Nobody considered the Tokyo Apache's season schedule ideal.

But few could argue that coach Bob Hill's team didn't deliver a quality, entertaining effort in its first home game of the 2010-11 season, beating the Oita HeatDevils 98-85 on Thursday night at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2.

A mixture of old and new faces produced plenty of highlights for the Apache (7-6) in their first of four home games this week. The Shimane Susanoo Magic visit Kanto for a Saturday-Sunday series.