BNK Sonia Returns Team To No. 1 With 3 Dramatic Free throws
Jan 26, 2025
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BNK made a thrilling comeback with a 68-67 and one point difference in the match against Shinhan Bank in the 「Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball」 held at Incheon Dowon Gymnasium on the 26th.
The team's main gun, Kim Sonia, led the team to a one-point victory with a dramatic three-point shot with 3.8 seconds left in the match against Samsung Life on the 16th, and calmly succeeded all three free throws obtained while attempting a three-point shot with 0.7 seconds left on the day. BNK, which had lost two consecutive games until the previous game and allowed Woori Bank to tie for first place, returned to first place alone by leading Woori Bank again by a radial difference with the victory.
BNK also failed to play Park Hye-jin and Lee So-hee, who are rehabilitating from injury, and Shinhan Bank also missed Tanimuri Rika due to sudden enteritis the previous day, and Hong Yoo-soon and Lee Do-na were not in their best form due to the same symptoms. However, the rest of the players cheered up, and the close game continued to the end.
Shinhan Bank's Kim Ji-young scored the most points of the season with 19 points, and middle and high-ranking players, who had not gotten many opportunities so far, added 12 points, including two three-point shots. In response, BNK faced off with Kim Sonia scoring 21 points, Ahn Hye-ji scoring 20 points, and Shim Soo-hyun, who has been getting many chances recently, scoring 12 points.
BNK led 37-33 in the first half, but entered the fourth quarter with a 48-47 lead due to Shinhan Bank's counterattack in the third quarter. BNK seemed to solidify its victory by leading 62-56 with nearly two minutes left in the game, with Shim Soo-hyun, Ahn Hye-ji, and Saki Ijima alternately combining under the basket. However, Shinhan Bank, thanks to the home team's enthusiastic support, failed to get a bonus one-shot following Kim Ji-young's success in a two-point shot in the paint zone, but Lee Kyung-eun, who received the pass, scored a three-point shot and quickly caught up to five points. He then combined Maru's middle shot and Lee Kyung-eun's two free throws to make a 65-62 comeback with 38 seconds left in the game.
However, BNK had a particularly strong 'strong heart' Sonia in the clutch. With 26 seconds left, Sonia scored a thunderous 3-pointer to tie the game again. Shinhan Bank's Jihyun Shin made a shot under the basket with 4 seconds left and led it to the point of victory, but allowed three free throws by committing a foul that hit the arm while defending Kim Sonia, who shot a 3-point shot in the final attack just before the end. Here, Sonia put all three in without fail, and performed her best to get the team out of a three-game losing streak and return to first place.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
