Bahamian professional basketball players Kadeem Coleby, Mark St. Fort and Lashann Higgs experienced playing time on the court in mid-week action for their respective teams on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Coleby was in action in Japan’s B1 League while St. Fort was also in action in Japan but in the B2 League. Both were in action last night. Higgs played in Spain in the Liga Femenina Endesa (Liga Dia) on Tuesday night.
For Coleby, he and his Akita Northern Happinets (20-10) defeated the bottom feeders of the league Levanga Hokkaida (9-21) 79-73 at the CNA Arena, in Akita, Japan. Coleby finished with a team-high 16 points and grabbed five boards while dishing out five assists. He was 5-for-7 from the field and 6-for-9 from the free throw line. The seasoned player was huge on defense as he finished with four blocks.
The Happinets used a huge 26-14 fourth quarter advantage to come back in the game and win the game, as the visitors held a 59-53 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Levanga controlled most of the game, including in the early going, but the Happinets managed to tie the game at 36 at the half. The Happinets used a key 8-0 scoring run to put the game away in the fourth quarter.
Coleby returns to action on Saturday when he and his team head on the road to play Sea Horses Mikawa (22-8) in back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday at the Wing Arena Kariya in Kariya, Aichi, Japan. Both games will get underway at 3:05 p.m. local time, 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) here in The Bahamas.
St. Fort had his best game in his three games with the Fukushima Firebonds (14-17), but they fell 88-78 to the Sendai 89ers (20-13) at the Horaiya Koriyama General Gymnasium in Fukushima, Japan.
The big man scored a team-high 19 points and grabbed four rebounds. He converted 7-of-10 shots from the field including 1-for-3 from three-point territory. St. Fort finished 4-for-6 from the charity stripe. He came away with two steals.
A 26-18 first quarter advantage gave the visitors a good start and they never looked back after that. The 89ers took advantage in the fast break points category as they held a 15-3 advantage.
The Firebonds return to action this weekend with two home games as they play Earth Friends Tokyo Z (4-27). The Saturday matchup is set for 6 p.m. while the Sunday matchup is set for 1:30 p.m. local time, 14 hours ahead of EST here in The Bahamas.
Higgs and her team, Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM (4-16), fell to Cadi La Seu (9-12) at home at Bembibre Arena, in Bembibre, Spain.
Higgs led her team with 17 points, four rebounds and one steal. She shot 6-for-10 from the field including 2-for-3 from beyond the three-point arc. She shot 3-for-4 from the foul line.
Bembibre started the game off scoring five unanswered points, but at the end of the first quarter, the visitors led 19-14. A 27-18 Cadi La Seu advantage in the second quarter put Bembibre in a hole as they trailed 46-32. Bembibre tried to come back in the game close in the third quarter but the visitors held the momentum and they got the victory.
Next up for Higgs and her squad is an away matchup tomorrow against Argon Uni Girona (18-2) at Pavelló Girona-Fontajau, in Girona, Spain. The game will get underway at 7:30 p.m. local time, six hours ahead of EST here in The Bahamas.
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