Japan

Regular Season Round 4: Yamagata - Fukushima 68-74

Date: October 11, 2020
There was no surprise when bottom-ranked Yamagata (0-4) was defeated at home by third ranked Fukushima (3-1) 74-68 on Sunday. Fukushima outrebounded Yamagata 38-24 including 28 on the defensive glass. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Yamagata was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch. South African center Tshilidzi Nephawe (208-89, college: NM State) fired a double-double by scoring 26 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks for the winners. Finnish-American power forward Erik Murphy (208-90, college: Florida) chipped in a double-double by scoring 18 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. Guard Ryunosuke Yanagawa (187-91) produced 13 points and 5 rebounds and guard Yoshifumi Nakajima (176-90) added 14 points respectively for lost side. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Fukushima keeps a position of league leader, which they share with 4 other teams. Loser Yamagata still closes the standings with four games lost. Fukushima will have a break next round. Yamagata will play on the road against Koshigaya A. (#3) in Tokyo and hopes to get finally their first victory.

  FUKUSHIMA (coach: Ryan Marchand)74
  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 +/-
60 XRphiTR, wshaladJa 43 7-68 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 2-68 (11.9%) 1 0 66 8 4 2 5 3 6 9 81 44 44
5 buQphF, qQaV 48 8-3 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 66-60 (94.4%) 8 7 66 0 4 65 8 5 5 4 62 48 48
86 KijjI, AhIUi 87 5-8 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 3 3 0 6 4 6 5 5 5 8 65 65
7 KijMiQi, Yuna 81 4-3 (90%) 3-1 (11.9%) 6-6 (655%) 5 4 4 3 8 4 4 6 5 5 67 82 82
0 wIBIQa, KRjFi 67 5-6 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 6 8 5 5 5 6 6 7 2 2
83 AuJuVa, gia 61 5-8 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 4 6 6 5 5 6 5 -0 -0
48 buUI, AhuhRa 68 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 5 -8 -8
44 KaVuFiBi, KaaZha 66 5-6 (5%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -3 -3
2 buQiViBa, AhajFi 2 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 -4 -4
66 YiBiuZha, wsuMisi 1 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5
65 KaVuZha, HaQIiVa 3 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 -8
wIUil   63-87 (32.4%) 2-80 (48.5%) 88-45 (94.4%) 65 82 42 86 62 80 2 0 8 61 93 70  


  YAMAGATA (coach: Yuichi Ishikawa)68
  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 XiVinaBi, YIshafuBa 41 1-65 (15%) 5-8 (5%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5 8 8 4 3 4 6 5 5 8 63 65 65
0 YijiDiTi, eFujIsuVR 87 8-0 (35%) 4-3 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 5 0 0 8 5 5 5 5 8 5 64 63 63
49 KIujI, ARana 82 3-9 (09.6%) 5-0 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 4 4 0 6 3 6 5 5 1 7 1 1
65 wsuQuUi, bFuna 84 3-3 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 4 0 5 0 8 8 6 5 5 65 63 63
69 oadi, eFI 67 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 0 5 5 5 6 6 4 -0 -0
34 mQidF, ChQas 67 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 6 3 0 6 3 4 5 6 6 8 2 1 1
81 tRsuDa, AhI 69 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 4 3 6 5 5 5 8 8 5 5
3 Widi, YisuhaVI 65 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 5 8 8 5 5 4 6 5 6 5 4 0 0
1 AhajDI, wiVRsha 9 6-6 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
66 SVaFiBi, HaViQu 1 8-3 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 5 5 5 3 0 0
7 KuQahiQi, wiVihaQI 6 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 -6
wIUil   83-30 (04.4%) 3-61 (80.5%) 2-68 (11.9%) 4 86 83 69 80 62 9 8 0 64 12 01  


TOP PERFORMANCE
23MINS34
10POINTS26
3D.REB5
2O.REB6
5T.REB11
0ASSISTS2
2STEALS0
1BLOCKS4
0% (0/1)3FGP0
100% (4/4)2FGP75% (9/12)
100% (2/2)FTP66.7% (8/12)
MYUJI TSURUTA
Height: 196 cm / 6'5''
Position: PF
Born: Jun 22, 1996
Team: Yamagata (2020-21)
TSHILIDZI NEPHAWE
Height: 208 cm / 6'10''
Position: C
Born: Jun 10, 1989
Team: Fukushima (2019-21)

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)