Keisei Tominaga scores 35 as Levanga Hokkaido hit 109 for the second time in three days, Jarrett Culver's 34 lifts Sendai, and Hiroshima go 7-0: B.League weekend roundup

Keisei Tominaga had 35 points by the time Levanga Hokkaido were done with the Yokohama B-Corsairs at Yokohama Buntai on Sunday. He made 12 of 21 shots and all seven of his free throws in 28 minutes, and Hokkaido won 109-78 in front of 4,906. On Friday night at Saga Arena, they had beaten the Saga Ballooners 109-90.

That made two road wins and 218 points in three days. Hokkaido are 5-3 and have won two in a row.

It was a 13-game weekend in the B.League Premier. Sendai came from 13 down to beat Utsunomiya 85-81, Hiroshima won 89-71 at Altiri Chiba to stay unbeaten at 7-0, and Alvark Tokyo won 100-86 at Gunma for a sixth straight win.

Hokkaido 109, Yokohama 78

The first quarter. Yokohama never led by more than a point. Tominaga scored on a fast-break layup and a three inside the first five minutes, and Hokkaido led 32-20 after one.

The pull-away. Hokkaido won all four quarters, and the lead reached 31 at 101-70 with 3:11 left. Gary Clark added 22 points and seven rebounds, and Dwight Ramos and John Harrar had 14 each. Maik Kotsar made all nine of his free throws and scored 19 for Yokohama.

On Friday, Hokkaido led Saga by as many as 23. Dwight Ramos scored 23 on 5-of-8 from three, and Clark and Harrar had 17 each, Harrar with 15 rebounds. Nassir Little scored 35 for Saga and Damyean Dotson 25 with 10 rebounds.

Sendai 85, Utsunomiya 81

The hole. Utsunomiya led 31-18 in the second quarter at Xebio Arena Sendai on Saturday and 45-34 at half-time.

The turn. Sendai won the third quarter 27-13. Sergio El Darwich scored on layups to tie it 58-58, and Jarrett Culver's three-point play put Sendai ahead 61-58 with 29 seconds left in the quarter.

Culver's stretch. With Sendai up 71-65 in the fourth, Culver scored 10 straight Sendai points: two layups, then two threes, the last for an 81-69 lead with 2:51 left. Utsunomiya kept coming. Seiji Ikaruga's three cut it to 84-81 with 11 seconds left. Culver made one of two free throws, and Trey Kell III missed a three.

Culver finished with 34 points and eight rebounds, and El Darwich had 21 and made all eight of his free throws. Kell scored 26 for Utsunomiya and Otis Frazier III 20. Sendai have won four in a row and are 5-3. Utsunomiya are 3-4. The crowd was 4,708.

Hiroshima 89, Altiri Chiba 71

Altiri Chiba led 16-11 early at Chibagin Arena. Hiroshima outscored them 19-5 over the rest of the first quarter, led 30-21, and were never caught. Kofi Cockburn made all 10 of his shots for 22 points and had 11 rebounds, and Christopher Smith added 19 points and eight rebounds. Alex Davis scored 16 for Altiri Chiba and Kotetsu Kurokawa 14 off the bench. Kai Sotto did not play. Hiroshima are 7-0 and top the table.

Yokohama 87, Ryukyu 85

On Friday, four days after beating the Chiba Jets in overtime, Yokohama trailed 62-60 after three quarters and won the fourth 27-23. They led 87-83 when Jack Cooley scored on a putback at the buzzer. James Bell scored 23 off the bench and Isaiah Livers 21, and Kotsar had 19 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. David Nwaba scored 28 for the Golden Kings.

The rest of the weekend

Ibaraki 82, Kawasaki 74 (Friday). Vic Law scored 30 and made 11 of 12 free throws. On Sunday, Ibaraki beat Osaka 98-63 at home, with Ray Parks Jr. scoring 18 off the bench and four players scoring 16 or more.

Akita 102, Shinshu 95. Yanni Wetzell had 31 points and 12 rebounds, and Mark Smith scored 27, 10 of them from the line.

Alvark Tokyo 100, Gunma 86. Gunma led 55-52 at half-time. Alvark won the second half 48-31, and Keyontae Johnson scored 30, 14 of them on free throws. Alvark are 7-1.

