▲ Momona Miyasaka attempts a 3-pointer
Yongin Samsung Life Insurance, the runner-up of the previous Women's Korean Basketball League season, secured a resounding victory over Bucheon Hana Bank in their opening game of the new season.
Samsung Life defeated Hana Bank 84-66 in their regular-season home game of the KB StarBanking 2026-2027 Women's Professional Basketball at Yongin Indoor Gymnasium.
Leading 44-35 at halftime, Samsung Life firmly secured an early victory in the third quarter by holding their opponents to just 7 points while pouring in 23.
At the start of the quarter, consecutive 3-pointers by Samsung Life's Momona Miyasaka found the net, followed by two points from Lee Hae-ran at the free-throw line.
Miyasaka sank four 3-pointers in the third quarter alone.
Early in the fourth quarter, the gap stretched to as many as 31 points.
Miyasaka, who scored 20 points including six 3-pointers, and Lee Hae-ran, who recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, jointly propelled the team to victory.
Miyasaka, who first stepped onto the South Korean stage in 2024, surpassed her previous personal single-game scoring high of 11 points, which she set in a game against Incheon Shinhan Bank on December 16 of that year.
She also set a personal best for 3-pointers made in a single game.
Miyasaka's previous record was three in a single game.
Lee Hae-ran added to the celebration by surpassing 200 career steals.
(Photo provided by WKBL, Yonhap News)
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