[서울=뉴스핌] Sports reporter Jang Hwan-soo = Busan KCC won a huge 22-point victory over Daegu Korea Gas Corporation, led by the pair of Dionte Burton (46 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists) and Heo Woong (22 points, 6 assists), who combined for 68 points.
Last season’s championship winner KCC defeated the home team Korea Gas Corporation 100-78 in an away game held at Daegu Gymnasium on the 12th. 5th place KCC (9 wins, 7 losses), who won 2 consecutive wins against top teams against leader SK in Seoul on the 10th, closely followed 4th place Korea Gas Corporation (10 wins, 7 losses) by 0.5 games.
KCC Dionte Button. [사진=KBL] |
KCC took a 27-19 lead in the first quarter with Button scoring 14 points and Choi Jun-yong recording 5 rebounds. In the second quarter, Heo Woong was on fire, including two 3-pointers, increasing the lead to 20 points at one point. In the third quarter, with a 57-46 lead, KCC scored 27 points, limiting Korea Gas Corporation’s score to 8, completely breaking the opponent’s will to chase.
Seung-Hyun Lee contributed with 16 points and 7 rebounds, and Jun-Yong Choi contributed with 6 points and 11 rebounds. At Korea Gas Corporation, Yushu Ndoye played hard with 21 points.
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis won a dramatic 87-84 victory in the home game against Wonju DB thanks to Gage Prim’s winning shot. Second-place Hyundai Mobis (12 wins, 5 losses) trailed leader SK by 1.5 games, and DB (6 wins, 10 losses) went down to 6th place, tied with Changwon LG.
Hyundai Mobis Prim. [사진 = KBL] |
Hyundai Mobis led by as much as 13 points in the middle of the third quarter, but allowed 9 points in succession to Ethan Albano and Chinanu Onuaku to catch up. In the 4th quarter, which started with a 4-point lead, Hyundai Mobis took an early lead, but gave up an outside shot to Albano with 1 minute and 20 seconds left and a score to Robert Carter 49 seconds before the end, allowing the score to be tied.
Hyundai Mobis, who was in crisis, managed to secure the victory with Prim’s 2-point shot 49 seconds before the end and Lee Woo-seok’s 1-point free throw following a foul by the opposing team 18 seconds ago.
Prim had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists, and Seo Myeong-jin had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists, including 4 3-pointers. DB’s Onuaku contributed with 27 points and 7 rebounds, and Albano contributed with 25 points and 6 assists, including 4 3-pointers.