Ryo Yamazaki's three on the last play keeps Hiroshima perfect at 8-0, 77-75 over San-en, and the SunRockers win by 43 at Chiba Jets: B.League Monday roundup

San-en NeoPhoenix had a four-point lead and 20 seconds to hold it. They did not. Dwayne Evans II hit a three with nine seconds left, and on the last play of the game Ryo Yamazaki, off a pass from Evans, made another. The Hiroshima Dragonflies beat San-en 77-75 on Monday night in front of 4,874 at Hiroshima Green Arena.

It was a meeting of two unbeaten West teams. Hiroshima are now 8-0 and top of the West. San-en fall to 5-1. Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, 92-77 winners at Shinshu, are 6-0, and they and Hiroshima are the only unbeaten clubs left in the Premier.

Hiroshima 77, San-en 75

Hiroshima's half. San-en led 26-22 after one. Hiroshima won the second quarter 30-14 and led by 15 at 50-35 late in the half.

San-en's answer. The NeoPhoenix scored nine straight early in the third, from 54-40 to 54-49, and went ahead 57-56 on a Jake Van Tubbergen basket with 3:23 left in the quarter. They won the quarter 20-10.

The finish. Evans and Nick Mayo put Hiroshima up 70-65 with 3:46 left. San-en scored the next six, with Vitto Brown's dunk making it 71-70 with 1:41 to go. Smith's free throw tied it 71-71. Brown made two free throws with 36 seconds left, and Terence Davis two more with 20 left: 75-71. Evans answered from three, assisted by Christopher Smith. Ryusei Sasaki missed both of his free throws at the other end with eight seconds left, Mayo took the rebound, and Yamazaki's three went in at the end.

Smith led Hiroshima with 17. Kofi Cockburn had 16 points and 16 rebounds, and Mayo 12 points and 10 rebounds. Sasaki scored 15 for San-en with seven assists.

SunRockers 107, Chiba Jets 64

The biggest crowd of the night, 9,464 at LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY, watched the home team lose by 43. Chiba Jets led 21-15 in the first quarter. The Tokyo SunRockers won the second 22-11 and the third 32-12, and the lead reached 43 at 95-52 with 5:13 left. It finished there.

Josh Hawkinson scored 21 and made all three of his threes. Bryson Williams added 20. Luke Maye led Chiba Jets with 12. The SunRockers are 6-3; Chiba Jets are 3-6.

Sendai 80, Kobe 71

Two days after scoring 34 against Utsunomiya, Jarrett Culver scored 38 at Xebio Arena Sendai. He made seven of 12 threes. Sendai led 62-36 late in the third quarter. Kobe won the fourth 29-13 and finished nine behind. Yoeli Childs had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Kobe. Sendai have won five straight and are 6-3.

The rest of Monday

Alvark Tokyo 90, Akita 74. Akita never led at Toyota Arena Tokyo. Keyontae Johnson scored 27 with five threes, and Dejon Jarreau added 21. Alvark Tokyo are 8-1 with seven straight wins and lead the East. Mark Smith had 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Akita.

Altiri Chiba 82, Nagasaki 65. Nagasaki led 14-7 early at Happiness Arena. Altiri Chiba led by 19 late. D.J. Newbill had 24 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, and Dererk Pardon scored 20. Kai Sotto did not play. Io Nagano made five threes and scored 18 for Nagasaki.

Nagoya 92, Shinshu 77. Shinshu led 16-8 at White Ring. Nagoya won the second quarter 32-18 and led by 17 in the third. Scott Eatherton scored 19 and Takumi Saito 16.

Utsunomiya 83, Gunma 80. Gunma led 25-10 in the first quarter and 78-74 with 2:43 left. Makoto Hiejima's three made it 78-77, and Otis Frazier III scored inside with 34 seconds left to put Utsunomiya ahead 79-78. Isaac Fotu led Utsunomiya with 19. Stanley Johnson scored 22 for Gunma.

Shimane 80, Kawasaki 69. Kawasaki led by eight in the first quarter. Shimane led by 16 in the third. Dexter Dennis and Yuta Okada scored 17 each. Kawasaki have lost three in a row.