Chiba Jets 97, Shimane 78. Yuta Watanabe scored 22 and Riku Segawa 21 in front of 9,690 at LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay, the biggest crowd of the weekend.

SunRockers 95, Nagasaki 63. Rawle Alkins scored 20 and Donte Grantham had 19 points and six assists.

Mikawa 99, Toyama 56. Mikawa won the third quarter 36-16, and Aaron White had 21 points and 14 rebounds off the bench. Toyama scored eight points in the fourth.

Kyoto 115, Saga 70. Angelo Caloiaro had 29 points and 10 assists in 23 minutes and made 5 of 6 threes. Michael Phillips added 18 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.

Scoring

Scoring: Hokkaido 109-78 Yokohama (Sunday)

Hokkaido: Keisei Tominaga 35, Gary Clark 22, Dwight Ramos 14, John Harrar 14, Marques Bolden 7, Yu Kibayashi 7, Kohei Sekino 3, Hiroto Kikuchi 2, Ren Shimatani 2, Teruchika Naito 2, Shuto Ichiba 1, Yuta Osaki 0, Hiroki Matsuzaki 0.

Yokohama: Maik Kotsar 19, Koya Sudo 14, James Bell 13, Kyle Richardson 12, Takuma Sato 9, Narito Namizato 7, Kanta Maeno 2, Kenta Morii 2, Kenta Whitaker 0.

By quarter: Hokkaido 32, 21, 28, 28. Yokohama 20, 20, 24, 14.

Scoring: Hokkaido 109-90 Saga (Friday)

Hokkaido: Dwight Ramos 23, Gary Clark 17, John Harrar 17, Marques Bolden 16, Hiroto Kikuchi 12, Keisei Tominaga 10, Ren Shimatani 5, Yuta Osaki 4, Shuto Ichiba 3, Yu Kibayashi 2, Kohei Sekino 0, Teruchika Naito 0, Hiroki Matsuzaki 0.

Saga: Nassir Little 35, Damyean Dotson 25, Taiki Sumida 11, Ryo Abe 8, Kosuke Hashimoto 6, Sori Uchio 3, Toshiki Tomiyama 2, Futa Takedomi 0, Atsuki Kishida 0, Ryota Inoue 0.

By quarter: Hokkaido 28, 26, 23, 32. Saga 24, 21, 19, 26.

Scoring: Sendai 85-81 Utsunomiya (Saturday)

Sendai: Jarrett Culver 34, Sergio El Darwich 21, Kazuma Okajima 7, Shota Watanabe 7, Seiya Funyu 6, Nathan Boothe 5, Yusei Sugiura 3, Avi Koki Schafer 2, Ryota Hanzawa 0, Kosei Niinuma 0, Masaharu Kataoka 0, Masato Abe 0.

Utsunomiya: Trey Kell III 26, Otis Frazier III 20, Isaac Fotu 13, Atsuya Ogawa 7, Makoto Hiejima 5, Seiji Ikaruga 5, Gavin Edwards 5, Yusuke Endo 0, Kosuke Takeuchi 0, Shinji Takashima 0, Hironori Watanabe 0, Hayate Arakawa 0.

By quarter: Sendai 14, 20, 27, 24. Utsunomiya 23, 22, 13, 23.

Scoring: Hiroshima 89-71 Altiri Chiba (Saturday)

Hiroshima: Kofi Cockburn 22, Christopher Smith 19, Dwayne Evans II 15, Nick Mayo 12, Keijiro Mitani 8, Tatsuya Ito 4, Ryo Terashima 3, Ryo Yamazaki 3, Ryosei Sato 3, Kaine Roberts 0, Haruya Matsuno 0, Kevin Hareyama 0.

Altiri Chiba: Alex Davis 16, Kotetsu Kurokawa 14, D.J. Newbill 11, Dererk Pardon 9, Seiya Ando 7, Takaaki Kida 3, Kei Sugimoto 3, Naoya Kumagae 3, Leon Watanabe 3, Blake Aoki 2, Tomoya Hasegawa 0.

