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Heo Woong (33 years old, Busan KCC), who wrote an immortal record in the Korean professional basketball world, will receive the KBL Memorial Award.
KBL announced on the 3rd that it will award a commemorative award to Heo Woong, who scored the highest score of 51 points in a game this season, during the match between KCC and Seoul SK on the 2nd of this month.
The award ceremony for Heo Woong’s 51-point Memorial Award will be held at the Daegu Korea Gas Corporation’s home game at the Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 14th.
On the 2nd, Heo Woong scored a total of 51 points, including 14 3-pointers, in the 2025~2026 LG Electronics Professional Basketball fifth round away game against SK held at the Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul. This is the record for the third most points scored by domestic players in a single game in KBL history, and the 14 successful 3-pointers is also the third record in history.
According to official records, the top two domestic players with the most points were Yu Zhiyuan (Mobis·70 points at the time) and Wen Jingyin (Electronic Park·66 points at the time) in March 2004. However, some evaluations believe that these two records were set after a concentrated scoring effort on the last day of the regular league to compete for the championship title.
In the normal rhythm of the game, Xu Xiong is the first domestic player to score more than 50 points. Previously, Kim Sun-hyung (SK at the time) scored 49 points on January 5, 2019, which was the highest score. KBL also awarded Kim Sun Hyung the Memorial Award for scoring 49 points at that time. Xu Xiong broke this record again after 6 years, proving his superb scoring ability.
Xu Xiong’s shooting feeling reached its climax that day. He hit 6 3-pointers and scored 20 points in the first quarter, and scored 34 points in the first half. After entering the second half, the SK team concentrated on containing Heo Xiong’s three-pointers, but Heo Xiong also added 4 three-pointers in the 4th quarter, completing a big record. On that day, Xu Xiong shot 23 3-pointers and made 14 of them, showing his high sensitivity in shooting.
KCC coach Lee Sang-min explained the background and said, “In fact, I originally wanted him to stay until the end, but Heo Xiong said that this might be the last chance for his basketball career, so I invited him to participate.” “Although he may be criticized by the opponent, historical records are not easy to appear, so I participated in the competition.”
Xu Xiong expressed his thoughts after the game: “Not only thank you to my brother Xu Xun, but also all the players”, “Thanks to the team for their congratulations, and I will do my best for the team in the future.”
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