The Korean men’s national team beat Japan and got off to a good start.
The Korean men’s college selection defeated the Japanese men’s college selection 81-61 in the 46th Korea-Japan University Basketball Tournament held at Yonsei University Gymnasium on the 19th and approached winning three consecutive tournaments.
Korea won the championship with 2 wins and 1 loss in both 2018 and 2019. For three years from 2020 to 2022, the tournament was not held due to Corona 19.
Park Moo-bin (17 points, 4 3-point shots), Lee Kang-hyun (15 points, 8 rebounds), Moon Jung-hyun (11 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists), and Lee Gyu-tae (10 points, 3 rebounds) took the lead in winning the team by scoring double digits.
Korea didn’t start well. It was a tight battle throughout the first quarter. Korea, which finished 25-22 by showing concentration at the end of the first quarter, maintained a slight advantage from the second quarter.
Korea, which started the third quarter with a score of 39-33, showed concentration and clearly widened the score gap.토토사이트
Korea, which only succeeded in 2 out of 14 3-point shots until the first half, concentrated on 3 3-point shots (7 attempts) only in the 3rd quarter. Based on this, they scored 26 points and gave only 16 points to Japan.
Korea entered the fourth quarter with a 65-49, 16-point difference.
Park Moo-bin, who led the scoring in the 3rd quarter, exploded scoring in the 4th quarter as well. he made a splash All of South Korea’s field goals passed through the rim, while Japan’s field goals were less accurate. Mistakes made by Japan also increased.
As the game progressed, the score gap widened. With 4 minutes and 5 seconds left, they led by 79-55, a 24-point difference. In fact, it was as if the game had been decided.
If Korea wins the second game at 4:00 pm on the 20th, the championship will be confirmed early.