BNK Women's Basketball Changes, Park Shin-Ja Cup Semifinals in sight Reverse Victory over KB
BNK Women's Basketball Changes, Park Shin-Ja Cup Semifinals in sight Reverse Victory over KB
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Busan BNK of the women's professional basketball league kept alive its hopes of advancing to the semifinals of the 2024 Woori Bank Park Shin-ja Cup.
BNK won a comeback victory over Cheongju KB 81-73 in the Group A match held at the Asan Yi Sun-sin Gymnasium in South Chungcheong Province on the 4th, with all the players, including Kim Sonia (17 points), showing a fighting spirit without sparing their bodies.
BNK, which finished last in the 2023-2024 season of the Women's Professional Basketball League, showed improved performance and increased its chances of advancing to the semifinals with 2 wins and 1 loss.
In Group A, Asan Woori Bank recorded 3 wins, Toyota (Japan) recorded 2 wins and 1 loss, and Hitachi (Japan) recorded 3 losses, with one game remaining. In this tournament, the top two teams from Groups A and B will advance to the semifinals.
KB finished the group stage with 1 win and 3 losses, making it difficult for them to advance to the semifinals.
KB took the initiative early in the game.
KB took a 45-39 lead in the second quarter, led by Kang Ee-seul 스포츠 (24 points), who scored 19 points in the first half alone.
BNK started the chase with Kim So-nia at the forefront and entered the 4th quarter with a 3-point lead of 58-61.
In the 4th quarter, Kim Jeong-eun (9 points) and Kim Min-a (11 points) scored consecutive points to turn the score around to 62-61, and Park Seong-jin added a point to make it 64-61.
With 5 minutes and 6 seconds left, Sim Su-hyeon succeeded in a layup followed by an additional free throw, taking the lead at 69-64.
With 3 minutes and 45 seconds left, Kim Jung-eun hit a three-pointer, and with Saki Iijima's three-pointer, the score widened to 78-68.
BNK, confident of victory, conserved its energy by calling its starting players, including Kim So-nia, to the bench with about 2 minutes left.
Toyota, last year's Park Shin-ja Cup winner, won the Group A match, beating Hitachi 66-61.
In the Group B match, Fujitsu (Japan), the winner of the 2023-2034 Japan Women's Professional Basketball Playoffs, defeated Cathay Life (Taiwan) 82-51 to achieve three consecutive wins.
Joshua Mponobong Temitope had an overwhelming performance with 17 points and 18 rebounds, while Yuki Miyazawa added 12 points and Mahiro Kirihara added 10 points to help Fujitsu to the victory.
Cathay Life has 1 win and 2 losses.
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