Levanga Hokkaido come back from 20 down to beat Hiroshima 96-93 and end their unbeaten start, and Alvark Tokyo lose twice: B.League roundup

Hiroshima Dragonflies had a two-point lead, the ball had just gone through the net on Nick Mayo's three, and there were 18 seconds left. They had won their first nine games of the season. Then Levanga Hokkaido took it away.

Keisei Tominaga's jumper was blocked by Ryo Yamazaki, but Marques Bolden grabbed the rebound, scored, was fouled, and made the free throw for a 94-93 lead with nine seconds left. Kofi Cockburn missed a layup at the other end, Gary Clark made two free throws with three seconds to go, and Christopher Smith's last three missed. Hokkaido won 96-93 on Saturday at FPCO Arena Fukuyama, and Hiroshima are no longer unbeaten.

This follows Wednesday's roundup, when Hiroshima beat Akita to go 9-0.

This roundup covers Thursday and Saturday. The league had not posted box scores for Friday's three games or Sunday's two when this was published.

Hokkaido 96, Hiroshima 93

Hiroshima in front. The Dragonflies won the first quarter 27-14, and the lead reached 20 at 36-16 early in the second.

Hokkaido come back. From 36-16, Hokkaido outscored Hiroshima 80-57. They won the second quarter 26-16 and the fourth 33-22. The lead changed hands 13 times and the game was tied 10 times.

The finish. Tominaga made two free throws to tie it at 87 and two more for a 91-90 lead with 38 seconds left. Mayo's three put Hiroshima back in front, and Bolden's three-point play answered it.

Clark finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds, Tominaga with 23 points and six assists, and John Harrar with 20 points and 16 rebounds off the bench. Dwight Ramos started and had 5 points and two assists. Cockburn led Hiroshima with 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Dwayne Evans II scored 18.

Alvark Tokyo lose twice at home

Thursday: Ibaraki 69, Alvark Tokyo 66. The game was tied 13 times. Finn Delany's two free throws with eight seconds left made it 69-63, and D.J. Hogg's three at the buzzer only cut the margin. Vic Law had 29 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for Ibaraki, and Delany had 13 points and 14 rebounds. Keyontae Johnson scored 17 for Alvark. Ray Parks Jr. played 16 minutes for Ibaraki and did not score.

Saturday: Mikawa 91, Alvark Tokyo 82. SeaHorses Mikawa led by 12 late in the third quarter and won the fourth 32-27. Davante Gardner scored 27, and Yudai Nishida had 25 with six threes in nine tries. Johnson and Dejon Jarreau scored 20 each for Alvark, who came into the week 8-1 and are now 8-3.

Angola closes it for Toyama

Toyama Grouses led Shimane by 20 at 57-37 in the third quarter, and Shimane came all the way back to lead 77-74 with 2:19 left. From there Braian Angola scored all eight of Toyama's points, every one from the free-throw line. His first two cut it to 77-76, and after Yuta Okada's layup made it 79-76, two more made it 79-78 with 1:40 left. With 16 seconds left he made two for an 80-79 lead. Thirdy Ravena then blocked Okada's layup, and Angola made two more with six seconds left. Toyama won 82-79.

Angola finished with 27 points. Ravena had 7 points, five rebounds and two assists off the bench. Dexter Dennis scored 26 for Shimane.

Kell finishes Shinshu

Utsunomiya Brex and Shinshu were tied at 78 with 1:45 left. Trey Kell III hit a three for 81-78, a jumper for 83-78 and two free throws for 85-78, and Utsunomiya won 87-80. Kell scored 25. Kevon Harris had 29 for Shinshu and Mike Daum 23.

San-en hold on at Kobe

San-en NeoPhoenix led by 15 in the second quarter, and Kobe got within one twice in the last 24 seconds. Keigo Kimura's three made it 88-87, and Fardaws Aimaq's two free throws made it 90-89 with 10 seconds left. Jake Van Tubbergen made one of two at the other end, and Yoeli Childs missed a three with two seconds left. San-en won 91-89.

Childs scored 33 with 13 rebounds, and Aimaq had 21 points and 22 rebounds. Terence Davis scored 27 for San-en and Vitto Brown 23.

The rest

Sendai 91, Yokohama 72 (Thursday). Sendai 89ERS led by 24 in the fourth quarter. Sergio El Darwich and Jake Layman scored 22 each, and Layman had 12 rebounds. Isaiah Livers scored 21 for Yokohama.

Sendai 93, Kawasaki 82 (Saturday). Sendai won again two days later. Layman had 23, and Jarrett Culver and El Darwich 20 each, with El Darwich adding nine assists. Jaedon LeDee scored 23 off the bench for Kawasaki.

