Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2026-2027
SENDAI 89ers lost to AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS 73-75 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2026-2027. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS won by a 2-point margin. Jarrett Culver led all scorers with 24 points. SENDAI 89ers shot 39.0% from the field while AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS managed 41.8%. SENDAI 89ers collected 34 rebounds and AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS grabbed 38. This game was played as part of the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2026-2027 season in Japan. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
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SENDAI 89ers
73 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | BLR | PF | PFR | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Jarrett Culver | 32:31 | 24 | ▌▋.▒ | ▌▓.▋ | █▉.▒ | ▒▌.█ | ▊▉.█ | ▒█.▒ | ▓▓.█ | █▒.▉ | ▊▊.▒ | ▒▓.▌ | ▉▉.▉ | ▒▋.▊ | █▒.█ | 16 |
| 9 | * Sergio El Darwich | 30:25 | 11 | ▒█.▒ | ▋▉.▌ | ▒▉.▓ | ▉█.▉ | ▋▉.█ | ▊▌.▋ | ▌▌.▒ | ▌▉.▋ | ▋▒.▋ | ▓▊.▌ | ▊▓.▓ | ▓▌.▋ | ▊▓.▌ | 17 |
| 45 | * Nathan Boothe | 29:26 | 9 | █▋.▉ | █▌.▋ | ▉▌.▋ | ▉▌.▉ | ▒▉.▌ | ▋█.▓ | ▊▒.▌ | ▉█.▋ | ▊▌.▉ | ▒▉.█ | ▒▒.▉ | ▒▊.▓ | █▉.▌ | 13 |
| 10 | * Jake Layman | 28:48 | 19 | ▓█.▓ | ▓▓.▓ | ▉█.▊ | ▋█.▋ | ▌▒.▉ | ▋▓.█ | ▋▊.▌ | █▊.▓ | █▊.▉ | ▌▒.█ | ▒▓.█ | ▉▊.█ | ▉▓.▉ | 20 |
| 7 | * Seiya Funyu | 20:51 | 5 | ▒▌.█ | ▊▉.█ | ▌▓.▉ | ▓▉.▊ | ▋█.▉ | ▒▒.▉ | ▌▌.▋ | ▓▉.▓ | ▋█.▌ | ▋▌.▓ | ▒▒.▓ | ▒▌.▒ | █▓.▊ | 6 |
| 32 | Avi Koki Schafer | 18:31 | 2 | █▒.▉ | ▌▌.▊ | ▓▌.▒ | ▉▉.▊ | ▉█.█ | ██.▉ | ▋▉.▊ | █▉.▊ | ▒▒.▋ | ▉▉.▌ | ▋▊.▌ | ▒█.█ | ▊▊.█ | 5 |
| 3 | Kazuma Okajima | 15:32 | 3 | ▋▉.▊ | ▊▉.▉ | ▓▊.█ | ▓▌.▌ | ▋▊.▋ | ██.▒ | ▒▊.▋ | ▊▉.▒ | ▋▓.▊ | ▓█.▋ | ▒▓.▒ | ▋█.▌ | ▌▉.▓ | 4 |
