Cheongju KB in women's professional basketball continued its seven-game winning streak with Park Ji-soo's 20-point performance.
KB won 67-57 and 10 points in a home game against Yongin Samsung Life Insurance of Woori Bank's Woori WON 2023-2024 women's professional basketball regular league at Cheongju Gymnasium in North Chungcheong Province on the 22nd.
Continuing its seven-game winning streak and 10 home wins in a row recently, KB has solidified as the lone No. 1 player with 18 wins and two losses. It is 1.5 games shorter than runner-up Asan Woori Bank (16 wins and three losses).
In contrast, Samsung Life Insurance ranked third with nine wins and 10 losses. Samsung is seven games ahead of second-ranked Woori Bank, and two games ahead of fourth-ranked Bucheon Hana One Q (7 wins and 12 losses).
KB trailed 14-17 in the first quarter, but Park Ji-soo and Heo Ye-eun scored six points each in the second quarter and finished the first half with a 35-32 lead.
In the third quarter, Park Ji-soo scored a three-point shot with a 38-34 lead, and Park Ji-soo scored six more points in a row to make a 47-37 and 10 points difference with about 4 minutes left at the end of the third quarter.
For KB, Park Ji-soo scored 20 points and 9 assists, and Yeom Yoon-ah added 13 points.
Samsung Life Insurance fought hard with Bae Hye-yoon with 17 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds.
KB made 20 errors and Samsung Life Insurance made 18 on the day, making more errors than usual. KB has 11.5 errors and Samsung Life Insurance 10.6 errors per game on average.
