Keve Aluma and Ra Gun-ah give Korea Gas its first win, 81-75 at Hyundai Mobis

Daegu KOGAS won for the first time this season on Saturday, beating Ulsan Hyundai Mobis 81-75 at Dongcheon Gymnasium. Keve Aluma scored 26 points with 14 rebounds, and Ra Gun-ah added 25 points and 10 rebounds. KOGAS move to 1-3. Hyundai Mobis are 0-3, the only KBL team without a win among those that have played.

Earlier on Saturday in Busan, Wonju DB beat Busan KCC 85-79 behind 24 points from Henry Ellenson. DB are 2-1, and KCC fall to 2-2.

KOGAS 81, Hyundai Mobis 75

First quarter. The lead changed hands 10 times. Lee Woo-suk's basket with 19 seconds left tied it 21-21 at the end of the quarter.

Second quarter. Ra opened it with a three, and KOGAS did not trail again. Aluma and Ra then scored 10 straight points between them, two threes from Aluma and two baskets from Ra, to turn 26-27 into 26-37 with 5:00 left in the half. KOGAS won the quarter 25-15 and led 46-36 at half-time.

Third quarter. Sam Belangel hit two threes inside 90 seconds, and the second made it 56-41 with 6:51 left, KOGAS's biggest lead. It was 61-50 after three quarters.

Fourth quarter. Ra hit a three for 76-61 with 3:19 left. Hyundai Mobis then scored 14 of the next 18 points. Lee scored three baskets, Park Mu-bin hit a three, and Gaige Prim scored five. Lee's basket with nine seconds left made it 80-75, and Woo Dong-hyun's free throw closed it out.

Aluma made 11 of 22 shots and three threes. Ra made 11 of 22, including three of four from deep, with five offensive rebounds. Belangel scored 20 with five assists. KOGAS outrebounded Hyundai Mobis 40-38 and turned the ball over eight times to 11.

For Hyundai Mobis, Lee scored 21 and Prim had 20 points and 15 rebounds. Darius Bazley scored 12 but made four of 17 shots. The crowd was 2,790.

Scoring

KOGAS: Keve Aluma 26, Ra Gun-ah 25, Sam Belangel 20, Jeong Seong-woo 5, Woo Dong-hyun 3, Yang Woo-hyuck 2, Kim Gook-chan 0, Yang Jae-hyuk 0, Kim Min-gyu 0, Jeon Hyun-woo 0, Kim Jun-yl 0, Choi Seung-wook 0.

Hyundai Mobis: Lee Woo-suk 21, Gaige Prim 20, Park Mu-bin 12, Darius Bazley 12, Lee Seoung-hyun 4, Seo Myeong-jin 3, Cho Han-jin 3, Kim Tae-wan 0, Gerry Abadiano 0, Kim Kyung-won 0, Jung Joon-won 0.

By quarter: KOGAS 21, 25, 15, 20. Hyundai Mobis 21, 15, 14, 25.

DB 85, KCC 79

KCC scored 11 straight after DB's first three points and led 11-3. DB answered early in the second quarter with 11 straight points, from 18-17 to 29-17, and led by 13 at 32-19. DB led 46-36 at half-time.

KCC scored eight straight late in the third quarter, from 52-63 to 60-63, with a three from Kim Dong-hyun and Heo Hoon's three-point play. DB scored seven of the last nine points of the quarter, and Lee Yong-woo's three made it 70-62 going into the fourth.

In the fourth quarter, Jang Jae-seok scored four straight points to cut it to 75-70 with 4:15 left. Ellenson then scored three of DB's last four baskets. Heo's three with 35 seconds left made it 83-79, and Ethan Alvano made two free throws to finish it.

Ellenson made 11 of 24 shots, scored 24 and had eight rebounds. Rayshaun Hammonds added 18 points and nine rebounds, Lee Yong-woo made four threes for 12, and Alvano scored 11. DB turned the ball over four times to KCC's 12 and scored 22 fast-break points to KCC's seven.

Heo Hoon scored 22 with 10 assists for KCC. Louis King scored 18 and Jang 15, and Shawn Long had 10 points and 11 rebounds. The crowd in Busan was 3,571.

Scoring

DB: Henry Ellenson 24, Rayshaun Hammonds 18, Lee Yong-woo 12, Ethan Alvano 11, Kim Bo-bae 8, Lee Yu-jin 7, Lee Yun-ki 3, Choi Seong-won 2, Kang Sang-jae 0, Lee Jung-hyun 0.

KCC: Heo Hoon 22, Louis King 18, Jang Jae-seok 15, Shawn Long 10, Kim Dong-hyun 6, Heo Ung 5, Yun Ki-chan 3, Kim Hoon 0, Lee Ho-hyun 0.

By quarter: DB 18, 28, 24, 15. KCC 15, 21, 26, 17.

What is next

KCC host Suwon KT on Sunday, October 11, at Busan Sajik Gymnasium. DB visit Hyundai Mobis in Ulsan on Monday, October 12. KOGAS host KT in Daegu on Wednesday, October 14.