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Thirdy Ravena was limited on Sunday for a San-En team that achieved a second consecutive victory in the 2020-21 B. League season by beating Levanga Hokkaido 80-74 to wrap up a two-game trip at the Sports Center of Hokkaido Prefecture. in Japan.
The Filipino reinforcement played sparingly from the bench in its second game since recovering from COVID-19 and posted a rebound, assist and steal in four minutes without scoring.
However, his other teammates were there to take over once again for the NeoPhoenix, who were behind most of the game against the hosts before putting together a strong fourth quarter to string together back-to-back wins and improve to 4-17. . in the Western District.
Stevan Jelovac had 22 points and added 10 rebounds, three assists and one steal, while his fellow import Kyle Hunt was also dominant, recording 20 points, 15 rebounds, four blocks and two assists. Hayato Kawashima added 19 points and three triples in San-En’s win.
But it wasn’t easy for the NeoPhoenix, who had to resist a late comeback attempt against a Hokkaido squad that fired 14 of 29 shots (48.3 percent) from long range in the game.
Trailing by three, 55-52, entering the fourth quarter, San-En had a 15-3 start behind Hunt and Jelovac to take a 67-58 lead with less than five minutes left in the game.
A Jelovac safety three later gave the NeoPhoenix a 72-63 lead, but Hokkaido roared behind imported Jordan Taylor, who hit two 3-pointers in a row to cut it to three, 72-69, with 1:34 to go.
San-En, however, managed to hold on and landed a large floater basket from Kawashima to take a 74-69 lead with 32 seconds to play. A fumble on Hokkaido’s next incoming possession doomed any chance of the home team playing again.
After shooting 50 percent in the first game Saturday against Levanga, the NeoPhoenix hit only 41.5 percent of their shots, though they delivered 22 assists against just 13 losses and won the battle on the glass, 45-37.
Taylor had 21 points, five rebounds, six assists and two steals for Hokkaido, which fell to 4-17 after a sixth straight loss. Shogo Tamaki also released 10.
San-En can add three games in a row when he plays at home against Niigata Albirex BB (6-14) on Saturday, December 19 at 4:05 pm (Manila time).
THE SCORES
San-En NeoPhoenix 80 –Jelovac 22, Hunt 20, Kawashima 19, Shuto 6, Nishikawa 6, Suzuki 5, Ota 2, Ravena 0, Milenovic 0.
Levanga Hokkaido 74 –Taylor 21, Tamaki 10, Williams 9, Hashimoto 8, Uchida 8, Nakano 6, Tajima 6, Kuzuhara 3, Faye 3, Makizen 0, Sakurai 0.
Quarters: 19-19, 35-39, 52-55, 80-74
