Yongin Samsung Life Insurance beat Bucheon Hana One Q to rise to third place alone.
In a home game against Hana One Q in the third round of the regular league of Woori Bank's Woori WON 2023-2024 Women's Professional Basketball League held at Yongin Gymnasium on Monday, Samsung Life Insurance beat Hana One Q 56-51 with 15 points. The two teams, which tied for third place before their showdowns on the day, saw their rankings change. Samsung Life Insurance 7 wins and 8 losses ranked third, while Hana One Q 6 wins and 9 losses ranked fourth.
Samsung Life Insurance dominated the early stage of the game thanks to two three-runners by Shin E-seul in the first quarter. Lee Ju-yeon also scored four points. In Hana One Q, Kim Ana led the team's attack. After dribbling past, Kim opened the way for her attack by scoring in the paint zone. She also scored a goal following a steal, leading the team to chase.
Samsung Life Insurance, which finished the first quarter with a slight lead of 14-12, continued its offensive by banking on its main gun Bae Hye-yoon's point shot in the second quarter. Bae recorded a 100 percent success rate of field shots in the second quarter, and drove in eight points alone. Thanks to Lee Hae-ran's assistance with six points, Samsung Life continued to maintain its lead.
Veteran Kim Jong-un scored six points including one three-point shot in the Hana One Q, but lacked support from his teammates. Jihyun Shin and Yang In-young, who remained silent in the first quarter with no goal, scored their first points in the second quarter. They only scored two points in the first half. Their team's field shooting success rate in the second quarter also remained at 17 percent, showing that their overall attack efficiency declined. 토토사이트
Samsung Life Insurance widened its gap in points in the third quarter. Kang scored a surprise 10 points including two three-point shots, leading the team's offense from inside and outside. Kang also garnered five rebounds and continued to play well under the basket. On the other hand, Hana Q showed poor shooting sense overall in the third quarter. Notably, he attempted four three-point shots but failed to score a single one.
Hana One Q started the fourth quarter trailing 37-49. Jihyun Shin, which was sluggish in the first half, narrowed the gap to six points at one point thanks to its scoring capacity in the fourth quarter. However, Kang Yoo-rim, who showed strong performance in the third quarter, sealed the victory by scoring a three-point shot to break Hana One Q's pursuit.