Women's Basketball Woori Bank wins on 12.5% 3-point shooting
Women's Basketball Woori Bank wins on 12.5% 3-point shooting
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Defending women's professional basketball champion Asan Woori Bank defeated Bucheon Hana Bank despite shooting just 12.5 percent from three-point range.
Woori Bank, led by head coach Lee Sati-woo, defeated Hana Bank 66-60 on Sunday afternoon at Asan Sunshin Gymnasium in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, in the regular season finale of the Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball League.
Woori Bank won the championship game last season, but continued its early-season cruise despite being weakened by the departure of key players such as Park Ji-hyun, Park Hye-jin, and Choi Yi-sam. They are tied for second place with Cheongju KB (4 wins and 2 losses).
Hana Bank, on the other hand, suffered its fourth straight loss and dropped to fifth place (2-5).
Woori Bank shot 21 three-pointers on the night, missing 18 of them. That's a success rate of just 12.5 percent.
However, 메이저사이트 their solid defense was able to hold Hana Bank's field goal percentage to under 30 percent and secure the win.
Hana Bank outperformed Woori Bank from beyond the arc, led by Asia Quarter Player Yuzuki Ishida, who hit three 3-pointers. She shot 21, hitting seven.
However, the under-the-basket personnel of Jin An, Yang In-young, and Kim Jong-un were unable to make their mark against Woori's defense centered around Kim Dan-bi.
Against Woori Bank, which has no specialized centers, Jin An scored 14 points and Yang In-young scored 12, but veteran Kim Jong-un was held without a point.
Especially in the decisive fourth quarter, none of the three players scored.
For Woori Bank, ace Kim Dan-bi led the way with 21 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, two steals and two blocked shots.
With the score 62-60 with just over two minutes left in the game, Kim delivered two assists in a row to complete the six-point victory with precise passes to Hana Bank's penetrators under the basket.
In addition to Kim, Han Um-ji and Shim Sung-young contributed 13 and 11 points, respectively.