Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2016-2017
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS defeated SENDAI 89ers 88-72 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2016-2017. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS won by a 16-point margin. Kevin Palmer led all scorers with 20 points. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS shot 53.4% from the field while SENDAI 89ers managed 36.5%. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS collected 40 rebounds and SENDAI 89ers grabbed 40. This game was played as part of the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2016-2017 season in Japan. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS
88 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Seiya Ando | 34:45 | 14 | 5/7 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| * Shigehiro Taguchi | 30:17 | 6 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| * Scott Morrison | 27:03 | 17 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 0/0 | 7/12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| * Noriyuki Sugasawa | 21:59 | 4 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| * Kenichi Takahashi | 20:00 | 14 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Daichi Taniguchi | 20:00 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Palmer | 19:03 | 20 | 8/14 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Deshawn Stephens | 13:54 | 11 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Ryosuke Mizumachi | 08:43 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tatsunori Fujie | 04:16 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 88 | 31/58 | 20/33 | 11/25 | 15/23 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 108 |
SENDAI 89ers
72 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Wendell White | 36:55 | 20 | 8/20 | 7/16 | 1/4 | 3/6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| * Takayuki Kumagai | 29:15 | 12 | 3/14 | 1/2 | 2/12 | 4/6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| * Masaharu Kataoka | 28:45 | 18 | 7/13 | 5/8 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| * Kaito Ishikawa | 24:19 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| * Tshilidzi Nephawe | 21:02 | 6 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Dieye Sakamoto | 18:14 | 3 | 1/8 | 1/8 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Takehiko Shimura | 15:41 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Manato Kikuchi | 13:47 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanagawa Ryunosuke | 12:02 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 72 | 27/74 | 21/46 | 6/28 | 12/22 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 61 |