Former NBA center Lance Allred had 18 points and 20 rebounds and Jermaine Boyette scored a game-high 20 points to lead the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz to their eighth win in a row, an 80-73 triumph over the Miyazaki Shining Suns on Sunday in the bj-league.
Rick Rickert, a former Minnesota Timberwolves draft pick, added 16 points and 10 boards for the surging Hannaryz (11-5), who are off to their best start in the franchise's three-season history. Taizo Kawabe scored six points and Kyosuke Setoyama contributed five points and three assists.
First-year Kyoto coach Honoo Hamaguchi's team played a solid all-around game perhaps defined best by these numbers: 17 assists and nine turnovers. The veteran club also sank 13 of 16 free-throw attempts.