Akita 95, Yokohama 86 (Saturday). Akita won the fourth quarter 30-22. Mark Smith scored 28, and Baiqing Zhao came off the bench to make all five of his threes for 18 points. James Bell scored 20 for Yokohama, who lost twice this week.

Ibaraki 102, Altiri Chiba 87 (Saturday). Altiri Chiba won the first quarter 36-26 and led by 14 in the second. Ibaraki won the rest of the game 76-51. Delany scored 20, and Parks had 9 points in 14 minutes off the bench. Kai Sotto did not play for Altiri Chiba.

Scoring

Scoring: Hokkaido 96-93 Hiroshima (Saturday)

Hokkaido: Gary Clark 24, Keisei Tominaga 23, John Harrar 20, Shuto Ichiba 8, Marques Bolden 7, Ren Shimatani 7, Dwight Ramos 5, Teruchika Naito 2, Kohei Sekino 0, Hiroto Kikuchi 0, Yu Kibayashi 0, Hiroki Matsuzaki 0, Yuma Nishimura 0.

Hiroshima: Kofi Cockburn 21, Dwayne Evans II 18, Christopher Smith 16, Nick Mayo 16, Ryosei Sato 11, Ryo Yamazaki 6, Keijiro Mitani 3, Kaine Roberts 2, Ryo Terashima 0, Tatsuya Ito 0, Haruya Matsuno 0, Kevin Hareyama 0.

By quarter: Hokkaido 14, 26, 23, 33. Hiroshima 27, 16, 28, 22.

Scoring: Ibaraki 69-66 Alvark Tokyo (Thursday)

Ibaraki: Vic Law 29, Tim Soares 17, Finn Delany 13, Hirotaka Yoshii 10, Ray Parks Jr. 0, Kohei Fukuzawa 0, Noboru Hasegawa 0, Genki Kojima 0, Ru Jingaoka 0, Kento Akama 0, Kotaro Hisaoka 0, Reo Maeda 0.

Alvark Tokyo: Keyontae Johnson 17, D.J. Hogg 14, Taiki Osakabe 11, Ryan Rossiter 8, Shuto Ando 6, Zack Baranski 3, Dejon Jarreau 3, Hiromu Nakamura 2, Gen Hiraiwa 2, Sota Okura 0, Ryo Iida 0.

By quarter: Ibaraki 19, 21, 15, 14. Alvark Tokyo 19, 22, 14, 11.

Scoring: Mikawa 91-82 Alvark Tokyo (Saturday)

Mikawa: Davante Gardner 27, Yudai Nishida 25, Yoshiaki Kubota 15, Yutaro Suda 9, Sean O'Mara 7, Thomas Kennedy 4, Satoshi Nagano 3, Aaron White 1, Ryogo Sumino 0, Akihisa Kosaka 0, Kosuke Ishii 0, Shogo Taira 0.

Alvark Tokyo: Keyontae Johnson 20, Dejon Jarreau 20, D.J. Hogg 11, Zack Baranski 10, Ryan Rossiter 8, Taiki Osakabe 6, Ryo Iida 4, Shuto Ando 3, Sota Okura 0, Hiromu Nakamura 0, Gen Hiraiwa 0.

By quarter: Mikawa 23, 21, 15, 32. Alvark Tokyo 19, 18, 18, 27.

Scoring: Toyama 82-79 Shimane (Saturday)

Toyama: Braian Angola 27, Aamir Simms 19, Darral Willis Jr. 15, Daichi Kuzuhara 8, Thirdy Ravena 7, Yuzo Okada 3, Yoshiyuki Nozaki 3, Kazuki Miyamoto 0, Naoki Uto 0, Haruaki Tanaka 0, Faraz Rashid 0, Kaito Morizane 0.

Shimane: Dexter Dennis 26, Yuta Okada 18, Nick Kay 17, Jordan Heath 8, Ryosuke Shirahama 5, Taichi Nakamura 2, Shunsuke Ueda 2, Anthony Sho Sukegawa 1, Shota Arai 0, Yuto Nohmi 0, Fumiya Iio 0, Mark AlKhoury 0.

By quarter: Toyama 20, 29, 14, 19. Shimane 17, 20, 16, 26.

Scoring: Utsunomiya 87-80 Shinshu (Saturday)

Utsunomiya: Trey Kell III 25, Isaac Fotu 21, Gavin Edwards 11, Otis Frazier III 9, Atsuya Ogawa 6, Yusuke Endo 6, Makoto Hiejima 4, Hayate Arakawa 3, Seiji Ikaruga 2, Kosuke Takeuchi 0, Shinji Takashima 0, Sean Ichioka 0.

Shinshu: Kevon Harris 29, Mike Daum 23, Eliet Donley 15, Marcus Lee 5, Takatoshi Furukawa 3, Akitoshi Oguri 3, Marcus Kaishu Tobin 2, Daiki Tsuchiya 0, Kyosuke Hoshino 0, Tshilidzi Kawata 0, Susumu Tokairin 0, Daniel Kato 0.

