‘Nicholson 24 points’ Korea Gas Corporation wins by 30 points over DB
[KBL 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Professional basketball team Changwon LG captured Anyang CheongKwanJang and won three consecutive games to open the 2024-2025 season.
LG defeated Cheong Kwan-Jang 82-75 in the 2024-2025 KCC professional basketball regular league home game held at Changwon Gymnasium on the 24th.
Since the opening of this season, LG has taken the lead with three consecutive wins, having defeated Daegu Korea Gas Corporation, Busan KCC, and Cheong Kwan-Jang.
On the other hand, Cheong Kwan-Jang lost to Seoul SK in the first game of the season on the 20th and suffered two consecutive losses.
LG, who was down 19-26 in the first quarter and dragged in the second quarter, changed the mood at the end of the first half.
LG, who had balanced the score at 38-38 2 minutes and 6 seconds ago with Yang Jun-seok’s layup followed by Daryl Monroe’s bank shot, turned the game around to 43-40 with Heo Il-young’s 3-point shot with 52.8 seconds left.
Jeong Gwan-jang responded with Lee Jong-hyun’s outside shot, but LG finished the first half with the lead again, 45-43, thanks to Monroe’s shot from behind the goal 4 seconds before the end of the second quarter.
The game, which was so intense that both teams were tied 59-59 at the end of the third quarter, encountered an unexpected variable.
[KBL 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
After Caddy Lahren’s powerful dunk that gave Cheongkwanjang a 61-59 lead in the early fourth quarter, the rim was confirmed to have sank, and the game was stopped for maintenance with the score tied at 61-61.
As soon as it resumed after about 15 minutes due to condition inspection and goal replacement, LG scored 5 consecutive points, including In-deok Jeong’s 3-point shot, to make it 66-61 and took the lead, and the outside guns of Yu Sang-sang and Yang Jun-seok exploded one after another, leaving 3 minutes and 51 seconds left. After leaving, they ran away to win 76-64.
Yang Jun-seok contributed 22 points and 9 assists, Assem Marey contributed 14 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, Heo Il-young added 13 points, including 3 3-point shots, Jeong In-deok added 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Yoo Yu-sang added 10 points.
Monroe, who played for Cheongkwanjang from 2021 to January of this year and wore LG uniform this season, scored 4 points and 3 rebounds in the game against his home team.
In Jeonggwanjang, Harvey Gomez played hard with 17 points and Park Ji-hoon scored 15 points and 6 assists, and Lahren, who played for LG in 2019-2021 and ranked first in league scoring (21.4 points) in the 2019-2020 season, scored 13 points and 8 rebounds on this day.
[KBL 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
At Wonju Sports Complex, the away team, Gas Corporation, defeated Wonju DB 92-62.
Korea Gas Corporation, which lost the first game of the season against LG on the 19th, reported its first win of the season.
On this day, KOGAS achieved a complete victory by leading 25-11 in the first quarter and never giving up the lead.
DB, who reached the top of the KBL Cup and was considered a strong candidate for the championship ahead of the opening, suffered two consecutive losses after winning the opening match against Samsung in Seoul on the 19th.
KOGAS’ Andrew Nicholson scored 24 points and 9 rebounds, Yushu Ndoye 14 points and 8 rebounds, Sam Josef Belangel 14 points, and Shin Seung-min 13 points and 6 rebounds to lead the team to victory.
In DB, Robert Carter had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and Chinanu Onuaku had 11 points and 12 rebounds.
DB’s big man Jong-gyu Kim, who played in his 500th game (54th all-time), scored only 5 points and 4 rebounds.
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2024/10/24 21:25 Sent
