Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SENDAI 89ers defeated AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS 87-76 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SENDAI 89ers won by a 11-point margin. Jarrett Culver led all scorers with 52 points. SENDAI 89ers shot 41.8% from the field while AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS managed 40.9%. SENDAI 89ers collected 41 rebounds and AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS 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
SENDAI 89ers
87 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 | 32:44 | 52 | 15/29 | 10/14 | 5/15 | 17/19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 38 |
| 45 | * Nathan Boothe | 27:12 | 10 | 4/12 | 2/5 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | * Shota Watanabe | 22:04 | 15 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | * Sergio El Darwich | 19:59 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | * Seiya Funyu | 18:17 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Hirohide Araya | 21:36 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Boubacar Toure | 18:20 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Kazuma Okajima | 17:56 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Yusei Sugiura | 13:38 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Soichiro Inoue | 05:11 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryota Hanzawa | 01:19 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | Masato Abe | 00:52 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| 24 | Kosei Niinuma | 00:52 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | 28/67 | 15/31 | 13/36 | 18/23 | 31 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 98 | |
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS
76 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 | 35:24 | 29 | 9/17 | 3/8 | 6/9 | 5/5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | * Yanni Wetzell | 33:29 | 13 | 6/10 | 5/6 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | * Taiyo Motoda | 27:34 | 6 | 2/10 | 0/2 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| 77 | * Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya | 20:58 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | * Tsubasa Kurihara | 20:04 | 7 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 25 | Keanu Pinder | 24:41 | 8 | 3/12 | 2/6 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 14 | Teru Sugawara | 23:42 | 10 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 24 | Kanji Takahira | 12:25 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| 18 | Yori Iwaya | 00:52 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Naohide Hotta | 00:52 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 76 | 27/66 | 15/32 | 12/34 | 10/17 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 79 | |