Changwon LG defeated Daegu Korea Gas Corporation with accurate outside guns despite the absence of national team member Yang Hong-seok. On the 13th, LG will face Busan KCC, which has a national team lineup, for the top spot in the group.
LG won 97-85 against Korea Gas Corporation in Group B of the KBL Cup held at Wolmyeong Gymnasium in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do on the 11th. Although they were outshot 25-36 in rebounds, they made 12 3-point shots with a success rate of 52.2% and won their first game.
With Lee Jae-do and Yang Hong-seok missing, the team’s well-balanced performance from both inside and outside stood out. Heejae Jeong scored 18 points, including 4 3-point shots, and Assem Marey took center stage with 16 points and 7 rebounds. Lee Kwan-hee, who led the fast break, also scored 14 points, and Yang Jun-seok, who coordinated the game, scored 9 points and provided 7 assists. Yugi-sang, the 3rd pick in the 2023 KBL Rookie Draft, scored 6 points with 2 3-point shots.
LG coach Cho Sang-hyun said after the game, “It was not a satisfactory performance. “Since Kim Jun-il also transferred (to Hyundai Mobis), I hope he will be alert and pay attention to rebounding,” he said. Regarding the KCC match taking place on the 13th, “The fast attack has improved since Choi Jun-yong came in. “He plans to continue making changes in defense,” he added.
Korea Gas Corporation struggled under LG’s pressure and attempted 18 outer shells, but only succeeded in 4. Anthony Moss scored 24 points and 13 rebounds, and Dong-ryang Kim scored 14 points, filling in for Isaiah Hicks, who was out due to an Achilles tendon injury. However, key players Lee Dae-heon and Sam Josef Belengel only scored 10 points each, swallowing their disappointment.
Korea Gas Corporation coach Kang Hyuk said, “We practiced토토사이트 a lot outside, but the ups and downs were severe. He explained, “There were a lot of shots that were taken too forcefully due to running out of time,” and “The team will be able to become stronger by increasing the average through practice to reduce ups and downs.”
In the first quarter, where the offensive and defensive battle between Marey and Moss took place under the goal, LG’s Jeong Hee-jae came in support with three 3-point shots in the first quarter alone, and for Korea Gas Corporation, Lee Dae-heon and Kim Dong-ryang attacked under the goal. After Yoo Yu-sang, who made his first appearance, fired an outside shot, and Lim Dong-seop also scored, LG took a 23-20 lead.
In the second quarter, Dante Cunningham brightened the mood by scoring consecutive points. While Korea Gas Corporation was unable to find a solution in attack, LG widened the gap by more than 10 points with Lee Kwan-hee’s 3-point shot and Cunningham’s middle shot. Korea Gas Corporation also finished the first half with Belangel and Kim Dong-ryang showing strength, narrowing the gap to 7 points.
LG opened the third quarter with Yoo Yu-sang’s outside attack under Marey’s goal, and Jung Hee-jae even scored 3 points from an accurate corner. Korea Gas Corporation struggled by making a series of ridiculous mistakes and even allowing a quick attack, and LG Yang Jun-seok took advantage of the gap and succeeded with a 3-point shot.
In the fourth quarter, which started with the score at 80-67, when Korea Gas Corporation caught up with Belankel’s 3-point shot, LG ran away with Lee Kwan-hee’s breakthrough and fast break. Under the goal of Korea Gas Corporation, which had no foreign players, Marey took the win by scoring offensive rebounds and points one after another, and LG also won comfortably by excluding all foreign players.
