Hiroshima beat Shiga 111-105 in triple overtime to stay perfect as Nagasaki hand Gunma a first loss

Ryo Terashima had already saved Hiroshima once. With 30 seconds left in the second overtime at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall, Terashima hit a three to tie Shiga at 98-98. In the third overtime, Kofi Cockburn scored Hiroshima's first three baskets, and the Hiroshima Dragonflies beat the Shiga Lakes 111-105 on Saturday to stay unbeaten at 6-0.

Cockburn finished with 42 points and 21 rebounds. Xavier Sneed scored 38 for Shiga, with 11 rebounds and seven assists.

Elsewhere in the B.League Premier on Saturday, the Nagasaki Velca handed the Gunma Crane Thunders their first loss of the season, 70-59. The San-en NeoPhoenix won 83-81 at Shinshu to move to 5-0.

Hiroshima 111, Shiga 105 (three overtimes)

Hiroshima led by 17 at 63-46 late in the third quarter. Shiga won the fourth quarter 23-13 and led 77-71 with 2:55 to play. Christopher Smith made a free throw, Cockburn scored on a second chance, and Smith scored twice inside, the second time with seven seconds left, to tie it 78-78.

The first overtime ended 11-11. Shiga led 89-87, and Terashima's layup with 32 seconds left tied it. The second ended 9-9, on Terashima's three. In the third, Cockburn scored at 100-98, 102-98 and 104-100, Terashima added a jumper, and Ryo Yamazaki made three free throws in the last 29 seconds. The crowd was 4,006.

Scoring

Hiroshima: Kofi Cockburn 42, Christopher Smith 25, Keijiro Mitani 16, Ryo Terashima 12, Nick Mayo 6, Tatsuya Ito 4, Ryo Yamazaki 3, Kevin Hareyama 3, Toshiki Kamisawa 0, Haruya Matsuno 0.

Shiga: Xavier Sneed 38, Zach Auguste 29, Hayate Komasawa 15, Tyrell Taku Sudo 11, Ryan Kriener 7, Taiga Jack Komamizu 5, Taiki Okada 0, Ai-Che Yu 0, Yosei Nishida 0, Daichi Nomoto 0, Shintaro Ehara 0.

By quarter: Hiroshima 21, 18, 26, 13, 11, 9, 13 (three overtimes). Shiga 16, 20, 19, 23, 11, 9, 7 (three overtimes).

Nagasaki 70, Gunma 59

Gunma led 21-15 early in the second quarter. Nagasaki went ahead 31-30 with 3:21 left in the half and never trailed again. They led 42-35 at half-time, and after a third quarter that ended 9-10, they won the fourth 19-14. Nagasaki's biggest lead, 13 points, came with 14 seconds left.

Jarrell Brantley led Nagasaki with 15 points and nine rebounds, and Levi Randolph scored 14 with six assists. Kerry Blackshear Jr. had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Gunma, who are now 5-1. The crowd at Happiness Arena was 5,832.

Scoring

Nagasaki: Jarrell Brantley 15, Levi Randolph 14, Io Nagano 10, Ko Kumagai 9, Kenshin Hoshikawa 8, Yudai Baba 7, Pablo Aguilar 5, Kenji Leon Matsumoto 2, Masaaki Morikawa 0, Lucas Tanaka 0, Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya 0.

Gunma: Kerry Blackshear Jr. 16, Takuto Nakamura 13, Trey Jones 8, A.J. Edu 6, Kazuki Hosokawa 6, Koh Flippin 4, Naoto Tsuji 3, Kenny Asano 2, Yuma Fujii 1, Keita Tsurumaki 0.

By quarter: Nagasaki 15, 27, 9, 19. Gunma 16, 19, 10, 14.

San-en 83, Shinshu 81

Shinshu led 50-45 in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter was tied at 60, 62, 65 and 70. San-en led 77-72 with 2:07 left after Jake Van Tubbergen's jumper. Mike Daum's three cut it to 77-75, then Vitto Brown's free throw and layup and a Van Tubbergen free throw made it 81-75. Daiki Tsuchiya hit a three with 11 seconds left, Van Tubbergen made two more free throws, and Takatoshi Furukawa's three with eight seconds left made it 83-81. Van Tubbergen and Brown scored 19 each. Mike Daum had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Shinshu.

Scoring

San-en: Jake Van Tubbergen 19, Vitto Brown 19, Ryusei Sasaki 12, Terence Davis 10, Kazuma Tsuya 8, Hayato Wakugawa 6, Josh Harrellson 5, Hikaru Futagami 2, Dai Nemoto 2, Hideya Asai 0.

Shinshu: Mike Daum 22, Kevon Harris 19, Takatoshi Furukawa 13, Daiki Tsuchiya 8, Eliet Donley 4, Marcus Lee 4, Tshilidzi Kawata 4, Susumu Tokairin 3, Akitoshi Oguri 2, Kyosuke Hoshino 2, Marcus Kaishu Tobin 0.

