"Federation error → game delay." Unshakable home team... KB Stars Beat Shinhan Bank to Run Back-to-back Win

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Cheongju KB Stars beat Incheon Shinhan Bank to win back-to-back games despite the chaotic delay in the allocation of referees by the Korean Women's Basketball Federation (WKBL).

KB Stars defeated Shinhan Bank 88-77 in the BNK Financial Group 2025-2026 women's professional basketball regular league home game held at Cheongju Gymnasium on the 16th.

The game was a skit that began at 7:30 p.m., 30 minutes later than scheduled, due to WKBL's inexperience in refereeing allocation, but KB Stars did not falter and gave home fans victory.

KB Stars, who won two consecutive games with the victory, maintained their sole second place with 9 wins and 6 losses. The gap with leading Bucheon Hana Bank (12 wins and 3 losses) has narrowed to three games. On the other hand, Shinhan Bank, which self-destructed by committing 19 turnovers, fell into a quagmire of nine consecutive losses and failed to escape the bottom with 2 wins and 13 losses.

Ace Kang Yi-seul was active with 32 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists, including 7 three-point shots. Park Ji-soo also kept under the basket with 18 points and 9 rebounds, and Sakai Sara in the Asian quarter helped with 11 points and 8 assists.

In particular, KB Stars set a new record for the most assists in a single game by combining 31 assists in a team thanks to the performances of Sakai Sarah and Sung Soo-yeon.

Shinhan Bank's Shin Eul and Choi Yi-sam scored 14 points side by side and Jihyun Shin achieved its 57th career 300 games, but the team's defeat faded.

The first half of the flow was led by the away team Shinhan Bank. KB Stars trailed by one point in the first quarter due to the opponent's offensive, and the score gap widened to 39-44 at the end of the second quarter.

KB Stars, who rearranged their battle lines, fought back from the third quarter. Kang Yi-seul scored 9 points and Park Ji-soo scored 7 points to lead the attack, and eventually finished the third quarter with the game overturned 60-58.

He briefly allowed a 62-63 turnaround early in the fourth quarter, but he took the lead again with consecutive points by Sakai and Park Ji-soo. Since then, KB Stars has run 74-63 with three consecutive points by Kang Yi-seul and Sakai. KB Stars, which was in the mood, completed an 11-point victory with Kang Yi-seul scoring a wedge 3-pointer with 3:10 left in the game.

Meanwhile, KB Stars, which suffered damage due to the delay in the game, imposed a full refund of tickets for fans who visited the stadium. The club said on its official social network service (SNS), "It is outside the scope of the club's home game operation, but we will refund all tickets to all spectators who visit the stadium."

WKBL said after the game, "WKBL officially apologizes to all clubs, including both clubs, for this matter," adding, "WKBL will pay for all expenses related to the crowd refund caused by the delay in the game today."

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