Match summary — JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026
SANEN NEOPHOENIX lost to SAGA BALLOONERS 73-85 on in the JAPAN B.LEAGUE 2025-2026. SAGA BALLOONERS won by a 12-point margin. David Nwaba led all scorers with 24 points. SANEN NEOPHOENIX shot 38.0% from the field while SAGA BALLOONERS managed 48.5%. SANEN NEOPHOENIX collected 33 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
SANEN NEOPHOENIX
73 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * David Nwaba | 37:44 | 24 | 8/17 | 6/12 | 2/5 | 6/9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| * Steve Zack | 32:32 | 12 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| * Sota Oura | 31:07 | 7 | 3/14 | 2/7 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| * Hirotaka Yoshii | 22:22 | 7 | 3/9 | 2/3 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| * Dai Nemoto | 20:27 | 10 | 4/7 | 2/2 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Kazuma Tsuya | 22:21 | 8 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 2/7 | 2/5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Junior Kodama | 14:35 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tshilidzi Nephawe | 12:53 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Hayato Wakugawa | 05:59 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 73 | 27/71 | 18/36 | 9/35 | 10/20 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 77 |
SAGA BALLOONERS
85 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Taiki Sumida | 31:53 | 16 | 6/10 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| * Dave Dudzinski | 31:24 | 18 | 7/10 | 6/6 | 1/4 | 3/3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| * Kosuke Kanamaru | 27:33 | 11 | 4/6 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| * Sori Uchio | 22:12 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| * Tanner Groves | 20:44 | 10 | 3/10 | 3/9 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Ryo Abe | 24:34 | 9 | 4/12 | 3/7 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Josh Harrellson | 20:31 | 11 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Chase Fieler | 19:02 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Toshiki Tomiyama | 02:07 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 85 | 32/66 | 19/33 | 13/33 | 8/11 | 30 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 108 |