Starters:
Yang Dong-Geun
Moon Tae-Young
Cho Sung-Min
Choi Bu-Kyong
Kim Jong-Kyu
Yoo Jae-Hak admitted that they have no scouting reports against Egypt so he
stated that they will just play the game to find out. Korea would start slow
in the first seven minutes until they gained momentum, enroute to an 80-63
win in their first game for the 33rd William Jones Cup campaign.
Against the unknown, Korea started slow with turnovers and transition fouls
against Egypt. Korea shot 0-6 in the first three minutes as Egypt raced to a
10-3 lead. Moon Tae-Young picked up his second foul at the six minute mark.
Lee Seung-Jun was inserted and two minutes later Egypt lead 16-13. Kim
Min-Koo answered with a trey to pull Korea 16-19. Kim Tae-Sol, Kim Min-Koo
and Kim Sun-Hyung would spark the team to a comeback. Kim Sun-Hyung would end
the first half with a half-court heave that converted as Korea lead 25-23.
Start of the second quarter, Kim Tae-Sol had three assists to push Korea
32-25 with Wonju’s Lee Seung-Jun and Lee Seung-Jun holding the paint. Korea’s
flex offense would come alive as they lead 34-25 half-way into the second
quarter with Egypt committing four turnovers. Egypt would be having trouble
converting in the paint as Kim Joo-Sung as well as Korea’s trapping zone
worked.
Four minutes remaining and Korea’s speed and pesky defense allowed them to
lead 40-27.
At the end of the 1st half: Korea lead 43-32. Kim Joo-Sung scored 9 points in
the second quarter.
3rd quarter saw Korea keeping the lead by double digits through rebounding
and effective tempo control as Korea settled with their flex motion to
further fine tune it. Korea’s lead went up as 55-41. Kim Sun-Hyung fired 10 points in that quarter as his speed zipped past Egypt.
4th quarter saw a 63-45 lead then a 74-53 lead. Exclamation was Lee Seung-Jun’s dunk as Korea wins in the opener of
their Jones Cup campaign.
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