Woori Bank, The 'Strongest' in WKBL, Overcame Toyota
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Woori Bank, The 'Strongest' in WKBL, Overcame Toyota After the Second Extension in the Park Shin-ja Cup
Yoo Seung-hee, a transfer student, explodes outer shells at each match... Danbi Kim made a big success with 26 points
Asan Woori Bank, the “strongest” in women’s professional basketball, defeated Japan’s powerful Toyota Antelopes in the first game of the 2023 Park Shin-ja Cup, which grew into an international competition after a bloody struggle that went to the second overtime.
Woori Bank defeated Toyota 93-90 in the opening game of the tournament 안전놀이터 held at the Cheongju Gymnasium in Chungcheongbuk-do on the 26th and the first game of Group A.
Kim Dan-bi, who won the 2022-2023 season regular league and championship MVP, scored 26 points, the most of both teams, and contributed 7 assists to the victory.
Park Ji-hyun, who formed a one-two punch with Kim Dan-bi, also played a big role with 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Yoo Seung-hee, a transfer student who joined Shinhan Bank in Incheon last May, contributed 20 points from the outside.
In particular, Yoo Seung-hee became the number one contributor to the victory by hitting the valuable 3 points at every critical moment in the extension.
In this game, the 1st and 2nd quarters scored the same, and the 3rd quarter scored just 2 points short of Woori Bank, so a fierce tug of war continued throughout.
Woori Bank seemed to be taking the victory with Kim Dan-bi's goal scored 1 minute and 51 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter.
However, Miyashita Ki-ho dramatically drew a foul from Noh Hyun-ji 4 seconds before the end of the 4th quarter, and succeeded in both free throws, leading the game to overtime.
Toyota, riding on the momentum, seemed to have the victory by winning a free throw as Yasuma Shiori scored a breakthrough against Hyeonji Noh 37.8 seconds before the end of the first overtime period.
Soon after, Yoo Seung-hee attempted a one-on-one attack and counterattacked with a score under the goal, and 13.2 seconds before the end of the first overtime, they were close to 75-76.
Then, Yoo Seung-hee, who received a pass from Park Ji-hyeon, split the rim to 3 points thrown from the corner, announcing the second extension.
When Toyota made it 86-83 with Mai Yamamoto's 3 points and Juna Umezawa's Kadisha scoring under the goal 2 minutes and 43 seconds before the end of the game, Yoo Seung-hee scored another 3 points from a corner to turn the game around.
Then, 30.5 seconds before the end, Na Yoon-jung exploded the outer cannon, which ran away with a 3-point lead, and put an end to the great game.
Founded in 2015, the Park Shin-Ja Cup is the largest ever, with 10 teams from 4 countries participating this year, and will be held at the Cheongju Gymnasium in Chungcheongbuk-do from this day to September 3.
In addition to Toyota, Woori Bank competes in Group A with Yongin Samsung Life Insurance, Shinhan Bank, and Bendigo (Australia), and Cheongju KB, Bucheon Hana 1Q, Busan BNK, Eneos (Japan), and the Philippine national team compete in Group B.
The top two teams in the group advance to the quarterfinals.
In addition to the 6 teams from WKBL, the 4 teams that joined are all formidable strong teams.
Eneos holds the record of winning the Japanese W-League for 11 consecutive years, and Toyota was the runner-up last season.
◇ 2023 Park Shin-Ja Cup International Basketball Tournament
▲ Group A
Asan Woori Bank (1 win) 93 (20-20 14-14 16-18 15-13 13-13 15-12) 90 Toyota Antelopes (1 loss)
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