Professional basketball player Jeonju KCC suffered its second consecutive loss of the season to leading team Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation and rose to 7th place alone.
KCC defeated Ginseng Corporation 92-80 in the 2022-2023 SKT Adot Pro Basketball regular league away game held at Anyang Gymnasium on the 15th.
KCC, which lost its 3-game winning streak to Ulsan Hyundai Mobis on the 12th, escaped the crisis and moved from a tie for 7th place with Wonju DB (8-12) to 7th alone (9-12).
Ginseng Corporation kept its lead with 15 wins and 6 losses, but suffered consecutive losses after being caught by Daegu Korea Gas Corporation on the 11th. It is the first time in a month that Ginseng Corporation has lost two consecutive losses against Samsung in Seoul on the 10th of last month and against Hyundai Mobis in Ulsan on the 16th.
After Ginseng Corporation took a close lead 21-17 in the first quarter, a close match unfolded in the second quarter.
While the two teams recorded a field goal success rate of over 60% in the second quarter side by side, they exchanged turns three times and tied the score three times.
During the 2nd quarter, the maximum score difference was only 4 points, but at the end of the first half, Ginseng Corporation had a narrow lead, 46-44.
In the third quarter, KCC, who took the lead amid the even performances of Chang-Young Jeong, Woong Heo, and Gun-Ah La, widened it to 63-53 with 4 minutes and 5 seconds left, creating a double-digit gap for the first time in the game.
However, Ginseng Corporation, which started a counterattack, scored 10 points in an instant, including three consecutive runs by Omari Spellman and Bae Byeong-jun, balancing the score at 63-63 1 minute and 17 seconds before the end of the third quarter.
Afterwards, KCC regained the lead with Geun-Hwi Lee’s 3-pointer, and thanks to Seung-Hyun Lee’s buzzer-beater middle shot, the third quarter ended 68-64.
The tense atmosphere continued until the beginning of the 4th quarter, but in the middle, Heo Woong’s outer shells exploded one after another, and KCC led 81-74 with 4 minutes and 30 seconds left.
KCC solidified its winning streak by running away with 87-78 2 minutes and 3 seconds ago thanks to 4 points from La Gun-ah and Heo Woong, and 1 minute and 6 seconds ago with La Gun-ah’s 3-pointer.
Heo Woong scored 22 points, including 4 3-point shots, Laguna scored 21 points and 7 rebounds, and Chang-young Jung scored 18 points and 5 assists. Lee Seung-hyun recorded 13 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
In Ginseng Corporation, Oh Se-geun struggled with 22 points and 10 rebounds, but the light faded.
At the Suwon kt Arena, Seoul SK beat Suwon kt 79-71. 메이저놀이터
On the 11th, SK, who won 2 consecutive victories following the DB match, ranked 5th alone (11-10).
On the other hand, kt, who escaped from 5 consecutive losses by catching Changwon LG on the 10th, remained at the bottom (7 wins, 13 losses) without being able to continue the winning streak.
In the fourth quarter, when SK started trailing 56-57, Jamil Warney led the way in the victory with 12 points.
Including this, Warney flew with 31 points and 13 rebounds, Kim Seon-hyung added 16 points, Choi Jun-yong added 12 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and Heo Il-young added 10 points and 5 rebounds.
At kt, Kim Yeong-hwan’s 16 points were the most on the team, and Jei Anoshike left 14 points and 11 rebounds.