‘Smith Dominates 4Q’ Women’s Basketball Samsung Life Insurance

‘Smith Dominates 4Q’ Women’s Basketball Samsung Life Insurance Escapes Losing Streak by Holding on to Hana One Q

Hana One Q veteran Kim Jong-un, the second player in history to score a total of 8,000 points… 126 points behind Jeong Seon-min

In the women’s professional basketball league, Yongin Samsung Life Insurance widened the gap by holding a match against Bucheon Hana One Q for 3rd and 4th place. 안전놀이터

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The Samsung Life Insurance defeated Hana One Q 65-58 in the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women’s Professional Basketball Regular League away game held at Bucheon Gymnasium on the 28th.

Samsung Life Insurance, breaking off a two-game losing streak, maintained third place with 10 wins and 11 losses on the season.

On the other hand, fourth-place Hana One Q, which suffered four consecutive losses, recorded only 7 wins and 14 losses, falling behind Samsung Life Insurance by 3 games.

In the first quarter, Samsung Life Insurance, led by Lee Hae-ran and Kang Yu-rim with 7 points each, led 24-9.

Hana One Q, whose early performance was so poor that they were not able to score a single point until 4 minutes and 4 seconds before the end of the first quarter, gained the upper hand in rebounds in the second quarter and started to explode with outside shots, creating a close game and narrowing the score to 33-34 at the end of the first half.

As the battle continued in the second half, Hana One Q took advantage of the opportunity created by a steal at the end of the third quarter to level the score at 46-46 with 1 minute and 9 seconds left, and with 28 seconds left, Shin Ji-hyun’s 3-pointer succeeded in turning the score around at 49-48.

Samsung Life Insurance, which gave up the game, was down 50-56 with 8 minutes and 12 seconds left in the fourth quarter, but then launched a major counterattack.

Counterattack

Starting with Kiana Smith’s 3-point shot 7 minutes and 47 seconds before the end, she scored 10 points in a row and predicted victory with a 60-56 lead with 1 minute and 50 seconds left.

With 39.7 seconds left, Smith’s 3-pointer made it 65-58, solidifying the victory.

Smith led the way in victory with 21 points and 6 rebounds, including 10 points in the fourth quarter, while Lee Hae-ran scored 13 points and 7 rebounds.

Bae Hye-yoon also performed at a triple-double level (12 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists).

Hana One Q’s 36-year-old veteran forward Kim Jeong-eun became the second player to surpass 8,000 points in her career, following former national team coach Jeong Seon-min (8,140 points), the all-time leading scorer in women’s professional basketball.

Kim Jong-un, who added 16 points on this day, has a total score of 8,014 points, which is 126 points behind former coach Jeong’s record.

In addition, Yang In-young scored 16 points and 7 rebounds, and Shin Ji-hyun scored 12 points, but they did not lead to Hana One Q’s victory.