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Professional basketball Sono, first 4 consecutive wins since founding

Onuaku scored 22 points SK jumps to tied 5th place, defeats Cheong Kwan-jang and escapes 3rd consecutive loss Professional basketball team Sono recorded its first four consecutive wins since its founding thanks to the performance of foreign player Chinanu Onuaku.

Sono won 71-66 in the visiting game against Hyundai Mobis held at Dongcheon Gymnasium in Ulsan on the 3rd. Sono, who was in 7th place until the previous day, achieved a winning percentage of .500 with 8 wins and 8 losses, and became tied for 5th place with Cheong Kwan-jang (9 wins and 9 losses). Sono, who finished the first round in 7th place (4 wins, 5 losses), was sluggish with 3 consecutive losses at the start of the 2nd round, but recorded consecutive wins starting against SK on the 26th of last month. This is the first time that Sono has won four times in a row.

The turnaround in Sono's team atmosphere was largely influenced by center Onuaku, who joined in the second round. Onuaku has been averaging 17.4 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 4.1 assists in 7 games since the KCC match on the 17th of last month. He ranks second on the team in scoring and assists after fellow guard Lee Jeong-hyun, and is the only player on the team with double digits in rebounds (1st). Jarrod Jones, who played for Sono before signing Onuaku, was released after averaging 14.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 9 games in the first round.

Onuaku had a double-double on this day with 22 points and 14 rebounds, the most for both teams. He blocked 2 shots and also delivered 2 assists. Jeong-Hyeon Lee contributed with 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists. Lee Jung-hyun, who was 7th in scoring overall in the league (1st among domestic players) with an average of 20.9 points in the first round, ranks 3rd overall in the league (1st among domestic players) with an average of 22.4 points in the second round after Onuaku joined. Coach Kim Seung-gi of Sono said, “Onuaku is holding the center of the team. “Things that had been impossible no matter how much he used his brains, began to happen with the arrival of Onu Aku,” he praised.

On this day, SK, ranked 4th, won 85-71 against CheongKwanJang at home, escaping a three-game losing streak. Cheong Kwan-Jang lost 5 games in a row. 스포츠토토맨