Asan Woori Bank met Yongin Samsung Life Insurance in the regular league of Woori Bank's Woori WON 2023-2024 Women's Professional Basketball held at Asan Yi Sun-shin Gymnasium on the 24th and won 53-48.

Woori Bank had its best year last season by recruiting Kim Dan-bi (180 centimeters, F). Starting with the regular season championship, he succeeded in winning the championship game.

But this offseason was not easy. Kim Jong-un (179 cm, F), who became a free agent, left the team. Kim Dan-bi and Park Ji-hyun (183 cm, G) were unable to join the team due to the national team's recruitment. Several players, including Park Hye-jin (177 cm, G), were also unable to fully participate in off-season training due to injuries. Woori Bank's bad news didn't stop there. Yoo Seung-hee (175 centimeters, G), a new member of the team, was out of the season due to an injury in the first game of the season.

Nevertheless, Woori Bank remained unshakable. This is because Kim Dan-bi and Park Ji-hyun (183 cm, G) clearly took the center stage. Park Ji-hyun played 38 minutes and 16 seconds per game, averaging 15.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 5.8 assists, while Kim Dan-bi played 38 minutes and 6 seconds per game, averaging 16.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists.

In response, Samsung Life Insurance coach Lim Geun-bae said, "We have two certain players at Woori Bank. (Park) Ji-hyun does it and (Kim) Danbi firmly takes the center. Jihyun is young. But he has the ability to be a veteran. It's really strong because the two of you don't shake. If one person is in the center, it can shake. But there are two of them, so they don't shake. If you try to catch one, you can miss the other," he said.

However, Park Ji-hyun, one of the two pillars, was very sluggish in the first half of the second round match against Samsung Life Insurance. Park Ji-hyun, who came out as the main player as always, committed his first foul 49 seconds after the start of the game. Two more fouls after that. He committed an attacker foul at 4:48 into the game. It was the third individual foul. Woori Bank coach Wi Sung-woo replaced Park Ji-hyun.

It wasn't just a shame in defense. It was a bit disappointing in the attack as well. Because he made three mistakes. Didn't foul in the second quarter. It's because there's a trick in defense. But he added two more errors in the second quarter. It was Park Ji-hyun's first half record with six points and four rebounds, five mistakes, and three fouls.

Park Ji-hyun, who looked back on this, said in an interview after the game, "Actually, it wasn't a good start. So I was discouraged. But I felt so sorry for my sisters to do this. I wasn't satisfied myself. So I tried to concentrate again," he recalled.

Park Ji-hyun was experienced. After three fouls in the first quarter, no fouls were committed. It wasn't that he had little time to play. Digest 37 minutes in total. Not a single foul was recorded in the second and third quarters.

However, he did not play defense roughly. He actively moved to help and switch defense. This was the driving force behind Woori Bank's ability to tie Samsung Life Insurance to five points in the third quarter.

He also scored important points in attack. One minute and 10 seconds before the end of the third quarter, he made a three-point shot to turn the tables. The score made the score 35-32.

Park Ji-hyun's performance continued in the fourth quarter. It looked completely different from the first quarter. In particular, he scored the most important points in the match. Helped Go Ara score in 46-47. Later, he scored a breakthrough in the attack. And he scored a decisive goal 1 minute 32 seconds before the end of the game. The score widened to five points. And he made both free throws 46 seconds before the end of the game. It is Park Ji-hyun, who was involved in all eight of the most important points of the team.

The departure was a bit unsettling. But in the second half, especially at the last minute, he was more reliable than anyone else. This is why Park Ji-hyun became a pillar of Woori Bank.

Woori Bank coach Wi Sung-woo also said, "Now Ji-hyun has definitely grown." In the past, if you fouled and made a mistake in the beginning, you avoided the ball. Then the game was over. But now he's trying to carry it. I'm satisfied in that respect," he said.

메이저사이트