Park Ji-soo with 25 points, KB Stars defeated Hana One Q
Cheongju KB Stars beat Bucheon Hana One-Q to advance to the championship game.
KB Stars won 77-64 in the third round of the Woori Bank WON 2023-2024 Women's Professional Basketball semifinal playoff (PO, best-of-five) held at Bucheon Indoor Stadium on the 13th.
After winning the first and second home games and the third away games, KB Stars advanced to the championship game with three consecutive wins. After winning the title with 27 wins and three losses in the regular league, KB Stars advanced to the championship game and took the opportunity to win the championship.
KB Stars won the 2018-2019 season and the 2021-2022 season, and aims to win its third integrated championship this season.
The opponent in the championship game is the winner of the semifinal playoff between Asan Woori Bank and Yongin Samsung Life Insurance, and Woori Bank and Samsung Life Insurance are currently in a tight race with one win and one loss.
On the other hand, Hana One-Q took the last train to the postseason, finishing fourth with 10-20 losses in the regular league, but ended the 2023-2024 season by being blocked by the regular league champion KB Stars.
KB Stars' Park Ji-soo scored 25 points and 12 rebounds to achieve a double-double. Kang Yi-seul contributed with 21 points and Heo Ye-eun with 16 points and seven assists.
In Hana One Q, Jung Ye-rim fought hard with 20 points and eight rebounds, Kim Jong-un with 14 points and nine rebounds, and Jihyun Shin with 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists, but the team's loss faded.
On this day, KB Stars and Hana One Q faced off 14-14 until the first quarter.
However, KB Stars started to gain strength from the second quarter. With Kang Yi-seul's consecutive 3-pointers, the team widened the gap in points in an instant. Hana OneQ also chased after Hana with Jihyun Shin, but even Heo Ye-eun scored to maintain the lead. Leading throughout the second quarter, KB Stars finished the first half with a score of 33-25.
Hana One Q, which had been dragged along, had consecutive 3-pointers by Kim Xion and Jung Yerim early in the third quarter to catch up with the two-point gap. However, KB Stars widened the gap again as Park Ji-soo dominated the basket. Even Kang Yi-seul helped KB Stars end the third quarter running 54-41. 안전놀이터
KB Stars won the game and maintained a wide margin of lead throughout the fourth quarter with Heo Ye-eun and Kang Yi-seul's outfield shots and Park Ji-soo's under-the-basket-score shots. Jung Ye-rim did a great job at Hana One Q, but it was not enough to turn the tables. The game ended with a complete 77-64 victory by KB Stars.