Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SENDAI 89ers defeated SAGA BALLOONERS 87-66 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SENDAI 89ers won by a 21-point margin. Jarrett Culver led all scorers with 24 points. SENDAI 89ers shot 45.1% from the field while SAGA BALLOONERS managed 36.4%. SENDAI 89ers collected 40 rebounds and SAGA BALLOONERS grabbed 38. 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 | 28:31 | 24 | 9/16 | 8/13 | 1/3 | 5/5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| 45 | * Nathan Boothe | 26:26 | 7 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | * Sergio El Darwich | 24:12 | 11 | 5/10 | 4/6 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 15 | * Shota Watanabe | 21:48 | 17 | 6/11 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | * Seiya Funyu | 19:19 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Boubacar Toure | 23:26 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Kazuma Okajima | 18:05 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Hirohide Araya | 17:22 | 6 | 2/8 | 0/1 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Yusei Sugiura | 12:04 | 17 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 23 | Ryota Hanzawa | 05:45 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 24 | Kosei Niinuma | 01:36 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 75 | Soichiro Inoue | 01:26 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | 32/71 | 18/32 | 14/39 | 9/17 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 98 | |
SAGA BALLOONERS
66 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 | 31:39 | 16 | 6/14 | 2/4 | 4/10 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 22 | * Tanner Groves | 28:44 | 20 | 8/14 | 8/11 | 0/3 | 4/9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 23 | * Dave Dudzinski | 26:17 | 8 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | * Ryo Abe | 24:34 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | * Sori Uchio | 18:22 | 6 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 55 | Josh Harrellson | 23:39 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Davon Reed | 23:23 | 12 | 4/14 | 2/8 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 34 | Ryota Inoue | 15:32 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Atsuki Kishida | 06:14 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Toshiki Tomiyama | 01:36 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 66 | 24/66 | 16/33 | 8/33 | 10/16 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 68 | |