Japan

Regular Season Round 9: JX Sunflowers - Mitsubishi K. 76-58

Date: October 29, 2011
Leader JX Sunflowers delivered the seventh win on Saturday night. This time they beat 7th ranked Mitsubishi K. (2-7) 76-58 in Kashiwa. The hosts trailed by 5 points at the halftime before their 45-22 charge in the second half, which allowed them to win the game. JX Sunflowers dominated on the defensive end, holding Mitsubishi K. to just 4 points in third quarter. They dominated down low during the game scoring 54 of its points in the paint compared to Mitsubishi K.'s 18 and made 16-of-21 free shots (76.2 percent) during the game. JX Sunflowers forced 22 Mitsubishi K. turnovers and outrebounded them 51-35 including a 18-7 advantage in offensive rebounds. The best player for the winners was power forward Lynn Kibayashi (184-89) who scored 8 points and 16 rebounds. Swingman Masaru Honda (175-89) chipped in 17 points. JX Sunflowers' coach used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the other side the best for losing team was international forward Chika Sakuragi (179-91) who recorded 20 points and 8 rebounds and guard Yasuko Hashimoto (163-82) added 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists respectively. JX Sunflowers have a solid series of three victories in a row. Defending champion maintains first place with 7-2 record, which they share with Fujitsu RW and Toyota A. Mitsubishi K. lost seventh consecutive game. They keep the seventh position with seven games lost. JX Sunflowers is again looking forward to face Mitsubishi K. (#7) in Nagoya in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Mitsubishi K. will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
JX Sunflowers: M.Honda 17+3reb, O.Okami 11+6reb+3ast, Y.Mamiya 10+6reb+1ast, L.Kibayashi 8+16reb+1ast, Y.Terada 8+5reb+1ast, A.Yoshida 6+3reb+7ast
Mitsubishi K.: C.Sakuragi 20+8reb+1ast, Y.Hashimoto 12+7reb+5ast, M.Miyamoto 12+8reb+2ast, T.Matsushima 6+2reb+3ast, E.Wantsu 5+9reb, M.Sekine 2+1ast
gschID: 142404

  JX SUNFLOWERS (coach: Timothy Lewis)76
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
8 KaMiFisha, vFjj 41 4-65 (45%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 4 64 61 6 8 5 8 6 5 6 2 62 5
68 YIshadi, SsiBa 45 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 8 4 9 6 5 8 6 5 3 1 68 5
6 PViBa, Ph 89 4-68 (80%) 6-6 (655%) 8-8 (655%) 3 8 1 4 5 5 8 5 5 5 66 64 5
66 HIjdi, bisiQu 83 0-9 (96.3%) 6-0 (85%) 3-3 (655%) 8 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 69 63 5
60 AuTi, HaQIBa 62 8-9 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 3 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5
9 wRQidi, YiRVI 85 3-1 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 4 0 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 2 65 5
86 biBaFi, YuVi 69 4-1 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 3-0 (25%) 8 3 1 6 4 5 5 6 5 5 65 66 5
7 XaahiQi, biddRQ 1 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 6 6 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 5
0 PViBIUI, SFi 0 8-8 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 0 3 5
63 YiBidi, KuBaVI 0 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 5
64 wiViVI, oUIa 3 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 5
1 wijiVi, eaVi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
65 wIVishaVa, eiBu  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   89-18 (34.1%) 8-65 (85.5%) 61-86 (91.8%) 62 44 06 67 66 5 1 4 5 7 91 22  


  MITSUBISHI K.58
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
1 AiVuQiDa, ChaVi 35 6-1 (61.9%) 1-66 (03.0%) 5-5 (5%) 6 9 2 6 8 5 5 8 5 8 85 69 5
4 baFiBIUI, baUaVI 35 8-0 (35%) 8-9 (82.1%) 8-8 (655%) 8 1 2 8 4 5 6 5 5 3 68 2 5
03 HishaBIUI, YisuVI 41 4-65 (45%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 6 1 9 0 5 5 8 5 5 9 68 66 5
83 WijUsu, qjnaj 43 8-63 (63.4%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 2 7 5 8 5 6 5 5 1 0 -1 5
2 KIMiFisha, SFi 7 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 5
44 biUsushaBi, wiBIUsu 67 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 4 6 5 6 5 5 6 1 7 5
63 ARVajR, biaVI 68 6-8 (05%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 8 -4 5
60 HuJaa, KijiR 2 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6-3 (80%) 6 5 6 5 0 5 5 5 5 6 6 -9 5
68 KiJiBi, badIQa 8 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
88 AuDaUi, bRDuBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
0 AiaUIu, wIBIBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
5 biQuFiBi, baVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
30 WiUijiMR, SFi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
9 AiUI, SFiVI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
06 yull, YuVaR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   7-42 (84.9%) 68-81 (31.8%) 3-2 (05.5%) 9 82 40 63 62 5 0 8 5 88 02 89  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)