Woori Bank beats Samsung Life Insurance and wins its second victory of the season
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Asan Woori Bank has escaped from the crisis of losing four consecutive games of the season after a long struggle.
Woori Bank won 62-59 in the Yongin Samsung Life Insurance match of the 'BNK Financial 2025-2026 Women's Professional Basketball" held at Yongin Indoor Gymnasium on the 7th, and started the game to lose its second win of the season in seven games. On the other hand, Samsung Life Insurance even had a last-minute chance to come from behind, but failed to overcome the fatigue of the series after winning the match against BNK Thumb held the previous day and fell below 50% of the winning rate.
It was literally a blood clot. Samsung Life Insurance, which beat BNK the previous day, was naturally ahead in terms of momentum, but Woori Bank, which was ahead in its stamina and willingness to break the losing streak, took the victory. For Woori Bank, Kim Dan-bi's shot hit rate was not good on the day, but the revival of main strikers such as Lee Min-ji and Seki Nanami, who have been sluggish, has been a joy of more than one win.
Woori Bank, leading 16-11 in the first quarter, faced its first crisis with Kim Dan-bi stepping down to the bench for the third foul after about two minutes into the second quarter. Samsung Life Insurance took advantage of Woori Bank's loose defense under the basket, and Bae Hye-yoon scored four consecutive points to reach 19-21.
Here, Woori Bank's Lee Min-ji flashed. Lee Min-ji, who made her debut last year, appeared like a comet, but she could hardly raise her pace this season due to the second-year jinx caused by the opponent's concentration on defense and the burden as a scorer to support Kim Dan-bi. However, after finding the feeling with two free throws, he scored eight consecutive points including under-the-goal shots and three-pointers, allowing the team to run back to 29-19.
Woori Bank continued its momentum and made a little more points in the third quarter, and by the beginning of the fourth quarter, it was a little closer to winning with a double-digit lead. However, Samsung Sae-myeong followed closely to 51-54 with Kang Yoo-rim's three points following the success of Bae Hye-yoon and Kang Yoo-rim's successful attack in the paint zone. In addition, Bae Hye-yoon persistently aimed under the basket against Woori Bank's Kim Dan-bi's fighting spirit, and Jo Su-ah added two free throws to a successful layup shot following a steal, driving it to 59-60 with about a minute left before the end.
However, Kim Dan-bi skillfully induced a foul in a crisis situation, added two free throws, prevented the last Samsung Life Insurance attack, and struggled to secure a three-point victory. Kim Dan-bi led the team to victory with a double-double of 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists, despite his poor shooting sense that the free throw success rate was less than 50%. Lee Min-ji scored 14 points, Lee Myung-kwan 13 points, and Nanami 12 points, which were not biased toward Kim Dan-bi.
On the other hand, Samsung Life Insurance fell back to fourth place for its fourth loss of the season, with Lee Hae-ran, who worked hard against BNK the previous day by scoring 31 points, his career high, showing only seven points in 13 two-point attempts.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
