Thirdy Ravena and San-En were dealt a harsh 69-101 beatdown by Ryukyu to close out the calendar year in the 2021-22 B.League season, Wednesday at Toyohashi City Gymnasium.
Already sluggish in the first quarter behind 12-21, the NeoPhoenix were held down to just 11 points in the next quarter while allowing the Golden Kings to score 32 points.
Dominant were the Golden Kings the rest of the way, leading by as much as 44 points, 85-41, after a Koh Flippin dunk with 8:31 left.
Ryukyu, who went up to 21-2, had another balanced attack.
Allen Durham got 16 points and seven assists while Flippin added 15 points. Jack Cooley tallied 14 points and eight rebounds while Dwayne Evans notched a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
San-En fell to 4-20.
Robert Carter and Thirdy Ravena paced San-En with the former finishing with 20 points and seven rebounds while the latter got 18 points, eight rebounds, and two steals.
San-En will next face Kawasaki on January 2 and 3 at Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena.
