Hyundai Mobis Beat Leading DB to Recoup 50% Winning Rate
Hyundai Mobis defeated DB 99-91 in the 2023-24 Jeonggwanjang Professional Basketball Regular League away game held at Wonju Gymnasium in Gangwon Province on the 23rd.
Hyundai Mobis recovered a winning percentage of 50 percent with 17 wins and 17 losses, maintaining its sixth place. The leading DB is now 27 wins and 8 losses.
In Hyundai Mobis, Gage Prim scored a double-double with 31 points and 16 rebounds. Kim Ji-wan scored 17 points and Park Moo-bin scored 13 points.
In the DB, Kim Jong-kyu scored 19 points and Lee Sun-Albano and Kang Sang-jae scored 17 points each, but the team's defeat faded.
DB led 52-45 in the first half. But entering the second half, Hyundai Mobis gained strength.
Following Prim's consecutive points, Park Moo-bin's 3-pointer followed, and Kim Ji-wan's 3-pointer tied the score 59-59.
Later, amid a dispute, Kim Jong-kyu's score at the end of the third quarter led DB 72-70 to finish the third quarter.
As soon as the fourth quarter began, Hyundai Mobis again took the lead with Kim Ji-wan's two consecutive three-point shots. Park Moo-bin's three-point shot then widened the lead to 84-75.
Hyundai Mobis, which took the lead once, did not give the flow back to the DB.
DB chased Didrick Lawson by two points at the end of the fourth quarter, but at the end of the game, Prim and Park Moo-bin scored consecutive points, and Hyundai Mobis completed the victory by eight points.
Meanwhile, Goyang Sono defeated Seoul Samsung 87-79 at home.
Sono tied for eighth with Daegu Korea Gas Corporation with 12 wins and 21 losses. Seoul Samsung, on the other hand, lost seven consecutive games and ended up with five wins and 28 losses.
Sono showed the best performance by Kim Min-wook with 28 points and 3 rebounds. Lee Jung-hyun also made a double-double with 20 points and 12 assists.
For Samsung, Kofi Coburn made a double-double with 24 points and 18 rebounds, but he could not prevent the team from losing.
Sono led 67-58 until the third quarter to take the lead. Since then, he has won the game without losing his concentration until the end.