Japan

Regular Season Round 33: Niigata - Hitachi Cougars 65-68

Date: March 22, 2014
A very interesting game took place in Tokyo. It ended with only three-point home defeat of 8th ranked Niigata (11-21) to tenth ranked Hitachi Cougars (8-24) 68-65 on Saturday evening. Niigata was ahead by 9 points at the halftime before a 24-9 third quarter run of Hitachi Cougars. They made 24-of-25 charity shots (96.0 percent) during the game. Strangely Niigata outrebounded Hitachi Cougars 102-88 including 60 on the offensive glass. They brought some defensive toughness making 202 blocks. 39 personal fouls committed by Niigata helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Guard Kasumi Takahashi (167-87) nailed 12 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists for the winning side and center Kayoko Amano (180-89) accounted for 15 points and 7 rebounds. Four Hitachi Cougars players scored in double figures. Forward Nana Kondo (177-88) came up with 15 points and 7 rebounds and forward Miya Maki (172-90) added 13 points and 8 rebounds respectively for Niigata in the defeat. The victory was the third consecutive win for Hitachi Cougars. They moved-up to ninth place, which they share with Aishin AW. Niigata lost their third game in a row. They keep the eighth position with 21 games lost. Hitachi Cougars will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Hitachi Cougars: K.Amano 15+7reb, A.Keiko 14+3reb+2ast, K.Takahashi 12+9reb+5ast, A.Ishihara 12+7reb+1ast, A.Tominaga 5+2reb+1ast, Y.Ikeuchi 4+1reb+1ast
Niigata: N.Kondo 15+7reb+2ast, M.Maki 13+8reb+1ast, I.Ai 9+11reb+2ast, H.Iwamura 8+1reb+1ast, S.Kanade 8+4reb+4ast, M.Ishikawa 6+1reb+1ast
gschID: 258692

  HITACHI COUGARS68
  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 +/-
4 wiVihisha, KisuBa 49 3-65 (35%) 6-4 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 8 9 7 0 5 5 6 5 5 4 68 60 5
40 SBijI, KiFIVI 41 1-65 (15%) 5-6 (5%) 4-4 (655%) 8 0 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 60 61 5
80 oshahiQi, SaVI 40 4-65 (45%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 8 0 9 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 68 1 5
2 KRaVI, SQaFiBi 80 8-0 (35%) 4-3 (90%) 6-6 (655%) 6 8 4 8 5 5 8 5 5 6 63 61 5
9 PDisiTiQi, HaViQu 60 5-8 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 8 4 5 6 5 6 5 5 8 8 -6 5
0 YiBidi, biBa 81 8-8 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 6 4 8 6 5 6 6 5 8 3 9 5
83 wIBajiDi, Sa 69 6-4 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 0 0 5
46 oVRuZha, YuQa 7 8-0 (35%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 3 6 5
88 XasRVa, HaUIBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
84 wsujI, SFiVi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
68 XashaJiTi, eujI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   89-00 (37.6%) 64-81 (05.5%) 83-80 (71.5%) 08 41 33 63 45 5 89 858 5 63 12 10  


  NIIGATA65
  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 +/-
43 KijidR, AijDa 35 6-3 (80%) 8-9 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 2 9 5
04 KIjdI, Xiji 45 9-68 (02.4%) 5-8 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 3 4 9 8 6 5 8 5 5 4 60 63 5
2 oTiBuQi, HaQIBa 45 6-8 (05%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 3 5 6 5 5 6 2 3 5
66 Sa, ojIuR 82 8-0 (35%) 6-0 (85%) 8-8 (655%) 3 9 66 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 61 5
86 biVa, baFi 62 6-4 (44.4%) 4-3 (90%) 8-4 (11.9%) 4 0 2 6 8 5 5 5 5 6 64 60 5
88 KiTiViBa, ARaVI 88 8-1 (44.4%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 6 4 4 5 5 4 6 5 8 3 1 5
9 HIshajI, XIJIBa 67 6-4 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 4 8 5 6 5 5 1 8 -6 5
4 oshaViTi, bia 65 8-3 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 1 6 5
68 HaQIBa, KiBaRjI 4 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5
5 Cha, bRa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
0 XiBTIj, biVaVI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   83-32 (05.5%) 67-49 (06.3%) 83-81 (78.4%) 15 38 32 85 47 5 89 858 5 62 10 18  



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)