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Regular Season Round 4: Hitachi Cougars - Toyota A. 73-76

Date: November 15, 2014
Bottom-ranked Hitachi Cougars (0-4) is still winless. This time they could not use their home court advantage losing their fourth consecutive match to eighth ranked Toyota A. (2-1) 76-73 on Saturday evening. The guests started the game with a very strong first quarter 24-10. But Hitachi Cougars won second period 19-9. However it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Toyota A. forced 20 Hitachi Cougars turnovers. Worth to mention a great performance of power forward Yumi Niwa (180-90) who helped to win the game recording 19 points and 6 rebounds and international forward Mika Kurihara (178-89) who added 18 points during the contest. At the losing side guard Kasumi Takahashi (167-87) responded with a double-double by scoring 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists and Aiko Ishihara (178-92) produced a double-double by scoring 14 points and 10 rebounds. Four Toyota A. and five Hitachi Cougars players scored in double figures. Toyota A. moved-up to fifth place, which they share with Mitsubishi K. Loser Hitachi Cougars still closes the standings with four games lost. Toyota A. will face Aishin Wings (#8) in Anjo in the next round. Hitachi Cougars will play on the road against the league's leader Denso Iris in Kariya and hope to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
Hitachi Cougars: K.Takahashi 17+10reb+4ast, A.Ishihara 14+10reb+3ast, M.Yamada 13+6reb, K.Yagi 10+4reb+4ast, Y.Ikeuchi 10+5reb+1ast, R.Nishizawa 7+1reb+2ast
Toyota A.: Y.Niwa 19+6reb+2ast, M.Kurihara 18+4reb, R.Yano 11+6reb+1ast, E.Kudeken 10+2reb+5ast, M.Kawahara 6+2reb+2ast, K.Suzuki 6+4reb+3ast
gschID: 350450

  HITACHI COUGARS73
  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 +/-
80 oshahiQi, SaVI 35 3-9 (09.6%) 6-8 (05%) 4-3 (90%) 6 7 65 4 8 5 6 5 5 4 63 62 5
4 wiVihisha, KisuBa 47 3-9 (09.6%) 8-0 (35%) 4-4 (655%) 8 2 65 3 8 5 6 5 5 3 69 85 5
0 YiBidi, biBa 47 0-2 (18.0%) 6-8 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 5 1 1 5 3 5 8 5 5 8 64 7 5
68 XashaJiTi, eujI 61 8-8 (655%) 6-6 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 6 5 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 0 9 8 5
40 SBijI, KiFIVI 2 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 5
46 oVRuZha, YuQa 48 0-2 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 6 4 5 6 6 5 6 65 66 5
9 YiDa, KisuBa 83 6-6 (655%) 8-8 (655%) 8-8 (655%) 6 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 65 65 5
84 wsujI, SFiVi 6 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 5
83 wIBajiDi, Sa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
86 AiUIVI, ojiBIUI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
2 KRaVI, SQaFiBi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
65 yunasiTi, baVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
63 AuJuVa, YIuvaia  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
88 XasRVa, HaUIBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   88-41 (16.6%) 9-68 (02.4%) 2-64 (16.0%) 1 46 49 63 61 5 0 8 5 85 94 96  


  TOYOTA A. (coach: Yuko Ogami)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 +/-
2 XaTi, YuBa 82 0-66 (30.0%) 6-4 (44.4%) 1-66 (03.0%) 4 4 1 8 6 5 6 8 5 8 67 63 5
8 KiTihiQi, biFi 89 5-5 (5%) 8-9 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 8 5 8 8 8 5 6 5 5 4 1 6 5
80 KudRVRj, qBa 81 8-4 (11.9%) 6-8 (05%) 4-4 (655%) 6 6 8 0 8 5 8 5 5 6 65 63 5
84 AuJuVa, KiJuBa 86 4-1 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 8 3 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 1 1 5
85 KIjdI, KiRdR 86 6-3 (80%) 6-1 (61.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 0 5 5
83 KuQahiQi, baVi 48 6-8 (05%) 0-65 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 8 8 3 5 3 5 6 5 5 6 62 66 5
68 YijI, eFIVI 46 6-1 (61.9%) 4-0 (15%) 5-5 (5%) 4 4 1 6 8 5 6 5 5 6 66 7 5
9 baJushaBi, AiVa 63 5-6 (5%) 5-4 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 5 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 -8 5
66 bIQasiTi, baFuVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
63 KiTisiVa, eaji  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
4 KaUI, biFuBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
1 YijI, YuQaR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
88 majDR, bIQa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
7 KijRhiQi, AiVa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
65 chiI, XIJIBa  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   64-44 (47.3%) 64-49 (40.6%) 66-62 (16.6%) 63 64 89 61 61 5 2 8 5 7 91 04  



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)