Kim Sonia Double Double Double
Incheon Shinhan Bank, a women’s professional basketball team, won its third victory of the season by beating Yongin Samsung Life Insurance.
Shinhan defeated Samsung Life Insurance 43–35 in Woori Bank’s Woori WON 2023–2024 women’s professional basketball regular league away game at Yongin Gymnasium.
The total score of 78 points for the two teams on this day is the lowest total score for both teams in a game in women’s professional basketball history.
The previous record was 84 points from the game between Asan Woori Bank (55 points) and Busan BNK (29 points) on February 21, 2021, and Cheongju KB (50 points) and Shinhan Bank (34 points) on December 27, 2018.
Shinhan Bank, which beat Samsung Life Insurance on the 24th of last month and recorded its second victory of the season by escaping from six consecutive losses, added one win against Samsung Life Insurance again in two games.
Shinhan Bank, with 3 wins and 14 losses in the season, remained at the bottom, but it reduced its gap with fifth-place BNK (4 wins and 14 losses) to 0.5 games, expressing hope for the last place.
On the other hand, Samsung Life Insurance, which failed to continue its two-game winning streak before the break, recorded eight wins and nine losses.
Kim Sonia made a double-double (12 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists), and Jinyoung Kim added 8 points and 8 rebounds and Lee Kyung-eun added 8 points.
Shinhan Bank threw 14 3-pointers and failed to score any, but overwhelmed 45–25 in the number of rebounds, making it a springboard for victory.
In Samsung Life, Bae Hye-yoon recorded the most in the team with 9 points and 10 rebounds.