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B.League: Kiefer Ravena, Shiga lose fourth straight

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 05:13 PM March 06, 2022

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MANILA, Philippines—Shiga and Kiefer Ravena dropped their fourth straight game after losing to league leader Ryukyu, 82-73, at home in the Japan B.League Sunday at Ukaruchan Arena in Otsu.

The loss sent the Lakestars, who took a 98-84 setback at the hands of Ryukyu on Saturday, to a 10-21 record at the ninth seed of the table while the Golden Kings improved to 28-3.

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Ryukyu built a 13-point lead, 60-47, after a Jack Cooley put back off an Allen Durham missed free throw that capped off a 15-2 run with 3:10 remaining in the third.

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The Golden Kings began to pull away in the second quarter with Cooley cleaning up his own miss to put his team up 12, 40-28, as part of 13-1 surge with 2:32 to remaining in the first half.

Dwayne Evans had a game-high 23 points with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals to lead Ryukyu while Cooley added 15 points and five boards off the bench.

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Sean O’mara led Shiga with 19 points and 13 rebounds while Ravena added 14 points.

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Niigata and Kobe Paras couldn’t avoid a weekend sweep as they once again fell to Akita, 71-67, in the East Conference at Noshiro City Gymnasium.

The Albirex BB also lost to the Northern Happinets, 92-76, on Saturday and have now fallen to a 5-31 record in the ladder.

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Akita, meanwhile, improved to 22-12 for the third seed.

Paras finished with a game-high 17 points for Niigata while Tshilidzi Nephawe had a 12-point, 13-reboound double-double.

Taguchi Shigehiro led the Northern Happinets with 15 points. 

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