Ryukyu 99, Shiga 67. Ryukyu won by 32 at Okinawa Suntory Arena, in front of 7,302. Jack Cooley had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Kiefer Ravena scored 15. Ryukyu are 4-4.

This follows our weekend roundup, when Hiroshima went 7-0 with an 89-71 win at Altiri Chiba.

Scoring

Scoring: Hiroshima 77-75 San-en (Monday)

Hiroshima: Christopher Smith 17, Kofi Cockburn 16, Dwayne Evans II 15, Nick Mayo 12, Ryosei Sato 7, Ryo Yamazaki 6, Tatsuya Ito 2, Keijiro Mitani 2, Ryo Terashima 0.

San-en: Ryusei Sasaki 15, Vitto Brown 14, Terence Davis 13, Kazuma Tsuya 12, Jake Van Tubbergen 10, Hayato Wakugawa 9, Josh Harrellson 2, Hideya Asai 0, Hikaru Futagami 0, Dai Nemoto 0.

By quarter: Hiroshima 22, 30, 10, 15. San-en 26, 14, 20, 15.

Scoring: SunRockers 107-64 Chiba Jets (Monday)

SunRockers: Josh Hawkinson 21, Bryson Williams 20, Rawle Alkins 12, Donte Grantham 10, John Lawrence Harper Jr. 9, Sogo Yamagiwa 7, Reiya Nozaki 7, Ibu Yamazaki 7, Leo Vendrame 5, Yuya Nagayoshi 5, Daiki Tanaka 2, Toyoshige Kano 2.

Chiba Jets: Luke Maye 12, LG Gill 11, Nate Williams 10, Yuki Togashi 9, Riku Segawa 8, Shuta Hara 8, Ren Kanechika 3, Yuta Watanabe 2, Kotaro Fukami 1, Naoki Tashiro 0, Takumi Sato 0, Gaku Arao 0, Kai Sugawara 0.

By quarter: SunRockers 26, 22, 32, 27. Chiba Jets 25, 11, 12, 16.

Scoring: Sendai 80-71 Kobe (Monday)

Sendai: Jarrett Culver 38, Nathan Boothe 9, Sergio El Darwich 8, Jake Layman 8, Kazuma Okajima 7, Yusei Sugiura 6, Seiya Funyu 2, Avi Koki Schafer 2, Shota Watanabe 0, Ryota Hanzawa 0, Kosei Niinuma 0, Masaharu Kataoka 0, Masato Abe 0.

Kobe: Yoeli Childs 19, Fardaws Aimaq 14, Jalen McDaniels 12, Tsukasa Nakano 8, Asato Ogawa 8, Keigo Kimura 6, Shuto Terazono 4, Allen Hachimura 0, Hayato Yamaguchi 0, Lucas Saleh 0, Ryuya Kaneda 0.

By quarter: Sendai 23, 16, 28, 13. Kobe 17, 9, 16, 29.

Scoring: Altiri Chiba 82-65 Nagasaki (Monday)

Altiri Chiba: D.J. Newbill 24, Dererk Pardon 20, Seiya Ando 10, Kotetsu Kurokawa 9, Alex Davis 7, Kei Sugimoto 7, Naoya Kumagae 3, Leon Watanabe 2, Takaaki Kida 0, Blake Aoki 0, Tomoya Hasegawa 0.

Nagasaki: Io Nagano 18, Jarrell Brantley 15, Masaaki Morikawa 13, Pablo Aguilar 9, Kenshin Hoshikawa 6, Kanji Takahira 2, Sena Platt 2, Kenji Leon Matsumoto 0, Lucas Tanaka 0, Alistair Tokio Tsuchiya 0.

By quarter: Altiri Chiba 15, 27, 18, 22. Nagasaki 17, 16, 21, 11.

Scoring: Alvark Tokyo 90-74 Akita (Monday)

Alvark Tokyo: Keyontae Johnson 27, Dejon Jarreau 21, D.J. Hogg 17, Taiki Osakabe 8, Shuto Ando 4, Gen Hiraiwa 4, Ryan Rossiter 4, Ryo Iida 3, Zack Baranski 2, Sota Okura 0.