By quarter: Utsunomiya 22, 28, 10, 27. Shinshu 12, 28, 21, 19.

Scoring: San-en 91-89 Kobe (Saturday)

San-en: Terence Davis 27, Vitto Brown 23, Ryusei Sasaki 15, Jake Van Tubbergen 14, Josh Harrellson 6, Hayato Wakugawa 4, Hikaru Futagami 2, Noriyuki Sugasawa 0, Hideya Asai 0, Dai Nemoto 0, Kazuma Tsuya 0, Junior Kodama 0.

Kobe: Yoeli Childs 33, Fardaws Aimaq 21, Keigo Kimura 14, Jalen McDaniels 8, Shuto Terazono 7, Asato Ogawa 3, Lucas Saleh 2, Allen Hachimura 1, Tsukasa Nakano 0, Hayato Yamaguchi 0, Michiya Nakajima 0, Ryuya Kaneda 0.

By quarter: San-en 22, 25, 27, 17. Kobe 21, 16, 28, 24.

Scoring: Sendai 93-82 Kawasaki (Saturday)

Sendai: Jake Layman 23, Jarrett Culver 20, Sergio El Darwich 20, Kazuma Okajima 10, Nathan Boothe 9, Yusei Sugiura 5, Shota Watanabe 3, Avi Koki Schafer 3, Seiya Funyu 0, Ryota Hanzawa 0, Kosei Niinuma 0, Masaharu Kataoka 0, Masato Abe 0.

Kawasaki: Jaedon LeDee 23, Matt Bonds 13, Reoto Yonesu 12, Alex Kirk 10, Shun Matsuyama 9, Hirohide Araya 6, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 5, Jaheru Ryuto Yamauchi 4, Roy Hideki Igwe 0, Ryusei Shinoyama 0, Shota Tsuyama 0, Takumi Hasegawa 0.

By quarter: Sendai 21, 26, 22, 24. Kawasaki 19, 26, 19, 18.

Scoring: Akita 95-86 Yokohama (Saturday)

Akita: Mark Smith 28, Baiqing Zhao 18, Troy Murphy Jr. 14, Yanni Wetzell 14, Taiyo Motoda 8, Raita Akaho 6, Yori Iwaya 3, Shigehiro Taguchi 2, Takuya Nakayama 2, Naohide Hotta 0, Ryota Komatsu 0.

Yokohama: James Bell 20, Maik Kotsar 17, Isaiah Livers 16, Narito Namizato 14, Koya Sudo 11, Gakuto Arai 3, Kenta Morii 3, Takuma Sato 2, Kanta Maeno 0, Kenta Whitaker 0, Kyle Richardson 0.

By quarter: Akita 22, 18, 25, 30. Yokohama 23, 18, 23, 22.

Scoring: Ibaraki 102-87 Altiri Chiba (Saturday)

Ibaraki: Finn Delany 20, Hirotaka Yoshii 17, Vic Law 16, Tim Soares 15, Reo Maeda 14, Ray Parks Jr. 9, Kento Akama 5, Kohei Fukuzawa 4, Noboru Hasegawa 2, Genki Kojima 0, Ru Jingaoka 0, Kotaro Hisaoka 0.

Altiri Chiba: Seiya Ando 18, D.J. Newbill 17, Kotetsu Kurokawa 17, Dererk Pardon 11, Takaaki Kida 9, Naoya Kumagae 6, Leon Watanabe 5, Alex Davis 2, Blake Aoki 2, Tomoya Hasegawa 0, Kei Sugimoto 0.

By quarter: Ibaraki 26, 32, 26, 18. Altiri Chiba 36, 19, 16, 16.

Scoring: Sendai 91-72 Yokohama (Thursday)

Sendai: Sergio El Darwich 22, Jake Layman 22, Jarrett Culver 20, Nathan Boothe 13, Yusei Sugiura 6, Seiya Funyu 3, Masaharu Kataoka 3, Shota Watanabe 2, Kazuma Okajima 0, Ryota Hanzawa 0, Kosei Niinuma 0, Avi Koki Schafer 0, Masato Abe 0.

Yokohama: Isaiah Livers 21, Gakuto Arai 10, Kyle Richardson 10, Maik Kotsar 9, Takuma Sato 5, Kanta Maeno 4, Koya Sudo 4, Narito Namizato 4, Kenta Morii 3, James Bell 2, Kenta Whitaker 0.

By quarter: Sendai 19, 31, 18, 23. Yokohama 18, 17, 12, 25.

What is next

Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, 7-0 going into the weekend, visited the SunRockers on Sunday, and Osaka hosted the Chiba Jets. Those games, and Friday's three, will be in the next roundup.