BNK holds Shinhan Bank for 2 consecutive wins… 4 people scored in double digits
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = At the beginning of the women’s professional basketball season, Bucheon Hana Bank, the ‘storm team’, defeated Yongin Samsung Life Insurance and continued its exciting 6-game winning streak.
Hana Bank defeated Yongin Samsung Life Insurance 74-67 in the BNK Financial 2025-2026 Women’s Professional Basketball regular league home game held at Bucheon Gymnasium on the 13th.
Hana Bank, which had been on a six-game winning streak since its match against Samsung Life Insurance on the 24th of last month, maintained its lead with a season record of 7 wins and 1 loss. On this day, they maintained a two-game gap with second place Busan BNK (5 wins, 3 losses), who defeated Incheon Shinhan Bank.
Hana Bank achieved six consecutive wins for the first time since the 2015-2016 season, when various records were officially invalidated due to the ‘Chelsea Lee incident’.
Hana Bank, which has been a low-ranking team for many years, is causing a sensation this season under the guidance of coach Lee Sang-beom, who took over as head coach of the women’s team for the first time.
Samsung Life Insurance tied for 4th place with Asan Woori Bank with 3 wins and 5 losses.
Hana Bank, which was down 12-16 in the first quarter, was dragged in the second quarter and balanced the score at 35-35 thanks to Park So-hee’s great performance at the end of the first half. Sohee Park scored 12 points in the second quarter alone.
In the 3rd quarter seesaw game, first round MVP Saki Iijima came to life and the trend slightly tilted towards Hana Bank.
Iijima scored an outside shot 2 minutes and 27 seconds before the end of the third quarter to increase the lead to 50-46, and with 8 seconds left, he hit a middle shot to make it 52-49.
As soon as the fourth quarter started, Samsung Life turned the tide and engaged in a close game with consecutive scores from Kang Yu-rim and Bae Hye-yoon, but Hana Bank took a 61-57 lead with 4 minutes and 57 seconds left thanks to Jinan’s four consecutive points in the middle of the quarter.
Afterwards, Kim Jong-un broke through and scored 4 points to make it 65-59 with 3 minutes and 51 seconds left, and with 1 minute and 35 seconds left, Iijima’s layup made it 69-63 and took the win.
Park So-hee scored 18 points, the most for both teams, and Jin An recorded a double-double (15 points, 13 rebounds).
Veteran Kim Jong-eun, who played in 598 games and surpassed Han Chae-jin (retired, 597 games) to become the second-highest player in women’s professional basketball, scored 13 points and 7 rebounds, and Iijima added 13 points and 6 rebounds.
For Samsung Life Insurance, Lee Hae-ran played hard with 17 points and 8 rebounds, and Kang Yu-rim had 16 points and 5 rebounds.
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BNK won 63-61 in an away game against Shinhan Bank and maintained second place with a 2-point win following the KB game in Cheongju (80-78) three days ago.
Following the official opening match on the 16th of last month, BNK’s coach Park Jeong-eun scheduled a ‘female leadership’ match with Shinhan Bank coach Choi Yoon-ah.
Shinhan Bank suffered two consecutive losses and was unable to get out of last place (2 wins, 6 losses).
BNK players performed evenly, with Hyeji Ahn scoring 16 points and 6 assists, Hyejin Park 12 points and 7 rebounds, Natsuki Sunagawa scoring 11 points, and Sohee Lee scoring 10 points.
BNK’s Sonia Kim, who wore a brace after injuring her nose in the previous game, played about 13 minutes in the second half and showed her presence by scoring an impressive 5 points and grabbing 7 rebounds in the fourth quarter.
Shinhan Bank’s Shin Seul could not smile even after scoring 20 points, the most for both teams.
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Sent on December 13, 2025 at 18:19
