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The direction of winning the regular league is unknown until the end. The second-place team defeated the first place alone in the enemy territory.
Cheongju KB Stars defeated Bucheon Hana Bank 87-75 in the fourth round of the BNK Financial Group 2025-2026 Women's Professional Basketball Regular League at Bucheon Gymnasium at 4 p.m. on the 25th.
Hana Bank, the lone leader, recorded its 13th win and 5th loss with the loss. The second-place KB Stars succeeded in chasing with 11 wins and 7 losses.
Hana Bank has recently won six consecutive games and has fallen into a quagmire for two consecutive losses. On the 24th, he lost two points in the match against Samsung Life Insurance in Yongin, and lost all two consecutive home games.
KB Stars continued its upward trend by catching Hana Bank, one of the strongest WKBL players this season, following a big win against Shinhan Bank in Incheon on the 23rd.
Song Yoon-ha scored 20 points. Park Ji-soo marked 17 points, 13 rebounds, and a double-double. Heo Ye-eun scored 16 points and seven assists.
At Hana Bank, Jinan scored 27 points, the most by both teams. Saki Iijima also scored 20 points.
The two teams fought fiercely from the first quarter. At Hana Bank, Psaki scored seven points with one 3-pointer and two 2-pointers. In KB Stars, Song Yoon-ha showed off his presence under the basket by scoring eight points.
A seesaw game followed. When Hana Bank ran away, KB Stars followed. KB Stars finished the first quarter with a 17-16 lead by adding two free throws from Sakai at the end of the quarter.
There was also a close game in the second quarter. KB Stars quickly accumulated points, making four out of three points and eight. Hana Bank used Jinan to target the opponent's goal.
Park Ji-soo used his big height to hit Hana Bank under the basket. He went on the flow with four consecutive points.
Hana Bank hit it with Saki's 3-pointer and Jinan's paint zone score. Hana Bank followed by a 29-312 point gap.
The concentration at the end of the quarter shone. KB Stars scored five points in a row with three points from Heo Ye-eun and two points from Song Yoon-ha with less than a minute left. The first half ended with KB Stars taking a 45-39 lead.
KB Stars set the tone with Kang Yi-seul's three-point shot in the first attack of the third quarter. Lee Chae-eun's two points were successful, leading to a 50-39 11-point gap.
The score got wider and wider. KB Stars was buoyed by Song Yoon-ha's back-to-back goals. Amid Hana Bank's attack, Na Yoon-jung and Park Ji-soo scored. 64-48 took a 16-point lead.
Hana Bank, whose offense remained unresolved, followed with Park So-hee's outer shot at the end of the quarter. 51-64 entered the final quarter with a 13-point deficit.
The score was rarely narrowed down. With Hana Bank's shot shaking, KB Stars caught the flow with Lee Chae-eun's outer shot and Kang Yi-seul's under-the-goal score. Song Yoon-ha, Heo Ye-eun, and Sakai's six free throws also split the rim. With 4 minutes and 8 seconds left, Heo Ye-eun broke down to a three-point buzzer beater to win the game.
In the end, the away team KB Stars shook off Hana Bank's pursuit and won two consecutive games. Hana Bank slowed down to two consecutive losses after winning six games in a row.
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