
Busan BNK, the women’s professional basketball team, defeated Incheon Shinhan Bank in Changwon for the first time in a year, ending a 13-game losing streak. BNK defeated Shinhan Bank 73-59 in a home game of the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women’s Professional Basketball League regular season at Changwon Gymnasium on Sunday. Last-place BNK, which had lost 13 straight games since Dec. 17 last year against Shinhan Bank, improved to 5-22 with its first win of 2024.BNK, which originally calls Busan’s Sajik Gymnasium home, has made Ulsan, Gyeongnam and Ulsan its second home, playing in front of Changwon fans for the first time in WKBL history on Feb. 19 last year, defeating Shinhan Bank 73-61.
Fifth-ranked Shinhan Bank, which has lost four straight, dropped to 7-19, two games behind fourth-ranked Bucheon Hana OneQ (9-17).After taking a 19-14 lead in the first quarter, BNK scored 24 points in the second quarter alone to pull away from Shinhan Bank, which was held to 12 points .A three-pointer by Kim Han-byul made it a double-digit game at 30-20 just over three minutes into the second quarter, and the lead grew to 43-26 at the end of the half thanks to Jin An’s performance.
In the third quarter, both teams went cold in the scoring department until BNK took a 50-30 lead on a pair of free throws by Jin An with 4:13 left in the quarter, and maintained a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter to cruise to victory. Han Um-ji had 21 points and seven rebounds, Lee So-hee added 19 points, Jin-an had 13 points and eight rebounds, Ahn Hye-ji had 13 points and eight assists, and Kim Han-byul added seven points, eight assists, and seven rebounds .Shinhan Bank was led by Kim Jin-young (25 points) and Kim Sonia (15 points, 13 rebounds).Shinhan committed 14 turnovers on the night, nearly three times as many as its opponent (5), 슬롯게이밍 which contributed to the loss.