Center Bae Hye-yoon ’16 points, 8R’ big success
Defeating our rank 1 in the regular league
Samsung Life Insurance’s Bae Hye-yoon (left) is trying to attack the bottom of the goal through the opponent’s defense in the third game of the playoff against Woori Bank held at the Yi Sun-Shin Gymnasium in Asan on the 3rd. Asan = Yonhap News
The’fourth-place rebellion’, which no one expected, was reenacted in 20 years. Samsung Life, the 4th place team in the women’s professional basketball regular league in the 2020-2021 season, advanced to the championship by breaking down the 1st place Woori Bank.
Samsung Life Insurance defeated Woori Bank to 64-47 in the third game of the semifinal playoff (3 games, 2 wins) held at the Yi Sun-Shin Gymnasium in Asan on the 3rd, and confirmed its 18th championship in 2 years with 2 consecutive wins after 1 loss.
In the 2018-2019 season, Samsung Life was ranked 3rd in the regular league and went up to the championship with Woori Bank, which was the 2nd place at the time, with 2 wins and 1 loss.
Now, Samsung Life has won two consecutive victories against Shinhan Bank and entered the final of five games and three wins from the 7th to win the championship with KB, the second place in the regular league, which came first in the championship.
In the women’s professional basketball team, the 4th place to advance to the championship is the second case in history since 20 years since Hanbit Bank, the predecessor of Woori Bank, defeated Shinsegae, the first place in the regular league in 2001.
The protagonist of Samsung Life’s 3rd game victory was Bae Hye-yoon (32), a veteran center. Bae Hye-yoon, who showed unexpected appearances in the first and second games, did his part by scoring 16 points, the team’s most, and 8 rebounds on this day, as if he was too proud. Here, Danbi Kim supported his back with 12 points and 10 rebounds, scoring a double-double.
Samsung Life took the lead by running 9-0 from the start of the first quarter, and advanced by 16 points with 44-28 in the fifth minute of the third quarter. He was chased until 44-38 at the end of the 3rd quarter, but while Woori Bank was struggling with a shot, he ran back to 58-40 with 5 minutes left at the end of the 4th quarter and split the game.
Reporter Song Yong-joon
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