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Center Noriko Hamaguchi scored a game-high 29 points to lead the Japan Energy Sunflowers to 102-86 triumph over Fujitsu Redwave to claim their fourth consecutive title at the women's national basketball championships on Sunday.
Hamaguchi went 9-for-16 from the foul line and scored 10-of-19 from the field with a game-high 10 rebounds at Yoyogi National Gymnasium annex as Japan Energy secured its 13th overall national title.