
Women’s professional basketball team Bucheon Hana OneQ swept Busan BNK to extend its winning streak to three games.Hana WonQ defeated BNK 68-60 in a home game of the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women’s Professional Basketball League regular season at Bucheon Indoor Gymnasium on Tuesday.With the three-game winning streak, Hana OneQ moved from a tie for third place with Yongin Samsung Life (4-6) to sole possession of third place (5-6).They also took a 2-1 lead in the season series against BNK, who remained in fifth place with a 3-8 record.Shin Ji-hyun led Hana OneQ to victory with a game-high 18 points and five assists.Veteran Kim Jong-un also shined, scoring six points and grabbing eight rebounds, including the game-winning basket at the end of the fourth quarter.For BNK, Lee So-hee scored a game-high 22 points for both teams, but faded in the loss.Kim Han-byul, who injured her ankle and knee against Samsung Life on March 16, returned to action and scored two points and grabbed five rebounds.She also dished out one assist to reach the 1,000-assist mark for her career.
Leading Hana OneQ gave up four straight points, including a drive-in layup by BNK’s Lee So-hee, to cut the deficit to four points, 51-47, with just over two minutes left in the third quarter, but a three-pointer by Shin Ji-hyun and a basket by Kim Ha-na bounced them back.Midway through the fourth quarter, there was a crisis.Hana WonQ lost the rebounding battle and gave up back-to-back baskets to Jin An and Han Um-ji to cut the deficit to three points, 60-57.However, they got a respite when Kim Jong-un’s fadeaway shot went through the rim with 3:40 left.After a missed three-pointer by Lee So-hee on the ensuing BNK offense, Hana OneQ widened the gap with a three-pointer from Shin Ji-hyun from the front with just over two minutes left.With just over a minute to go, Kim Jong-kyung hit a jump shot to make it a 10-point game, 67-57, 스포츠토토존 and foreshadowed Hana OneQ’s victory.