Taiwan NT, which entered Southern California Summer Pro League as Frontline Sports, won both of their games and finished a month-long U.S. training tour in a high note.
Taiwan edged Senegal NT 87-85 on a winning shot by Yang Yu-min with 3.5 seconds left on July 9th. Today Taiwan NT beat NBA Pro 110-104. The REAL Frontline Sports will take over the remaining schedule in the summer league, while Taiwan NT heads back to Taiwan to prepare for the upcoming Jones Cup.
Yang Yu-min, who struggled quite a bit in the first half of the 2004-05 SBL season, kept his hot-hand going by scoring 53 points in two games. Center Wu Dai-hao, guards Chou Shih-yuan and Lee Hsueh-lin also played very well.
Taiwan NT finished a month-long training tour in Los Angeles, where they played with local college teams and mix-up teams before entering SoCal Summer Pro League.
In the second-half of the year, Taiwan NT will compete in three events -- Jones Cup in Taipei, East Asian games in Macao and Asian Championship in Qatar.
Taiwan NT 87-85 Senegal
Yang Yu-min 19p+3a, Tsun Wen-din 17p+7rb+2blk, Chou Shih-yuan 15p, Lee Hsueh-lin 15p+8rb+4a, Wu Dai-hao 9p+4rb+2blk
Taiwan NT 110-104 NBA Pro
Taiwan: Yang Yu-min 34p, Wu Dai-hao 25p, Chou Shih-yuan 20p