First match of the tournament, a grand start with a win/Kanto University Championship
The Kanto University Championship has begun. Their first opponent was Meiji University, who had won the tournament. Although they still have issues with their free throw success rate, they maintained the lead from the start of the game and won with aplomb.
◆4.13-5.5 73rd Kanto University Championship (Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground Indoor Ball Game Field, etc.)
▼5.1 Battle against Meiji University (Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground Indoor Ball Game Field A Court)
○Meiji University 91 {24-21, 32-19, 20-11, 15-15} 66 Meiji University
The starters are PG Katsuki Hiramatsu (Jokomi 4 = Fukudai Ohori), SG Daisho Koshida (Politics and Economics 4 = Sendai Daimeisei), SF Shuntaro Muto (Politics and Economics 2 = Kaishi Kokusai), PF Haruki Ito (Politics and Economics 4 = Kirimitsu) Gakuen), PF Kanta Ogawara (Eng. 4 = Yachiyo Shoin).
The team got off to a strong start in the first quarter, as Koshida said, “I’ve had a bad start to the tournament every year, so this year I wanted to give it my all from the get-go.” He invites fouls from opponents under the goal, and when on offense, the team responds to Hiramatsu’s accurate instructions. “There aren’t many teams that can make transitions as quickly as Meiji University” (Hiramatsu), but they displayed a high level of defensive ability against their opponent, ending the first quarter with a score of 24-21. Immediately after the start of the second quarter, Muto gained momentum with a 3-point shot. In the middle of the game, they conceded consecutive points and the momentum changed, but a timeout was immediately given. “I said we’ll do it as usual.”As I said with (Koshida), after that they steadily increased their points and widened their lead, and the first half ended at 56-40.
Early in the 3rd quarter, the opponent’s 3-point shots slowed the momentum, but Koshida’s consecutive shots helped pick things up. After that, they maintained their point difference with tenacious defense and ended the first match of the tournament with a win, 91-66.
The first game of the season got off to a good start. Tomorrow they will take on Daito University with the goal of making it to the top eight. Daito University, a strong team, suffered a tough loss in the league and intercollegiate games last year. Expectations are high whether they can keep up their momentum and score more wins.
[Kazuo Terai]
Comments after the match
Koshida
――Did you have any good plays yourself?
“I didn’t get a 3-point point shot today, but I was able to mainly drive, and I was able to provide assists and communicate well with the defense, which was good.”
――There were a lot of free throws in this game, what do you think?
“This time we got more free throws than we expected, but they weren’t special and the point difference didn’t widen much, so tomorrow we’ll be conscious as a team to be able to make solid free throws.”
Hiramatsu
――As you are in the position of captain this year, is there anything you are personally conscious of?
“I tried to speak up when things were bad and prepare well for the game.”
――How will you make use of this reflection?
“We had a good start today, so now that our opponents are going to be at a higher level, we want to start even better than usual.If we can focus on ourselves and play our own basketball, we will get results. I think things will follow, so I want to focus on that.”
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2024-05-02 11:08:14
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