B.League

Thirdy Ravena posts 15, but San-En falls to Ryukyu

Thirdy Ravena posted 15 points on Wednesday in the Japan Professional Basketball League (B.League) but his team, San-En NeoPhoenix, fell short against the Ryukyu Golden Kings, 85-80.

After a timeout and with Ryukyu up by six, Ravena drilled a trey to cut their deficit down to three, 83-80, with 24 seconds left.

However, that would be the last basket made by San-En as a foul on Ryukyu's Dwayne Evans brought him to the charity stripe and he sealed the win for the Golden Kings.

Evans led Ryukyu with 26 markers and 13 boards. Narito Namizato added 19, while Keita Imamura chipped in 15 points.

Stevan Jelovac had 22 points for San-En in the losing affair, while Hayato Kawashima added another 15 points.

Ryukyu officially makes it to the B.League playoffs with a 38-11 card, while San-En drops to 12-42.

Ravena and San-En will be back in action on Saturday against Shinshu. —Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA News