Ha Yoon-ki's foreign player-like performance - Bath triple-double
kt defeated Korea Gas Corporation 91-69 in the 2023-2024 Jeong Kwan-jang professional basketball regular league home game at kt Arena in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do.
KT, which has four wins and three losses with three consecutive wins, expects to leap to a higher rank.
This is because Huh Hoon, the team's ace and guard representing Korean basketball, will soon return from military service.
KT is planning a home game against Seoul SK on the 18th as Heo Hoon's return to professional basketball.
In the first half, Korea Gas Corp. was dominant.
Sam Joseph Bellangel scored 14 points to take the lead 40-35, making five of his six field goals.
However, from the middle of the third quarter, kt launched a strong offensive and reversed the game.
KT, which turned the tables with Jung Sung-woo's score 5 minutes and 31 seconds before the end of the quarter, then Jung Sung-woo drove in eight points and Paris Bath scored a series of quick attacks, running away by 13 points in about four minutes.
Jung Sung-woo even helped Ha Yoon-ki score under the basket just before the end of the quarter and led the kt's attack, which drove in 32 points in the third quarter.
With a 74-63 lead about four minutes before the end of the game, KT beat the Korea Gas Corporation's willingness to chase as Bath hit a cool dunk.
Kt Bath recorded 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists, becoming the first triple-double in professional basketball this season.
Ha Yoon-ki, the national center, also scored 22 points and 10 rebounds to target Korea Gas Corporation's poor under the basket. Jung Sung-woo also added 18 points from outside.
At Korea Gas Corporation, Bellangel fought hard with 19 points.
Hyundai Mobis plays the most 18 points in Ham Ji-hoon's team, the oldest active player
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis won 77-69 at home, putting Seoul Samsung in a four-game losing streak.
Hyundai Mobis (5 wins and 3 losses), which ended its losing streak, won the second place after Wonju DB, which has won seven consecutive games in the opening.
Samsung (2 wins and 6 losses), which lost for the sixth time in the season, fell to the bottom.
After losing 58-94 to DB on the 7th, the atmosphere has subsided further as it has been stuck at the bottom from the beginning of this season.
Ham Ji-hoon, born in 1984, the oldest active player, scored 18 points, the most in the team, giving Hyundai Mobis a victory.
Ham Ji-hoon added nine assists to this.
Foreign player Kebe Aluma also played his part with 17 points and eight rebounds.
At Samsung, center Coffey Coburn, who is 210 centimeters tall, fought hard with 23 points and 10 rebounds, but failed to turn the game around.
For Samsung, it was painful that veteran guard Kim Si-rae, who played for about 29 minutes, scored only four points.