The Oita HeatDevils jumped out to a 35-10 lead after one quarter and held off the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz's ferocious comeback on Friday night in the bj-league.
Kyoto outscored Oita in each of the next three quarters, but dropped a 91-88 decision to fall to 0-3 on the season.
The HeatDevils improved to 2-1 under second-year coach Yukinori Suzuki.