B2 League Round 3 of Semi-Finals. Nagasaki join Saga in title series

Matt Bonds

Chiba - Nagasaki 86-91

Nagasaki looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists. It was a great evening for American forward Matt Bonds (196-1995, college: St.Michael's) who led his team to a victory scoring 33 points (!!!) and 6 rebounds. His fellow American import forward Jeffrey Gibbs (188-1980, college: Otterbein) helped adding 15 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Nagasaki's coach used a ten-player rotation in such tough game. The best for the losing side was American power forward Evan Ravenel (204-1989, college: Ohio St.) with a double-double by scoring 23 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists and guard Kei Sugimoto (182-1992) produced a double-double by scoring 24 points and 13 assists.
Top scorers:
Chiba: K.Sugimoto 24+4reb+13ast, E.Ravenel 23+16reb+4ast, T.Kida 19+2reb, B.Ashley 8+10reb+1ast, Y.Otsuka 6+1ast, D.Kobayashi 6+1reb
Nagasaki: M.Bonds 33+6reb+1ast, T.Kanji 15+5reb+4ast, J.Gibbs 15+7reb+8ast, M.Karimata 9+3reb+4ast, K.Matsumoto 8+3reb+6ast, P.Aguilar 5+5reb+4ast