Obic Seagulls head coach Naoki Kosho had never experienced a game in which his team got eight turnovers. It happened in a favorable moment when the X League's knockout round started on Saturday.
The Seagulls scored 20 points off five first-half turnovers and their defense picked off Devin Gardner six times to beat the Nojima Sagamihara Rise 41-22 in the quarterfinal round at Yokohama Stadium.
Obic also forced three fumbles and recovered all of them to shut down Nojima's high-scoring offense.
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