Akita: Mark Smith 27, Yanni Wetzell 19, Taiyo Motoda 9, Shigehiro Taguchi 6, Baiqing Zhao 6, Takuya Nakayama 3, Raita Akaho 2, Yori Iwaya 2, Troy Murphy Jr. 0, Naohide Hotta 0.

By quarter: Alvark Tokyo 23, 21, 24, 22. Akita 20, 14, 25, 15.

Scoring: Nagoya 92-77 Shinshu (Monday)

Nagoya: Scott Eatherton 19, Takumi Saito 16, Aaron Henry 15, Ryan Luther 13, Keita Imamura 13, Isaiah Murphy 8, Taito Nakahigashi 4, Taketo Kato 2, Quentin Millora-Brown 2, Hiyuu Ozawa 0, Tenketsu Harimoto 0.

Shinshu: Kevon Harris 14, Takatoshi Furukawa 14, Mike Daum 14, Akitoshi Oguri 8, Marcus Lee 8, Daiki Tsuchiya 6, Marcus Kaishu Tobin 5, Eliet Donley 4, Tshilidzi Kawata 2, Susumu Tokairin 2, Kyosuke Hoshino 0, Daniel Kato 0.

By quarter: Nagoya 13, 32, 25, 22. Shinshu 18, 18, 24, 17.

Scoring: Utsunomiya 83-80 Gunma (Monday)

Utsunomiya: Isaac Fotu 19, Trey Kell III 15, Otis Frazier III 15, Makoto Hiejima 12, Gavin Edwards 9, Atsuya Ogawa 8, Yusuke Endo 3, Seiji Ikaruga 2, Kosuke Takeuchi 0, Shinji Takashima 0.

Gunma: Stanley Johnson 22, Kazuki Hosokawa 14, Kerry Blackshear Jr. 13, Kenny Asano 11, Trey Jones 7, Yuma Fujii 5, Koh Flippin 2, Takuto Nakamura 2, A.J. Edu 2, Keita Tsurumaki 2, Naoto Tsuji 0.

By quarter: Utsunomiya 16, 21, 19, 27. Gunma 27, 14, 19, 20.

Scoring: Shimane 80-69 Kawasaki (Monday)

Shimane: Dexter Dennis 17, Yuta Okada 17, Jordan Heath 13, Nick Kay 12, Shunsuke Ueda 7, Yuto Nohmi 7, Taichi Nakamura 3, Ryosuke Shirahama 3, Soichiro Inoue 1, Shota Arai 0, Mark AlKhoury 0.

Kawasaki: Alex Kirk 16, Matt Bonds 15, Jaedon LeDee 13, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 13, Shun Matsuyama 5, Takumi Hasegawa 3, Ryusei Shinoyama 2, Jaheru Ryuto Yamauchi 2, Hirohide Araya 0, Reoto Yonesu 0, Shota Tsuyama 0.

By quarter: Shimane 18, 23, 19, 20. Kawasaki 26, 15, 10, 18.

Scoring: Ryukyu 99-67 Shiga (Monday)

Ryukyu: Jack Cooley 18, Kiefer Ravena 15, Kevin Jones 15, Shota Onodera 12, Masahiro Waki 11, David Nwaba 9, Ryo Sadohara 7, Sota Oura 6, Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki 3, Koya Kawamata 3, Morihisa Yamauchi 0, Ryunosuke Satori 0.

Shiga: Zach Auguste 18, Xavier Sneed 17, Ryan Kriener 13, Ai-Che Yu 5, Hayate Komasawa 5, Daichi Nomoto 4, Shintaro Ehara 3, Taiki Okada 2, Tyrell Taku Sudo 0, Yosei Nishida 0, Takanori Tahara 0.

By quarter: Ryukyu 28, 31, 19, 21. Shiga 22, 17, 21, 7.

What is next

The B.League plays again on Wednesday, October 21. Hiroshima host Akita, Nagoya visit Utsunomiya, Ryukyu host Altiri Chiba, and Chiba Jets host Kyoto. On Thursday, Alvark Tokyo host Ibaraki and Sendai host Yokohama.

Update: Hiroshima beat Akita 98-84 on Wednesday to go 9-0.