Park Hye-jin of Woori Bank returns to the court
Women's professional basketball Asan Woori Bank, with Hye-jin Park returning from injury, defeated Yongin Samsung Life Insurance and won 4 consecutive games in the opening game.
Woori Bank won 73-55 in the away game of the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women's Professional Basketball Regular League held at Yongin Gymnasium on the 18th.
Leader Woori Bank had an opening four-game winning streak.
Woori Bank, which has been on a winning streak despite the crisis of key players getting injured early in the season, returned on this day to Park Hye-jin, who had left the team due to a foot injury.
Park Hye-jin, with her unconventional sports cut hair, completed her comeback without a hitch, recording 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals in 27 minutes and 21 seconds.
In an interview with a broadcaster after the game, Park Hye-jin said, "I cut my hair to try with a new heart and new will. I wanted to play basketball."
Danbi Kim led Woori Bank's victory with a 'double-double' performance, scoring 21 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, the most of both teams.Danbi Kim also added 7 assists.
Samsung Life Insurance, whose two-game winning streak was cut off, fell from tied for second place (3 wins, 1 loss) with Cheongju KB to sole 3rd place (3 wins, 2 losses).
Bae Hye-yoon of Samsung Life Insurance reached 5,000 points in her personal total.It is the 15th record in history.
In the early second quarter, while Samsung Life Insurance's shots missed the rim one after another, Woori Bank ran away with a 15-point lead, 37-22, with Park Ji-hyun and Go Ara's three points one after another.
In the third quarter, Samsung Life Insurance chased after them fiercely, reaching a 9-point gap at the end, but Woori Bank ended the quarter with 58-45, a double-digit gap again, thanks to three points from I-Sam Choi and Myung-Kwan Lee.
Entering the fourth quarter, both teams showed signs of fatigue, but the trend of the game did not change. 슬롯