Center Dillion Sneed sored 33 points on 12-for-15 shooting and raked in 13 rebounds to lead the host Iwate Big Bulls to a 102-67 victory over the winless Gunma Crane Thunders on Saturday in the bj-league.
Kenichi Takahashi scored 17 points, connecting on 3 of 4 3-pointers and Naoto Nakamura buried 4 of 7 3s as Iwate improved to 7-0 under bench boss Dai Oketani, who guided the Ryukyu Golden Kings to their second championship last season.
The expansion Crane Thunders fell to 0-7. They have lost their last three games by a combined 116 points.
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