‘Satellite Woo Magic’ continues… Woori Bank Regular League 13th championship

-Woori Bank, a women’s professional basketball dynasty, reached the top of the regular league for two consecutive seasons.

Woori Bank defeated BNK 55-29 with 24 points and 9 rebounds from captain Park Hye-jin in the final game of the regular league for the 2020-2021 season held at the Busan BNK Center on the 21st. With a record of 22-8, he overtook rival KB Stars, who competed throughout the season, to win the title. Woori Bank has won the 13th regular league title, the eighth in the last nine seasons and the most since launching as a pro. KB Stars, which is 21-8, stays in second place after winning the final match against Samsung Life on the 24th, behind Woori Bank in their season relatives (2-4).

It was a season in which Woori Bank coach Sang-woo Sang-woo’s player development perspective and leadership were exceptionally outstanding. Manager Wi led the team to the top with players who had little experience in starting a game with the team virtually broken due to the injuries of Park Hye-jin and veteran Kim Jong-un. Forward and center Sonia Kim, who had been a’Six Man’ until last season, was perfectly suited for taking the lead role. As of this day, Sonia Kim averaged 17.2 points (4th place), 9.9 rebounds (4th place), and was the first in the good defense category (16 games, 0.53 per game) by doing a bad job in defense. In the confrontation with KB Stars, I was able to keep the edge by tying the feet and height of Park Ji-soo of the’bigger center’.

It was also important to strengthen the defense rather than offensive due to the line injuries of the main players. With Sonia Kim as the axis, I had fun using the 33-year-old PR Ram as an opponent’s shooter dedicated defense. Woori Bank has never lost a streak since its second consecutive defeat in October last year, with the least run-off (62.4 points) among the six teams. On this day, we also tied BNK to 29 points, the minimum score in a game. Park Ji-hyun, a third-year pro in’Fearless Bronco’, took off his rookie tee while adjusting the grade in karate. Point guard Kim Jin-hee, Choi Eun-sil, Park Da-jeong, and Oh Seung-in were guaranteed enough time to participate and worked as a team. Jin-hee Kim received a help award with an average of 5.5 assists. Park Hye-jin’s last season one-man show, who returned from injury, marked the perfect finale of’Satellite Woo Magic’. In April 2012, manager Wie, who held the baton of Woori Bank and led a total of eight regular league championships, said, “The players who showed cohesiveness are bold. In particular, we couldn’t win without Sung-Ram and Kim Jin-hee, who played a role like salt. Thank you.” From the 27th, Woori Bank will hold a playoff in the quarterfinals (PO) with Samsung Life Insurance. The second place KB Stars and the third place Shinhan Bank will also have a PO battle from the 28th.

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