Saturday, February 10, 2007

Azio beat VL to snap 10-game losing streak


(Azio's Chang Yu-lin, photo courtesy of ESPN Taiwan)

Chang Yu-lin scored 22 points while Hong Chih-shan as Azio Eagles upset Videoland 66-60 Saturday to snap its league-high 10-game losing streak and finally got the first win of the season before the Lunar New Year break.

Azio's win came unexpectedly because two of its best inside players -- Chien Jia-hong and Wu Jian-long -- were out of the game due to injury. Luckily for Azio, VL dug itself a big hole by missing 15 of 35 free-throws and 18 of 22 3-point attempts.

Chen Shi-jay's layup with 10.2 seconds left boosted Azio's lead to 5 points and ensured the victory.

Janathan Sanders pulled down 28 rebounds, a new SBL single-game record, to go with 20 points in the losing effort. Yang Che-yi had 16 points.

Videoland has dropped four of its last five games after a 7-0 start.

Yulon 107-83 ETSN
Chen Hsin-an scored 28 points and led Yulon to an easy win over ETSN, which saw its team-record 5-game winning streak snapped.
Yulon: Chen Hsin-an 28p, Tsun Wen-din 18p+7rb, Wu Chih-wei 13p, Lu Cheng-ju 11p
ETSN: Cheng Jen-wei 16p, Huang Bao-tse 14p, Shin Jin-jan 12o, D. Thomas 10p

Dacin 94-69 BOT
BOT is now on a league-high 6-game losing streak.
Dacin: Tien Lei 26p, Chen Tse-wei 17p+8rb, Chang Chi-feng 14p, Chen Ching-wen 14p, Su Yi-chieh 7p+10a
BOT: Hsu Chi-chan 15p