Saturday's game will be an easy one for Niigata Albirex forward Yuichi Ikeda to remember. After all, he put as many points on the board — 32 — as his jersey number in an 81-69 victory over the Saitama Broncos on Saturday.
Ikeda's season-high output also matches the highest-scoring game by a Japanese player this season in the bj-league. Takamatsu Five Arrows shooting guard Yu Okada had 32 on Nov. 2.
Ikeda made 6 of 10 3-pointers and was 6-for-7 on shots from inside the 3-point arc.