DB Ellenson (center)’s attack [KBL 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Professional basketball Wonju DB advanced toward the lead, escaping from a 6-game losing streak against Suwon KT.
DB won 83-81 over KT in the 2025-2026 LG Electronics professional basketball regular league away game held at Suwon KT Arena on the 19th.
DB, with 13 wins and 9 losses on the season, ranked 4th.
DB closely followed 3rd place Busan KCC (13 wins, 8 losses) by 0.5 games, and also narrowed the gap to 2nd place Anyang Cheongkwanjang (14 wins, 8 losses) by 1 game.
In particular, DB escaped its six-game losing streak against KT that had continued since December of last year.
KT, which had not won in a row for about two months, failed to move out of 6th place, with its winning percentage falling .500 again with 11 wins and 12 losses.
KT coach Moon Kyung-eun, who has a total of 299 wins and 253 losses, has postponed reaching 300 wins until later.
DB, which led 27-21 in the first quarter, gave up the lead to KT’s counterattack in the second quarter.
KT took the lead at 35-35 in the middle of the second quarter, scoring 9 points thanks to Derrick Williams’ long-range gun, and finished the first half at 50-39.
DB especially suffered from main gun Ethan Albano scoring no points in the first half.
While Albano was unable to easily open the scoring in the second half, DB entered the fourth quarter trailing 60-64 with Henry Ellenson leading the attack.
Even at the end of the 4th quarter, when DB narrowed the gap and KT was running away, Albano’s shooting sense did not come back, but Ellenson was in DB.
Ellenson turned the game around to 80-79 with a jump shot with 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the 4th quarter, and when KT counterattacked with Kang Seong-wook’s breakout score, 45.1 seconds ago, Ellenson made it 82-81 with an offensive rebound followed by a finish below the goal, tilting the momentum of victory towards DB.
With 4.9 seconds left, DB opened up the lead to two points by scoring one of two free throws after Jeong Hyo-geun received a foul while shooting after an offensive rebound.
Ellenson put an end to the game by blocking KT Park Jun-young’s shot just before the end.
Ellenson shone as a key player in the comeback victory, recording 38 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks, including 28 points and 10 rebounds in the second half alone.
Jeong Hyo-geun added 15 points and 9 rebounds, Kang Sang-jae added 10 points and 5 rebounds, and Albano had 7 points and 8 assists.
KT had six players score in double digits, led by Isaiah Hicks (15 points, 8 rebounds), but lost to DB due to lack of concentration at the last minute.
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