Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2024-2025
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS defeated SAGA BALLOONERS 74-72 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2024-2025. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS won by a 2-point margin. Taiki Sumida led all scorers with 18 points. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS shot 40.7% from the field while SAGA BALLOONERS managed 42.4%. AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS collected 31 rebounds and SAGA BALLOONERS grabbed 26. This game was played as part of the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2024-2025 season in Japan. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
AKITA NORTHERN HAPPINETS
74 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Tanner Leissner | 31:27 | 15 | 5/9 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| * Mohammad Gadiaga | 20:15 | 7 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| * Takuya Nakayama | 19:13 | 4 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| * Christian Mekowulu | 18:18 | 7 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 4/6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| * Akitoshi Oguri | 12:59 | 6 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Yannis Morin | 27:28 | 9 | 4/9 | 4/8 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Akaho Raita | 24:59 | 13 | 4/8 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Kumagai Ko | 19:03 | 10 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Shigehiro Taguchi | 14:55 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taiyo Motoda | 08:36 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya | 02:47 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 74 | 24/59 | 11/28 | 13/31 | 13/20 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 77 |
SAGA BALLOONERS
72 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Yoeli Childs | 33:26 | 14 | 5/11 | 5/11 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| * Josh Harrellson | 33:17 | 11 | 4/12 | 2/3 | 2/9 | 1/2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| * Taiki Sumida | 28:24 | 18 | 7/11 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| * Reynaldo Garcia | 26:05 | 13 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| * Ryota Inoue | 18:12 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
| Kosuke Kanamaru | 23:15 | 8 | 2/8 | 0/3 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Chase Fieler | 20:29 | 8 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Yusuke Karino | 13:19 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Gaku Aihara | 03:25 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Atsuki Kishida | 00:08 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 72 | 25/59 | 16/30 | 9/29 | 13/19 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 68 |