Anyang CheongKwanJang Red Boosters reported their first league victory with 63-59 in the first round match of the 2023-2024 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball against Suwon KT held at Suwon KT Sonic Boom Arena on the 28th . Cheong Kwan-Jang ranked tied for 4th place with 1 win and 1 loss in the season .
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Rhenz Abando lead the victory with 11 points and 9 rebounds , and Jihoon Park had 10 points, 5 rebounds , and 4 assists . Seong-won Choi had 9 points and 3 rebounds , Duvan Maxwell had 8 points and 3 blocked shots , and Byung-jun Bae supported the victory with 7 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists . Against KT , Paris Bass scored 28 points , 15 rebounds , and 3 assists , and Han Hee-won scored 12 points .
Abando gained valuable offensive power through hustle play and ignited his will for victory . Abando and Park Ji-hoon's two- point shots split the rim one after another, putting them up by 10 points (59-49) with 6 minutes and 46 seconds left in the game . Although he was hit by an outside shot from the opposing bass, Monroe and Kim Gyeong-won combined for a cut-in play to maintain the lead . Although the overall 4th quarter field goal percentage was low, it was not easy to decide the game, but Monroe and Kim Gyeong-won stopped the opposing attack with blocked shots, resulting in their first win in the league .