The Yokohama B-Corsairs ended an eight-game slide on Friday night, whipping the Tokyo Cinq Reves in their bj-league series opener.
Yokohama scored 64 second-half points en route to a 114-91 triumph in Tokyo¡¯s Chuo Ward.
B-Corsairs big man Jordan Henriquez-Roberts was unstoppable, pacing his team with 28 points on 12-for-13 shooting, including six dunks, with 18 rebounds and three blocks. Carl Hall added 21 points and nine boards for Yokohama (19-32). Cory Johnson poured in 12 points, while Kenji Yamada and Kiichi Kikuyama each had nine points.
For Yokohama, Kento Hyodo handed out six assists and Yamada dished out five.
The B-Corsairs, who led 50-41 at halftime, converted 22 of 26 free-throw attempts.
Yokohama dominated on the boards, out-rebounding Tokyo 54-33.
For the Cinq Reves (4-47), Andre Murray scored a team-high 20 points and Du¡¯Vaughn Maxwell had 15.
In the paint: The Oita Ehime HeatDevils-Kanazawa Samuraiz series, which was scheduled to be held in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on Saturday and Sunday to close out the teams¡¯ regular season has been canceled, the bj-league announced on Thursday.
Due to safety concerns at venues in the aftermath of numerous aftershocks in Kyushu following last week¡¯s major earthquakes centered in Kumamoto Prefecture, the league decided to call off the games at Beppu Arena.
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