Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SENDAI 89ers defeated AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS 93-70 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SENDAI 89ers won by a 23-point margin. Jarrett Culver led all scorers with 23 points. SENDAI 89ers shot 47.2% from the field while AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS managed 39.3%. SENDAI 89ers collected 35 rebounds and AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS grabbed 27. 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
SENDAI 89ers
93 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Jarrett Culver | 28:46 | 23 | 10/18 | 9/11 | 1/7 | 2/2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| 45 | * Nathan Boothe | 25:37 | 22 | 7/12 | 1/2 | 6/10 | 2/4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | * Sergio El Darwich | 22:12 | 14 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | * Shota Watanabe | 21:46 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | * Seiya Funyu | 14:28 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Boubacar Toure | 18:58 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Hirohide Araya | 17:48 | 5 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Kazuma Okajima | 15:43 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/3 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Ryota Hanzawa | 13:18 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Yusei Sugiura | 08:51 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 |
| 75 | Soichiro Inoue | 07:53 | 6 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 24 | Kosei Niinuma | 04:16 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 |
| 96 | Masato Abe | 00:24 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 93 | 34/72 | 18/29 | 16/43 | 9/15 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 106 | |
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 | 27:51 | 23 | 9/15 | 8/13 | 1/2 | 4/7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 77 | * Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya | 26:29 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | * Takuya Nakayama | 24:59 | 16 | 5/10 | 2/2 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 24 | * Kanji Takahira | 20:22 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | * Tsubasa Kurihara | 16:53 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| 12 | Taiyo Motoda | 24:00 | 5 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 5/7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Teru Sugawara | 22:34 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Naohide Hotta | 15:10 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Jamel Mclean | 14:09 | 9 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 18 | Yori Iwaya | 07:34 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 70 | 22/56 | 15/31 | 7/25 | 19/28 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 70 | |