S. Korea wins women's basketball gold medal
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea captured the women's basketball title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday with a 75-70 victory over the home team Japan. Forward Lee Hae-ran led her team with 24 points, and captain Kang Lee-seul added 21 points for the narrow win in the final at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, central Japan. This is South Korea's first women's hoops gold since 2014,…
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea secured the women's basketball gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, defeating Japan 75-70 in a thrilling final at the Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, central Japan. Leading the team was forward Lee Hae-ran, who scored 24 points, while captain Kang Lee-seul added 21 points, clinching the narrow victory six days after the men's team also won gold.
This marked South Korea's first women's basketball gold since 2014, following a 12-year gap, and their first sweep of both men's and women's basketball titles at an Asian Games in a decade. The Korean team dominated the third quarter, leading by as many as 20 points, before overcoming Japan's late surge. South Korea responded to Japan's game-opening three with 11 unanswered points and capitalized on offensive boards for easy shots at the rim, leading 15-3 by midway through the first quarter.
Park So-hee's corner three-pointer extended their lead to 25-10 with 52 minutes remaining in the first quarter, despite Japan's late push, which made the score more competitive at 27-15.
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