Isaiah Livers' three in overtime beats the Chiba Jets 108-106 as Gakuto Arai scores 33: B.League Monday roundup

Chiba led 106-104 with 30 seconds left in overtime at Yokohama Buntai on Monday. Isaiah Livers caught a pass from James Bell and made a three. Yokohama led 107-106, Livers added a free throw with 12 seconds left, and Luke Maye missed a three for Chiba with three seconds to go. The Yokohama B-Corsairs won 108-106 in front of 4,945.

It was the longest and closest of Monday's five B.League Premier games. Alvark Tokyo won 103-78 at Osaka, Gunma won 72-61 at Saga, Shiga beat Shinshu 95-76, and Nagasaki beat Kobe 85-69.

Yokohama 108, Chiba Jets 106 (OT)

The first half. Chiba led 25-22 after the first quarter. Yokohama won the second 22-18 and led 44-43 at the break.

The Jets' push. Chiba won the third quarter 25-18, 10 of those points from the free-throw line, and led by as many as 12. Yokohama trailed 68-62 with a quarter left.

The fourth quarter. Gakuto Arai kept Yokohama close. He scored 33 points in 30 minutes, with 6 of 9 from three. A Chiba coach's technical foul gave Livers a free throw for 93-93 with 28 seconds left. Narito Namizato's jumper made it 95-93 with 14 seconds left, and Nate Williams answered with a layup from Maye's pass to tie it at 95-95 with eight seconds left. Maik Kotsar missed a layup and Ren Kanechika missed a three as time ran out.

Overtime. Yuki Togashi's three-point play put Chiba ahead 106-104 with 46 seconds left. Then came Livers.

Kotsar finished with 25 points and 17 rebounds, and Livers had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Namizato had 10 assists. Togashi and Nate Williams scored 20 each for Chiba, and Yuta Watanabe had 10 points and 10 rebounds. The lead changed hands 16 times. Yokohama are 4-3 and the Jets 2-5.

Scoring: Yokohama 108-106 Chiba Jets

Yokohama: Gakuto Arai 33, Maik Kotsar 25, Isaiah Livers 19, Takuma Sato 10, James Bell 8, Kyle Richardson 7, Narito Namizato 4, Kenta Morii 2, Koya Sudo 0.

Chiba Jets: Yuki Togashi 20, Nate Williams 20, Riku Segawa 13, Luke Maye 13, Yuta Watanabe 10, Ren Kanechika 9, Nyika Williams 8, Shuta Hara 8, LG Gill 5, Takumi Sato 0, Gaku Arao 0.

By quarter: Yokohama 22, 22, 18, 33, 13 (OT). Chiba Jets 25, 18, 25, 27, 11 (OT).

Alvark Tokyo 103, Osaka 78

Keyontae Johnson scored 24 points in 25 minutes and Shuto Ando added 18 with four threes. Alvark won every quarter. James Palmer Jr. scored 22 for Osaka, 6 of 7 from three. Alvark are 6-1 and Osaka 1-6. The crowd at Ookini Arena Maishima was 4,120.

Scoring: Alvark Tokyo 103-78 Osaka

Alvark Tokyo: Keyontae Johnson 24, Shuto Ando 18, D.J. Hogg 16, Taiki Osakabe 13, Ryan Rossiter 7, Hiromu Nakamura 6, Zack Baranski 6, Gen Hiraiwa 6, Ryo Iida 5, Sota Okura 2.

Osaka: James Palmer Jr. 22, Makoto Kinoshita 14, Joji Takeuchi 12, Kaisei Takahashi 8, Yoshiya Uematsu 8, Damonte Dodd 7, Takeshi Sato 3, Kyo-chang Song 2, Hayato Maki 2, Seiga Sakamoto 0.

By quarter: Alvark Tokyo 26, 25, 27, 25. Osaka 17, 21, 19, 21.

Gunma 72, Saga 61

Stanley Johnson scored 26 points with 11 rebounds, and Kerry Blackshear Jr. had 16 and nine. Gunma won the fourth quarter 23-17. A.J. Edu started and had six points and eight rebounds. Damyean Dotson scored 17 for Saga and Nassir Little 16. Gunma are 6-1, and Saga 1-6. The crowd at Saga Arena was 5,320.