By quarter: San-en 20, 21, 14, 28. Shinshu 17, 23, 16, 25.

The other four games

Chiba Jets 109, Hokkaido 103. The Jets led by 19 at 100-81 with 6:34 left. Hokkaido scored 22 of the last 31 points but never got closer than five. Nate Williams scored 29 for the Jets. Keisei Tominaga scored 26 for Hokkaido, John Harrar 23 and Marques Bolden 21, in front of 6,347.

Chiba Jets: Nate Williams 29, Yuta Watanabe 16, Luke Maye 15, Yuki Togashi 13, LG Gill 11, Riku Segawa 9, Ren Kanechika 9, Shuta Hara 4, Nyika Williams 2, Takumi Sato 1, Gaku Arao 0, Kai Sugawara 0.

Hokkaido: Keisei Tominaga 26, John Harrar 23, Marques Bolden 21, Gary Clark 13, Shuto Ichiba 7, Dwight Ramos 6, Hiroki Matsuzaki 3, Hiroto Kikuchi 2, Yuta Osaki 2, Kohei Sekino 0, Yu Kibayashi 0, Ren Shimatani 0.

By quarter: Chiba Jets 32, 30, 27, 20. Hokkaido 23, 32, 24, 24.

Alvark Tokyo 94, Kawasaki 82. Kawasaki led by seven early in the second quarter. Alvark won the third quarter 30-21 and led by 19 late in the fourth. Keyontae Johnson scored 28, and D.J. Hogg and Shuto Ando made four threes each. Alvark are 5-1 with four straight wins.

Alvark Tokyo: Keyontae Johnson 28, D.J. Hogg 21, Shuto Ando 16, Kai Toews 10, Ryan Rossiter 10, Ryo Iida 3, Sota Okura 2, Zack Baranski 2, Taiki Osakabe 2, Hiromu Nakamura 0, Gen Hiraiwa 0.

Kawasaki: Matt Bonds 20, Jaedon LeDee 19, Alex Kirk 14, Hirohide Araya 11, Shun Matsuyama 8, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 5, Takumi Hasegawa 3, Jaheru Ryuto Yamauchi 2, Roy Hideki Igwe 0, Ryusei Shinoyama 0, Reoto Yonesu 0, Shota Tsuyama 0.

By quarter: Alvark Tokyo 17, 26, 30, 21. Kawasaki 19, 24, 21, 18.

Saga 84, Kobe 77. Kobe led 18-10 in the first quarter, and Saga led by 15 just before half-time. Damyean Dotson scored 30 for Saga. Yoeli Childs scored 30 with 14 rebounds for Kobe in front of 7,049.

Saga: Damyean Dotson 30, David Dudzinski 16, Taiki Sumida 12, Nassir Little 10, Ryo Abe 6, Derrick Michael Xzavierro 4, Sori Uchio 3, Ryota Inoue 3, Atsuki Kishida 0.

Kobe: Yoeli Childs 30, Fardaws Aimaq 17, Jalen McDaniels 11, Ryuya Kaneda 6, Shuto Terazono 5, Allen Hachimura 3, Hayato Yamaguchi 3, Asato Ogawa 2, Tsukasa Nakano 0, Keigo Kimura 0, Michiya Nakajima 0.

By quarter: Saga 27, 17, 15, 25. Kobe 20, 12, 26, 19.

Ryukyu 90, Shimane 69. Ryukyu led by 29 early in the fourth quarter. Masahiro Waki scored 18, and Jack Cooley had 16 points and 18 rebounds. The crowd at Okinawa Suntory Arena was 8,414.

Ryukyu: Masahiro Waki 18, Jack Cooley 16, David Nwaba 13, Kevin Jones 9, Kiefer Ravena 8, Ryo Sadohara 7, Shota Onodera 6, Sota Oura 5, Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki 3, Morihisa Yamauchi 3, Ryunosuke Satori 2.

Shimane: Dexter Dennis 16, Yuta Okada 14, Shunsuke Ueda 10, Nick Kay 9, Jordan Heath 8, Anthony Sho Sukegawa 5, Taichi Nakamura 4, Shota Arai 3, Ryosuke Shirahama 0, Mark AlKhoury 0, Soichiro Inoue 0.

By quarter: Ryukyu 18, 30, 27, 15. Shimane 15, 17, 16, 21.

What is next

Five games are on Sunday, October 11: Ibaraki host Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, Utsunomiya host Akita, Altiri Chiba host Toyama, Tokyo SunRockers host Sendai and Kyoto host Mikawa.

Update: Nagasaki played its first East Asia Super League game on October 14 and lost 98-83 to KCC.