Freshman sensation Louis Hachimura scored 32 points to guide Sendai's Meisei High School to its second-ever Winter Cup title with a 92-78 victory over Fukuoka University Ohori in the boys' final of the 44th All-Japan High School Tournament on Sunday.
"I was so moved," Meisei's veteran head coach Hisao Sato said after the game at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. "I'd just like to appreciate our players."
The Miyagi Prefecture school triumphed in the yearend championship, which is one of the three major titles in high school basketball, in 2009.
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