The Yokohama B-Corsairs have a new head coach (Michael Katsuhisa) and a vastly different lineup than the one the team had when it won the bj-league title in May as a second-year franchise.
And the B-Corsairs are now 0-1 after dropping their season opener, losing 86-79 to the visiting Shinshu Brave Warriors on Saturday in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Patrick Sanders scored 22 points and dished out five assists for Shinshu, with teammates Shota Konno and Shoji Nakanishi adding 16 and 13 points, respectively. Emanuel Willis had eight points and nine rebounds and Takato Saito and Xavier Gibson both scored seven points.