Park Shin-ja Cup Champion Hana One Q Coach Kim Wan-su "We Led in Rebounds"

The Hana One Q players who won the 2020 Woori Bank Park Shin-ja Cup Summer League are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangja Park] The Bucheon Hana OneQ women's professional basketball team won the 2020 Woori Bank Park Shin-ja Cup Summer League championship by defeating Samsung Life 78-65 in the final match held at Cheongju Gymnasium on the 21st.

The Park Shin-ja Cup Summer League started in 2015 with the purpose of discovering new promising players and revitalizing domestic basketball exchanges during the off-season. This year, due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the 2019-2020 league ended early, and the 2020 Woori Bank Park Shin-ja Cup Summer League was also held without spectators to prevent COVID-19 infection. A total of eight teams participated, including six WKBL teams, the Daegu City Hall corporate team, and a university selection team.

Hana OneQ faced Shinhan Bank, Samsung Life, and the university selection team in Group B of the group stage, winning all three games and advancing to the semifinals as the top team in Group B. In the semifinals, they defeated the Cheongju KB Stars, who advanced as the second place in Group A with a 2-1 record, 92-83 after double overtime, advancing to the final. In the final, they faced Samsung Life again, who had defeated the top team in Group A, Busan BNK Sum.

Hana OneQ allowed Samsung Life to score eight consecutive points early and trailed 15-19 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, they limited Samsung Life to 9 points and led 29-28 at halftime. In the third quarter, Hana OneQ scored 32 points, including four three-pointers, finishing the quarter at 61-49. Early in the fourth quarter, Samsung Life's Lee Min-ji and Park Hye-mi scored six consecutive points, shaking Hana OneQ, but Kim Ji-young and Kang Yu-rim quickly responded with six consecutive points, widening the gap. Ultimately, Hana OneQ maintained the lead and defeated Samsung Life to claim the championship.

Hana One Q's Kang Gye-ri, who was selected as the tournament MVP, is being tossed in the air by her teammates.

Hana OneQ dominated the rebounds 49 to 32 by leveraging the height of Lee Jeong-hyun (187 cm), Lee Ha-eun (182 cm), and Yang In-young (184 cm). In the frontcourt, Kang Gye-ri and Kim Ji-young disrupted Samsung Life with their drives, and rookie Kang Yu-rim, who graduated from Gwangju University earlier this year and joined the team, scored 20 points including five three-pointers, leading both teams in scoring. Rookie Jeong Ye-rim also stood out with 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists in 19 minutes and 45 seconds of play.

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) was team captain Kang Gye-ri of Hana OneQ, who achieved the first triple-double in the Park Shin-ja Cup Summer League history (15 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists) in the group stage match against Samsung Life on the 17th.

Coach Kim Wan-su said, "I thought it would be very tough today after yesterday's game. I emphasized the mental aspect a lot and told the players to give their all since we made it this far. The players followed well." He added, "Regarding rebounds, I think we were not inferior to other teams. Unlike the previous two championships, rebounds were the biggest gain in this championship."

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