By quarter: Hiroshima 30, 22, 19, 18. Altiri Chiba 21, 17, 21, 12.

Scoring: Yokohama 87-85 Ryukyu (Friday)

Yokohama: James Bell 23, Isaiah Livers 21, Maik Kotsar 19, Takuma Sato 7, Koya Sudo 6, Narito Namizato 6, Kenta Morii 3, Kyle Richardson 2, Kanta Maeno 0, Kenta Whitaker 0.

Ryukyu: David Nwaba 28, Jack Cooley 15, Kiefer Ravena 9, Masahiro Waki 6, Kevin Jones 6, Sota Oura 5, Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki 5, Koya Kawamata 5, Ryo Sadohara 4, Shota Onodera 2, Morihisa Yamauchi 0.

By quarter: Yokohama 19, 27, 14, 27. Ryukyu 21, 18, 23, 23.

Scoring: Ibaraki 82-74 Kawasaki (Friday)

Ibaraki: Vic Law 30, Tim Soares 19, Hirotaka Yoshii 11, Finn Delany 7, Reo Maeda 7, Ray Parks Jr. 3, Noboru Hasegawa 3, Hugh Watanabe 2, Kohei Fukuzawa 0, Ru Jingaoka 0, Kento Akama 0, Kotaro Hisaoka 0.

Kawasaki: Jaedon LeDee 21, Matt Bonds 16, Hirohide Araya 10, Alex Kirk 8, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 7, Reoto Yonesu 5, Shun Matsuyama 4, Jaheru Ryuto Yamauchi 3, Roy Hideki Igwe 0, Ryusei Shinoyama 0, Shota Tsuyama 0, Takumi Hasegawa 0.

By quarter: Ibaraki 23, 17, 17, 25. Kawasaki 19, 23, 13, 19.

Scoring: Ibaraki 98-63 Osaka (Sunday)

Ibaraki: Ray Parks Jr. 18, Finn Delany 16, Tim Soares 16, Reo Maeda 16, Kohei Fukuzawa 12, Noboru Hasegawa 10, Genki Kojima 5, Hirotaka Yoshii 3, Hugh Watanabe 2, Vic Law 0, Ru Jingaoka 0, Kento Akama 0.

Osaka: James Palmer Jr. 13, Makoto Kinoshita 11, Seiga Sakamoto 11, Kyo-chang Song 10, Damonte Dodd 7, Kaisei Takahashi 5, Yoshiya Uematsu 4, Hayato Maki 2, Takuya Hashimoto 0, Takeshi Sato 0.

By quarter: Ibaraki 26, 20, 26, 26. Osaka 21, 10, 11, 21.

Scoring: Akita 102-95 Shinshu (Saturday)

Akita: Yanni Wetzell 31, Mark Smith 27, Baiqing Zhao 14, Takuya Nakayama 11, Shigehiro Taguchi 9, Yori Iwaya 4, Troy Murphy Jr. 3, Reid Travis 2, Raita Akaho 1, Naohide Hotta 0, Taiyo Motoda 0.

Shinshu: Mike Daum 21, Marcus Lee 18, Takatoshi Furukawa 16, Kevon Harris 11, Akitoshi Oguri 6, Eliet Donley 5, Tshilidzi Kawata 5, Susumu Tokairin 5, Daiki Tsuchiya 4, Marcus Kaishu Tobin 4, Kyosuke Hoshino 0, Daniel Kato 0.

By quarter: Akita 27, 23, 27, 25. Shinshu 23, 22, 28, 22.

Scoring: Alvark Tokyo 100-86 Gunma (Saturday)

Alvark Tokyo: Keyontae Johnson 30, D.J. Hogg 22, Dejon Jarreau 13, Zack Baranski 11, Shuto Ando 9, Taiki Osakabe 7, Ryo Iida 6, Gen Hiraiwa 2, Sota Okura 0, Hiromu Nakamura 0, Ryan Rossiter 0.

Gunma: Stanley Johnson 22, Kerry Blackshear Jr. 17, Trey Jones 15, Yuma Fujii 11, Takuto Nakamura 8, Koh Flippin 6, A.J. Edu 4, Kenny Asano 3, Naoto Tsuji 0, Keita Tsurumaki 0, Kazuki Hosokawa 0, Daichi Taniguchi 0.

