DB win the third quarter 38-18 and rout Korea Gas 104-78 as Ethan Alvano goes 6 for 6

Wonju DB Promy scored 16 straight points in the middle of the third quarter on Monday night, and took an 88-52 lead into the fourth. DB beat the Daegu Korea Gas Pegasus 104-78 at Wonju Gymnasium in front of 2,364, winning the third quarter 38-18 and leading by as many as 39.

The win puts DB at 3-3, two days after a 95-92 loss to unbeaten Seoul Samsung. Korea Gas had won three in a row. They fall to 3-4.

First quarter: close, then DB

Korea Gas started faster. Keve Aluma scored the first five points of the game, and the Pegasus led 5-0 inside the first minute. There were four ties and three lead changes in the quarter. Rayshaun Hammonds scored the last two baskets of it, and DB led 25-21.

Second quarter: the first gap

DB won the second quarter 25-13. A 10-0 run, from 32-25 to 42-25, came from Kang Sang-jae, Hammonds twice, Henry Ellenson and Ethan Alvano. DB led 50-34 at half-time.

Third quarter: 38-18

Ellenson scored eight of DB's first 14 points after the break. Then came the run. From 66-45 with 5:49 left in the quarter, DB scored 16 in a row in just over three minutes. Alvano and Hammonds started it, Lee Yong-woo made back-to-back threes 17 seconds apart, and Alvano, Ellenson and Hammonds finished it for 82-45.

Choi Seong-won added four free throws in the last minute, and the lead reached 39 at 88-49 with eight seconds left in the quarter.

Fourth quarter

Korea Gas won the quarter 26-16, and Jeon Hyun-woo scored the last two baskets of the night.

The lines

Alvano did not miss. He made all six of his shots and all four free throws for 16 points, with eight assists and five steals in 23 minutes. Ellenson led DB with 22 points and six rebounds. Hammonds scored 21 off the bench on 10-of-13 shooting. Lee made five of seven threes for 15.

DB shot 39 of 61 from the field and made 10 of 23 threes. They scored 26 points off Korea Gas's 18 turnovers.

For Korea Gas, Ra Gun-ah scored 17 and made all three of his threes. Kim Min-gyu had 16. Aluma also scored 16, but on 6-of-23 shooting, with nine rebounds. The Pegasus shot 30 of 74.

Scoring

DB: Henry Ellenson 22, Rayshaun Hammonds 21, Ethan Alvano 16, Lee Yong-woo 15, Choi Seong-won 10, Lee Yu-jin 7, Kang Sang-jae 5, Jeong Hyo-geun 4, Lee Yun-ki 2, Kim Bo-bae 2, Lee Jung-hyun 0, Park Bong-jin 0.

Korea Gas: Ra Gun-ah 17, Keve Aluma 16, Kim Min-gyu 16, Jeon Hyun-woo 12, Yang Woo-hyuck 10, Sam Belangel 4, Yang Jae-hyuk 3, Kim Jun-yl 0, Jeong Seong-woo 0, Choi Seung-wook 0, Kim Gook-chan 0, Woo Dong-hyun 0.

By quarter: DB 25, 25, 38, 16. Korea Gas 21, 13, 18, 26.

What is next

DB play at Suwon KT on Friday, October 23, and at Anyang Jung Kwan Jang on Sunday, October 25. Korea Gas host Samsung on Sunday, October 25. The two meet again in Daegu on Wednesday, October 28.

DB's last game was the 95-92 loss to Samsung. Korea Gas came in on a three-game winning streak, the last of it an 85-75 win over LG on Saturday.

Update: Samsung beat KCC 97-86 to go 6-0, and SK beat Jung Kwan Jang 84-76.