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Regular Season Round 48: Niigata Albirex - Toyama Grouses 77-86

Date: March 23, 2014
The game in Niigata was also quite interesting. Second ranked Toyama Grouses (33-10) played at the court of 5th ranked Niigata Albirex (25-18). Toyama Grouses managed to secure a 9-point victory 86-77 on Sunday. The guests trailed by 7 points after first quarter, but they rallied back to get the 2-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 86-77. Toyama Grouses outrebounded Niigata Albirex 41-29 including 31 on the defensive glass. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 24 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of Joho Masashi (183-82) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 13 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists and American forward Sam Willard (205-88, college: Pacific) who added 11 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists during the contest. The best for the losing side was American forward Thomas Kennedy (201-87, college: Detroit Mercy) with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds and his fellow American import guard Nile Murry (193-83, college: TCU) scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Five Toyama Grouses and four Niigata Albirex players scored in double figures. Toyama Grouses have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 33-10 record having just three points less than leader Okinawa GK. Loser Niigata Albirex keeps the fifth place with 18 games lost. Toyama Grouses will face Gunma (#9) at home in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Niigata Albirex will play against Yokohama BC (#8) and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Toyama Grouses: T.Tatsunori 18+3reb+1ast, I.Brown 16+4reb+4ast, J.Gross 15+8reb, J.Masashi 13+6reb+11ast, S.Willard 11+11reb+4ast, M.Takeshi 11+4reb+2ast
Niigata Albirex: T.Kennedy 21+10reb+2ast, K.Sato 17+3reb+2ast, N.Murry 14+6reb+4ast, S.Komatsu 12, P.Sullivan 6+5reb+3ast, Y.Ikeda 5+1reb+2ast
gschID: 250610

  NIIGATA ALBIREX (coach: Jun Uzawa)77
  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 +/-
6 KRjjRdF, whIBis 41 9-7 (99.2%) 8-7 (88.8%) 6-8 (05%) 3 1 65 8 4 5 5 5 5 8 86 62 5
85 buQQF, XalR 43 4-1 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 0-1 (24.4%) 6 0 1 3 6 5 6 5 5 6 63 69 5
60 AullaLij, OiUQaZV 45 4-2 (49.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5 0 0 4 4 5 8 5 5 4 1 3 5
84 AiUI, KaBaUiVR 82 3-66 (41.3%) 4-3 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 8 3 5 8 5 5 5 69 68 5
48 oVRdi, YuaZha 89 6-3 (80%) 5-4 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 5 6 6 8 3 5 6 5 5 5 0 -8 5
66 wiViBaZha, wiViBaZha 84 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 8 4 4 4 5 8 5 5 8 5 6 5
64 KIBiUsu, AhuhRa 67 5-5 (5%) 3-9 (09.6%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 8 68 3 5
40 AiUI, YuuVa 4 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 6 5
62 KiUI, eFuUi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
63 KIMiFisha, giaVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   67-36 (31.4%) 65-89 (49.5%) 7-64 (17.8%) 9 88 87 61 86 5 2 5 5 66 99 00  


  TOYAMA GROUSES (coach: David Gomez)86
  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 +/-
5 wiUsujIQa, wiUsujIQa 49 3-2 (05%) 8-2 (80%) 3-1 (11.9%) 5 4 4 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 62 7 5
46 bisisha, zIhI 44 8-2 (80%) 6-3 (80%) 1-2 (90%) 6 0 1 66 8 5 6 5 5 3 64 63 5
05 mQITj, oQi 48 1-7 (11.9%) 6-6 (655%) 6-8 (05%) 8 8 3 3 8 5 8 5 5 8 61 62 5
7 wiVRsha, baUI 45 3-0 (25%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 66 66 5
43 WalliQd, AiB 82 4-0 (15%) 6-6 (655%) 8-8 (655%) 8 7 66 3 4 5 6 5 5 5 66 88 5
9 GQIss, zIsh 81 9-2 (29.0%) 5-4 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 8 1 2 5 8 5 6 6 5 4 60 61 5
8 whaiB, gnaMQal 63 6-0 (85%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 8 0 8 4 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 5
47 yuVudi, baVaFi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
4 KiBRJiVa, baUsuhaQI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
64 ojiDiVa, SUsusha  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
86 PVhuaQi, wiVisha  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   89-32 (01.4%) 1-85 (45.5%) 63-67 (94.9%) 65 46 36 83 60 5 1 8 5 68 21 78  



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)