| 14 | Yusei Sugiura | 12:50 | 0 | ▋█.▉ | ▓▌.▋ | ▋▒.▊ | ▌▌.▋ | ▌▋.█ | ▒▒.▌ | ▋▊.█ | ▉▋.▉ | ▓▓.▒ | █▓.▌ | ▉▊.▒ | █▓.▒ | ▒▌.▋ | -3 |
| 15 | Shota Watanabe | 11:06 | 0 | ▌█.▉ | ▓▓.▓ | ▒▓.▓ | ▋▒.▋ | ▋█.▌ | ▒▒.█ | █▉.▉ | ▒▌.▊ | ▓▓.▌ | ▒▓.▊ | ▒▋.▊ | █▓.▌ | ▌▓.▊ | 2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 73 | ▌▊.▓ | ▊▉.█ | ▊▓.█ | ▌▉.▌ | █▒.▊ | ▌▓.█ | █▊.▒ | ▒▉.▋ | ▓█.▓ | ▊█.▌ | ▊█.█ | ▌▊.▋ | ▉▌.▊ | 80 | |
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS
75 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | BLR | PF | PFR | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | * Mark Smith | 34:28 | 24 | ▒▒.▌ | ▓▊.▉ | ▊▋.▒ | ▊▒.▒ | ▓▒.▋ | ▊▊.▒ | ▌▊.▋ | █▒.▉ | ▉█.▓ | ▓▓.▋ | ▌▋.▓ | ▓▌.▉ | ▋█.▋ | 25 |
| 10 | * Yanni Wetzell | 31:02 | 7 | ▌▉.▌ | ▌▉.▓ | ▌▌.▋ | ▓▋.▓ | ▊█.▋ | ▉▌.▒ | █▒.▌ | ▋▓.▌ | ▉▌.█ | ▓▋.▒ | ▉▌.█ | █▓.█ | ▌▌.▌ | 10 |
| 22 | * Reid Travis | 28:40 | 9 | ▒▌.▌ | ▋▋.▉ | ██.▌ | ▉▓.▋ | ▉▓.▊ | ▉▓.▌ | ▒▒.▒ | ▊▋.▌ | ▒▌.▉ | ▉▒.▊ | ▊█.▒ | ▌▓.▋ | ▊▉.▊ | 12 |
| 5 | * Shigehiro Taguchi | 20:46 | 11 | ▒▋.▋ | ▉▌.▉ | ██.▒ | ▊▒.▒ | ▌▒.█ | ▊▊.▉ | ▌▊.▋ | ▓▓.▉ | ▌▉.█ | ▊▉.▓ | ▒▓.▒ | █▌.▓ | ▊▋.▉ | 15 |
| 6 | * Akaho Raita | 18:40 | 6 | ▋█.▌ | ▓▓.▋ | █▒.▌ | ▓▉.▓ | ▋█.▉ | ▉▓.▒ | ██.▓ | ▌▌.▌ | ▌▋.▒ | ▌█.▋ | ▊▉.█ | █▒.▓ | ▓█.▊ | 5 |
| 18 | Yori Iwaya | 24:08 | 0 | ▋█.▊ | ▊▓.█ | █▉.▉ | ▉▒.▒ | ▋▓.▓ | ▊█.▒ | ▋▊.▓ | ▊▋.▋ | ▌▊.▓ | ▋▊.▋ | ▋█.▉ | ▓▒.▌ | ▊▊.▓ | -1 |
| 11 | Baiqing Zhao | 20:18 | 10 | ▓▌.▋ | ▊▊.▋ | ██.▉ | ▓▓.▒ | ▌▉.▉ | ██.█ | ▊▌.▊ | ▉▓.▋ | ▊▌.▒ | ▋▓.▋ | ▓▋.▌ | ▋▊.▒ | ▉▒.█ | 14 |
| 0 | Troy Murphy Jr | 19:21 | 8 | ▋▉.█ | ▊█.█ | ▉▌.▌ | ▓█.▉ | ▒▓.▓ | ██.▊ | ▊▓.▉ | ▓▋.▓ | ▓▋.▒ | ▋▌.▋ | ▒█.▉ | ▒▒.▊ | █▉.▌ | 11 |
| 12 | Taiyo Motoda | 02:37 | 0 | ▒█.▌ | ▓▊.▋ | ▌▋.█ | █▊.▌ | █▊.▊ | ▒▓.▉ | ▋▓.▋ | ██.▊ | ▓▋.█ | ▋▌.▌ | ▉▊.▒ | ▊▉.▌ | ▌▓.▒ | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 75 | ▌▌.▒ | ▉▋.█ | ▌▓.▌ | █▋.▉ | ▓▉.▊ | ▋▋.▒ | ▓▒.█ | ▒▒.█ | █▉.▌ | ▋▌.▌ | █▒.▋ | ▓█.▋ | ▓▉.▌ | 91 | |