Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2026-2027
SENDAI 89ers defeated AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS 81-55 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2026-2027. SENDAI 89ers won by a 26-point margin. Jarrett Culver led all scorers with 28 points. SENDAI 89ers shot 40.0% from the field while AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS managed 39.0%. SENDAI 89ers collected 41 rebounds and AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS grabbed 31. This game was played as part of the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2026-2027 season in Japan. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
SENDAI 89ers
81 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 | 27:13 | 28 | 11/23 | 9/18 | 2/5 | 4/4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | * Jake Layman | 25:53 | 12 | 4/12 | 2/5 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 45 | * Nathan Boothe | 25:22 | 14 | 4/7 | 0/2 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | * Sergio El Darwich | 24:45 | 14 | 6/13 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | * Seiya Funyu | 15:41 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Avi Koki Schafer | 22:41 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Kazuma Okajima | 17:19 | 7 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Yusei Sugiura | 16:57 | 3 | 1/7 | 0/2 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Shota Watanabe | 14:46 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 24 | Kosei Niinuma | 06:13 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryota Hanzawa | 01:48 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Masaharu Kataoka | 00:54 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 96 | Masato Abe | 00:27 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 81 | 30/75 | 17/40 | 13/35 | 8/8 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 96 | |
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS
55 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | * Mark Smith | 28:45 | 8 | 4/13 | 4/6 | 0/7 | 0/0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | * Yanni Wetzell | 28:36 | 13 | 6/10 | 6/8 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 22 | * Reid Travis | 23:16 | 10 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | * Yori Iwaya | 21:03 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | * Akaho Raita | 19:49 | 3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Baiqing Zhao | 18:19 | 8 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Shigehiro Taguchi | 17:43 | 6 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 0 | Troy Murphy Jr | 15:29 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Tsubasa Kurihara | 10:56 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| 7 | Naohide Hotta | 08:06 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 12 | Taiyo Motoda | 07:57 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 55 | 23/59 | 20/32 | 3/27 | 6/8 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 61 | |