Korean Women's Basketball Wins First Korea-Japan All-Star Game

Korean Women's Basketball Wins First Korea-Japan All-Star Game

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The Korean Women's Professional Basketball All-Star won the Korea-Japan Women's Professional Basketball All-Star Game for the first time.

메이저놀이터 The Korean All-Star team, led by Busan BNK head coach Park Jung-eun, beat the Japanese W-League All-Star 90-67 in Hana Bank's 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball All-Star Festival held at Bucheon Gymnasium in Gyeonggi Province on the 22nd.

This year's women's professional basketball All-Star Game was played as a match between Korea and Japan for the first time.

While the game ended with a great victory for South Korea, the MVP was also selected from each team.

In Korea, Jinan, center of Bucheon Hana Bank, who made a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, received 46 out of 71 votes cast by reporters, and was named MVP. In the Japanese All-Star, Miyu Okamoto (38 votes out of 71) who scored the most 11 points in the team was honored as MVP.

In addition to Jinan, Kang Yi-seul played 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, including 5 3-point shots, Lee So-hee scored 9 points, and Kim Dan-bi, the No. 1 All-Star fan voting player, scored 8 points each to lead Korea's complete victory. South Korea also won both the 3-point shoot contest and skill challenge matches, which were conducted through team matches after halftime and the third quarter.