Women\s Basketball BNK Jinan
Women"s basketball BNK Jinan "A game played in my hometown, Taiwan... I will do better"
BNK participates in the Taiwan Jones Cup... Head-to-head against Iran"s national team today
Taiwanese center Jin An (27) of Busan BNK women’s basketball team vowed to show off her better performance in front of her hometown family.
BNK will represent Korea in the 42nd William Jones Cup, which opens on the 5th at Heping Gymnasium in Taipei City, Taiwan.
Starting with the head-to-head match against the Iranian national team on this day, BNK will face off against Taiwan"s B team, Japan"s Chanson Cosmetics, the Philippine national team, and Taiwan"s A team in turn from the 6th.
BNK"s main center, Jin An, was a naturalized player from Taiwan at the age of 15 due to a ban on participation due to a high school transfer.
My Taiwanese name is Xu Xiaotong, and I came to Suwon Girls" High School in Korea, which had a sisterhood relationship with a Taiwanese high school at the time.
At that time, Suwon Girls" High School director Jin Byeong-jun"s surname was given by his mother to mean "live peacefully in Korea", and he added a new name, "Jin-an".
Jinan showed excitement, saying, "Finally, my family can watch my game on the field," and "I will do better as the tournament is held in my hometown."
He continued, “I hope the results come out as well as the amount of practice.
If the game doesn"t go well, I try to communicate more with the players," he said. "I hope this competition and field training will be a good foundation for the upcoming season."
Captain Kim Han-byeol said, "My goal is to win the Jones Cup," adding, "I did a lot of practice games to prepare for the difficult schedule of five days in a row, and I did intensive weight training to maintain my strength."
"I had a few practice matches with Cathay Life, a Taiwanese professional team, and they played a different style from typical professional teams," he said. and explained the preparation process.
He added, "I hope that the team"s organizational power will be improved through Taiwan"s field training and participation in the Jones Cup, and that the players will have a closer relationship."
BNK"s head coach Park Jung-eun said, "I got a good opportunity to represent Korea in an international competition."
Coach Park, who entered Taiwan with the team on the 27th of last month, said, "I came in a week ago and played a practice game with Cathay and the Taiwanese national team to organize the movement and check tactics." Explained.
Through the Jones Cup, coach Park is preparing for the next season in earnest.
Coach Park said that Taiwan"s off-season training and the Jones Cup are "a training process to check the skills of existing players and at the same time grow new player resources."
At the same time, he hoped, "It will be a tournament where players can gain wider experience."