By quarter: Alvark Tokyo 33, 19, 25, 23. Gunma 32, 23, 16, 15.

Scoring: Chiba Jets 97-78 Shimane (Saturday)

Chiba Jets: Yuta Watanabe 22, Riku Segawa 21, Nate Williams 19, Ren Kanechika 10, LG Gill 9, Yuki Togashi 6, Luke Maye 6, Naoki Tashiro 2, Takumi Sato 2, Kotaro Fukami 0, Gaku Arao 0, Kai Sugawara 0, Shuta Hara 0.

Shimane: Yuta Okada 20, Taichi Nakamura 14, Dexter Dennis 13, Jordan Heath 11, Nick Kay 8, Shunsuke Ueda 7, Soichiro Inoue 3, Mark AlKhoury 2, Shota Arai 0, Anthony Sho Sukegawa 0, Ryosuke Shirahama 0, Yuto Nohmi 0.

By quarter: Chiba Jets 23, 23, 22, 29. Shimane 16, 30, 15, 17.

Scoring: SunRockers 95-63 Nagasaki (Saturday)

SunRockers: Rawle Alkins 20, Donte Grantham 19, Ibu Yamazaki 12, Toyoshige Kano 10, Sogo Yamagiwa 7, Josh Hawkinson 5, Leo Vendrame 5, Reiya Nozaki 5, Daiki Tanaka 5, Bryson Williams 4, John Lawrence Harper Jr. 3, Yuya Nagayoshi 0.

Nagasaki: Jarrell Brantley 19, Ko Kumagai 8, Levi Randolph 8, Masaaki Morikawa 7, Io Nagano 7, Pablo Aguilar 4, Yudai Baba 3, Lucas Tanaka 3, Kenshin Hoshikawa 2, Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya 2, Kenji Leon Matsumoto 0, Kanji Takahira 0.

By quarter: SunRockers 30, 22, 18, 25. Nagasaki 20, 15, 17, 11.

Scoring: Mikawa 99-56 Toyama (Sunday)

Mikawa: Aaron White 21, Davante Gardner 18, Thomas Kennedy 14, Kosuke Ishii 11, Yudai Nishida 9, Sean O'Mara 8, Yoshiaki Kubota 6, Yutaro Suda 4, Akihisa Kosaka 3, Shogo Taira 3, Satoshi Nagano 2, Ryogo Sumino 0.

Toyama: Braian Angola 15, Darral Willis Jr. 12, Aamir Simms 11, Thirdy Ravena 10, Haruaki Tanaka 5, Kaito Morizane 2, Daichi Kuzuhara 1, Yuzo Okada 0, Kazuki Miyamoto 0, Naoki Uto 0, Faraz Rashid 0, Yoshiyuki Nozaki 0.

By quarter: Mikawa 24, 19, 36, 20. Toyama 18, 14, 16, 8.

Scoring: Kyoto 115-70 Saga (Sunday)

Kyoto: Angelo Caloiaro 29, Charles Jackson 21, Michael Phillips 18, Demetre Rivers 10, Hayato Kawashima 9, Kanta Mizuno 8, Shuma Nishibe 6, Satoru Maeta 6, Mone Alex Hall 6, Leon Shibuta 2, Ryuichi Kishimoto 0, Ryunosuke Watanabe 0.

Saga: Nassir Little 20, Damyean Dotson 12, Atsuki Kishida 9, Taiki Sumida 9, Ryota Inoue 6, Futa Takedomi 5, Sori Uchio 4, Kosuke Hashimoto 3, Ryo Abe 2, Toshiki Tomiyama 0.

By quarter: Kyoto 29, 33, 24, 29. Saga 18, 21, 16, 15.

What is next

Nine games on Monday, October 19, all at 19:05 local time except Ryukyu-Shiga at 19:35. Unbeaten Hiroshima host San-en, who are 5-0. Altiri Chiba play at Nagasaki, Sendai host Kobe, and Alvark Tokyo host Akita.

Update: Hiroshima went 8-0 on Monday with a last-play three against San-en.