He came out on top with an overwhelming performance.
Women's professional basketball KB Stars won 68-60 21-13 18-15 13-19 16-13 at a home game against BNK in the regular season of Woori Bank WON 2023-2024 Women's professional basketball held at Cheongju Gymnasium in Chungbuk on the 14th.
Regardless of the result of the remaining four games, the team has secured the top spot in the regular league. It also won 50 million won 53,055 U.S. dollars in prize money.
This season, KB showed off tremendous momentum. It now has all 14 wins at home games. Until the latest match against BNK, it had grabbed 13 consecutive wins. It had 24 wins and two losses in 26 games, proving to be an enemy. It easily beat runner-up Woori Bank 19 wins and six losses.
The team ranks first in the regular league in two years. It ranked first in the 2021-2022 season. Last season, Woori Bank topped the list. KB grabbed the top spot again this season, achieving its fifth career regular league title. It ranked fourth in the number of regular league titles after Woori Bank 14 times, Shinhan Bank and Samsung Life Insurance six times.
KB will play against the fourth-ranked team in the regular season league in the playoff PO, best of three games from October 9. Currently, the fourth-ranked team is Hana One-Q 9 wins and 16 losses. Hana One-Q is four games behind Samsung Life Insurance 13 wins and 12 losses, and two games behind Shinhan Bank 7 wins and 18 losses, which is ranking fifth. It remains to be seen which team will rank fourth in the regular season.
In this match against BNK, Park Ji-soo led the victory with 13 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists. This season, Park has made history. He swept all MVP awards from round 1 to round 5. It is the first time in the WKBL Korea Women's Basketball Federation history to win MVP awards in five consecutive rounds.
According to the WKBL's announcement on Wednesday, Park Ji-soo earned 68 votes out of 74 in the voting by MVP reporters in the fifth round. Playing in five matches in the fifth round, Park averaged 23.4 points and 12.8 rebounds, recording the most in both scoring and rebounding.
Park also holds the record of 18 MVPs selected in total, the highest number ever. The runner-up in this category was Kim Dan-bi Woori Bank and Shin Jung-ja retired, who won 12 awards.
Following Park Ji-soo, Heo Ye-eun added 11 points, nine rebounds, and five assists, Kang Yi-seul added 10 points, six rebounds, and four assists, Yeom Yoon-ah added 10 points and five rebounds, and Kim Ye-jin added 10 points. He collaborated with Park Ji-soo to win.
In BNK, Jinan scored 20 points and 12 rebounds. Ahn Hye-ji assisted with 11 points and eight assists. However, she failed to prevent KB from clinching the championship. Woori Bank had the misfortune to face off as a team that clinched the top spot in the regular league for the second consecutive year. Last season, Woori Bank also clinched the top spot in a match against BNK on Feb. 13. This season, BNK has four wins and 22 losses, falling at the bottom of the six women's teams. It is 3.5 games behind Shinhan Bank, which is one step up.
KB dominated the flow throughout the game. It led by 11 points with a score of 39-28 through the first half. It allowed BNK to catch up with BNK for a while at the end of the third quarter. KB, which had an advantage of 52-41, gave up six points in succession with its opponent Han Um-ji's 3-pointer, Jinan's 2-pointer, and one free throw. 토토사이트 추천
In the first attack of the fourth quarter, BNK scored under the basket following Jinan's offensive rebound to make it 49-52. The team closely chased Jinan with a three-point gap. KB scored again. Starting with Heo Ye-eun's three-point shot, Yeom Yoon-ah scored under the basket, Park Ji-soo's middle shot, and Heo Ye-eun's three-point shot were displayed in succession. She accumulated 12 points in a row to break BNK's willingness to fight back. After the victory, she smiled broadly.
