Wonju DB saw off KCC Egis 85 to 79 in the Korean Basketball League on Saturday evening. The visitors took the points away from Seoul, closing out a contest that stayed within reach until the final minutes. It was a narrow margin for a game that felt longer than the ninety-four points suggest.
Wonju DB sit third after fifty-four league matches, three wins clear of fourth. KCC Egis remain sixth with twenty-eight victories from the same run of games — but they have lost two more. The gap between them is small, though the table does not yet tell the full story.
Both sides were in the middle of a busy patch. KCC Egis had beaten Mobis Phoebus 97 to 87 three days earlier and lost to LG Sakers 103 to 68 before that. Wonju DB dropped points against LG Sakers 96 to 92 on Wednesday and had won comfortably against Goyang before that. Neither side was running on momentum.
The statistics do not tell a simple story. Wonju DB hit the same number of three-pointers as their hosts — nine each — but they attempted thirty-seven compared to twenty-four. They also took more free throws, twelve to eight, and turned the ball over just three times against KCC Egis's twelve. The visitors made the difference in the details.
We had called for the away win before kickoff, at fifty-two per cent confidence. It was not a strong belief, but it was enough. Wonju DB did not dominate the game, they just made fewer mistakes when it mattered. KCC Egis had their chances, especially from distance, but they could not close it out.
The result keeps third place out of reach for KCC Egis, at least for now. Wonju DB move closer to the teams above them, though they still have games in hand. The season is long, but this was a point won through discipline rather than brilliance.
