The Hiroshima Dragonflies completed a weekend sweep of the Kyoto Hannaryz after a 76-63 win on Sunday in the Japan B.League at Hiroshima Prefecture.
at Chiba Prefecture. Greg Slaughter also captured a win in the B2 Division with the Rising Zephyr Fukuoka’s 69-63 victory over the Kagawa Five Arrows at Fukuoka Prefecture. Slaughter played only ten minutes and finished with five points and a board. Kiefer Ravena and the Shiga Lakes’ four-game winning streak, however, was snapped after absorbing a 93-84 loss at the hands of the Yokohama Bee Corsairs at Shiga Prefecture. Kai Sotto led the way for the Dragonflies with a near double-double performance of 11 points and eight rebounds to go along with three blocks. MANILA, Philippines—The Hiroshima Dragonflies completed a weekend sweep of the Kyoto Hannaryz after a 76-63 win on Sunday in the Japan B.League at Hiroshima Prefecture.
Kai Sotto continues his steady play for the Hiroshima Dragonflies as they make it four wins in a row in the Japan B. League.
Ravena, who only had 5 points in San-En’s 79-73 win over the same opponents on Saturday, shot a perfect 9-of-9 clip from two-point area en route to a season-high 25 points, to go along with a well-rounded stat line of 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals. Kiefer had 15 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals for the Lakes, who slid to a 10-37 slate. With the win, the Dragonflies tied the Alvark Tokyo at the fourth spot with a 35-12 record, while the Hannaryz fell to 16-31. Cheick Diallo was once again the lone bright spot for Kyoto as he posted a double-double of 20 points and 15 rebounds. Kyoto managed to climb back and pull within just a single possession, 41-44, midway through the third quarter, before Hiroshima once again stepped on the gas to bring its lead back to twin digits, 59-48, early in the payoff period. Wright, meanwhile, bounced back from his lackluster showing on Saturday, April 1, and was one of two Kyoto players to score in double figures with 14 points, on top of 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals.
The Dragonflies' fourth straight win improved the team's record to 35-12 in Sotto's first season in the league, which his camp hopes will boost his stock and ...
[ 7-foot-3 Filipino import ](https://www.spin.ph/tag/kai-sotto)compiled 14 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and an assist in 23:09 minutes as a starter in a fitting follow-up to the Dragonflies' 92-76 win over the Hannaryz and Matthew Wright the day before. [Wright likes what he's seeing from Kai in B.League](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/matthew-wright-likes-the-kai-sotto-he-s-seeing-in-b-league-a2244-20230317) [KAI Sotto](https://www.spin.ph/tag/kai-sotto) and the Hiroshima Dragonflies sustained their hot streak on Sunday, completing a weekend rout of Kyoto Hannaryz with a 76-63 victory at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in the 2022-23 Japan B.
MANILA, Philippines — Kai Sotto and the Hiroshima Dragonflies are now winners of four straight games as they scored a weekend sweep of the Kyoto Hannaryz, ...
Dwight Ramos, for his part, had 10 points and one rebound in their 85-77 loss to the Niigata Albirex BB at the City Hall Plaza Ao-re Nagaoka. Kiefer Ravena finished with 15 points, one rebound, five assists, and two steals in the loss as they slid to 10-37. Sotto and the Dragonflies zoomed to an early lead as they led by 12, 20-8, at the end of the first salvo.
Kai Sotto and the Hiroshima Dragonflies completed a weekend sweep of the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz on Sunday, as they secured a 76-63 triumph.
Matthew Wright had 14 points for the Hannaryz. They fell to 19-28 in the tournament. They lost their eighth straight game to fall to 35-12 in the season.