7 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | * Makoto Hiejima | 19:18 | 11 | 3/9 | 2/4 | 1/5 | 4/4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 34 | Grant Jerrett | 23:42 | 9 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Atsuya Ogawa | 20:14 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Yuseke Endo | 19:48 | 8 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Kosuke Takeuchi | 11:09 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Hiroki Watanabe | 03:35 | 5 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Seiji Ikaruga | 03:07 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | 29/66 | 16/30 | 13/36 | 16/20 | 24 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 104 | |