This is one of sports' indisputable tenets: An expansion team will record a number of historic firsts in its inaugural season.
For the expansion Miyazaki Shining Suns, Sunday's 94-88 victory over the Shiga Lakestars produced the team's first-ever series sweep.
Shining Suns guard/forward Jackie Manuel scored a team-high 23 points, Brandon Cole added 21 points and 13 rebounds and Elijah Palmer had 19 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture.
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