Scoring: Gunma 72-61 Saga

Gunma: Stanley Johnson 26, Kerry Blackshear Jr 16, Yuma Fujii 6, Trey Jones 6, Takuto Nakamura 6, A.J. Edu 6, Kenny Asano 3, Kazuki Hosokawa 3, Koh Flippin 0, Naoto Tsuji 0, Keita Tsurumaki 0.

Saga: Damyean Dotson 17, Nassir Little 16, Taiki Sumida 10, Ryo Abe 8, David Dudzinski 8, Derrick Michael Xzavierro 2, Sori Uchio 0, Atsuki Kishida 0, Toshiki Tomiyama 0, Ryota Inoue 0.

By quarter: Gunma 16, 16, 17, 23. Saga 15, 12, 17, 17.

Shiga 95, Shinshu 76

Zach Auguste scored 31 points, 10 of 12 at the line, with eight rebounds. Shiga led 56-35 at half-time. Ryan Kriener added 19. Eliet Donley and Mike Daum scored 10 each for Shinshu. Shiga are 3-4 and Shinshu 2-5. The crowd at Shiga Daihatsu Arena was 4,409.

Scoring: Shiga 95-76 Shinshu

Shiga: Zach Auguste 31, Ryan Kriener 19, Xavier Sneed 15, Hayate Komasawa 9, Daichi Nomoto 8, Taiga Jack Komamizu 3, Yosei Nishida 3, Shintaro Ehara 3, Taiki Okada 2, Ai-Che Yu 2, Louieseandrey Sato 0, Tyrell Taku Sudo 0, Takanori Tahara 0.

Shinshu: Eliet Donley 10, Mike Daum 10, Akitoshi Oguri 9, Marcus Kaishu Tobin 9, Kevon Harris 8, Daiki Tsuchiya 8, Takatoshi Furukawa 8, Marcus Lee 7, Kyosuke Hoshino 5, Tshilidzi Kawata 2, Susumu Tokairin 0, Daniel Kato 0.

By quarter: Shiga 28, 28, 19, 20. Shinshu 15, 20, 17, 24.

Nagasaki 85, Kobe 69

Jarrell Brantley scored 24 points with seven assists, Levi Randolph 20 and Pablo Aguilar 17. Nagasaki led 39-26 at half-time. Yoeli Childs had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Kobe. Nagasaki are 3-4 and Kobe 2-5. The crowd at Happiness Arena was 5,823.

Scoring: Nagasaki 85-69 Kobe

Nagasaki: Jarrell Brantley 24, Levi Randolph 20, Pablo Aguilar 17, Ko Kumagai 8, Yudai Baba 7, Io Nagano 4, Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya 4, Sena Platt 1, Kenji leon Matsumoto 0, Masaaki Morikawa 0, Kenshin Hoshikawa 0, Kanji Takahira 0, Lucas Tanaka 0.

Kobe: Yoeli Childs 17, Jalen McDaniels 14, Asato Ogawa 12, Fardaws Aimaq 11, Hayato Yamaguchi 7, Shuto Terazono 5, Ryuya Kaneda 3, Tsukasa Nakano 0, Allen Hachimura 0, Keigo Kimura 0, Lucas Saleh 0, Michiya Nakajima 0.

By quarter: Nagasaki 19, 20, 23, 23. Kobe 13, 13, 26, 17.

The table

Hiroshima (6-0), Nagoya (5-0) and San-en (5-0) are the unbeaten teams. Alvark Tokyo and Gunma are 6-1. Ibaraki are 0-7.

What is next

Yokohama host Ryukyu on Friday, October 16, the first of 13 games over three days. On Saturday, Gunma host Alvark Tokyo with both teams at 6-1, and the Chiba Jets host Shimane.

Update: the B.League weekend roundup, with Yokohama's 87-85 win over Ryukyu and a 109-78 loss to Hokkaido.