Anyang KGC, led by head coach Kim Sang-sik, won four consecutive games at the 42nd William Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan.
KGC, the KBL unified champion in the 2022-23 season, won 99-97 in Game 7 of the tournament against Taiwan's B team at Huffing Gymnasium in Taipei on the 19th, marking its sixth win (1 loss).
Korea is ranked third alone after the U.S. (UC Irvine) and Taiwan A (more than six wins).
In KGC, Ko Chan-hyuk and Duvon Maxwell scored 23 points side by side, while Jung Joon-won (19 points) and Jung Hyo-geun (17 points). Park Ji-hoon (11 points) also scored double-digit points. 스포츠토토
Ko Chan-hyuk's three-point shot fired up in the first quarter. Ko Chan-hyuk, who completely boosted his confidence as a three-point shooter through this tournament, played 16 points alone, including four three-point shots while playing only 7 minutes and 22 seconds in the first quarter.
Forward Jung Joon-won also showed good performance inside and outside with eight points, including one three-point shot. The KGC finished the first quarter 32-30.
With the start of the second quarter, Taiwan's Hung Kaiichi's three-point run turned the tide for a while. KGC then used Maxwell to balance it with a post attack.
Since then, the seesaw game continued until the end of the quarter, and the first half ended with KGC leading 54-50.
KGC, which faced the fourth quarter with a score of 77-75, struggled with post-ups of tall players such as opponents Machienhao and Chiang Chun. However, KGC was not agitated, and Park Ji-hoon, Jung Joon-won, and Ko Chan-hyuk scored, widening the lead to 86-82 with 6 minutes and 50 seconds left.
Jung Joon-won scored a three-point shot 4 minutes and 27 seconds before leading 88-84 to make it 91-84. KGC, which gained momentum, ran away to 94-84 with Jung Hyo-geun, who caught a no-mark chance 3 minutes and 54 seconds ago, scoring 3 points.
Taiwan's last-minute counterattack was also formidable, but the KGC did not miss its concentration. With one minute left before the end of the game, he allowed consecutive three-point shots and was chased by one point, but eventually won by two points.