Thursday, March 27, 2008

March madness indeed


FJU beat NTNU for UBA title.

Taiwanese fans had a March Madness of its own. FJU upset NTNU in the national title game Wednesday in overtime, winning its first title in 12 years. Powerhouse TPEC not only saw its winning streak stopped at 155 games but also was denied of its 13th straight UBA title.

Hsing Wu College upset CCU in the quarterfinal and advanced to the final four for the first time. HWC lost two games in the semifinal and bronze medal game by large margins and finished fourth, but it was still a memorable cinderella run for the little-known school.


Chen Shun-hsiang had 32 points in the title game.

Here we take a look back at the final week of the 2007-08 UBA season:

March 26: Championship game

Chen Shun-hsiang made 8 of 10 from downtown en route to his game-high 32 points in a overtime 93-91 win over NTNU Wednesday in the UBA championship game, leading Fu Jen University to its sixth UBA title and the first in 12 years.

Guard Chou Tzu-hua had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals in FJU's second upset win in as many night. FJU upset defending TPEC in the semifinal on Tuesday. FJU forward Wang Chien-wei had 13 points while Chen Ching-huan tallied 16 points and 7 boards.

NTNU, at the same time, couldn't get the monkey off its back. The hands-on favorite abruptly ended its 14-game winning streak and lost for the sixth time in the national championship game -- four times to TPEC and one time to CCU and FJU.

Chien Chia-hung had 28 points in the losing effort. Center Wu Tai-hao had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists while Deng An-cheng had 27 points.

Champioship: FJU 93-91 (OT) NTNU
Bronze medal game: TPEC 99-76 HWC
5th-place game: CCU 68-65 TSU
7th-place game: NKNU 85-75 TNUA

2007-08 final UBA placing:
1. FJU
2. NTNU
3. TPEC
4. HWC
5. CCU
6. TSU
7. NKNU
8. NTUA

March 25: Semifinals


TPEC failed to defend its title.

FJU routed TPEC 74-59 behind Wang Chien-wei's 23 points and 18 rebounds and Chen Shun-hsiang's 15 points. The Catholic school ended its 21-game losing streak to TPEC and stopped TPEC's quest for its 13th straight UBA title.

FJU will meet NTNU, which booked its sixth finals appearance after a 111-77 win over cinderella team HWC in the other semifinal matchup, in the championship game.

In the 5-8 classification games, CCU swingman Lin Ching-pang had his first career triple-double -- 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists -- in a victory over NTUA.

Semifinals:
FJU 74-59 TPEC
NTNU 111-77 HWC
5-8 classification:
TSU 85-82 NKNU
CCU 94-73 NTUA

March 24: Quarterfinal


HWC, George Mason Taiwan version.

Hsing Wu College (HWC), which finished an all-time best 6th last season, pulled off the biggest upset in the quarters when it edged CCU 87-84 and advanced to the Final Four for the first time in history. Quite an achievement for a school that has been having a hard time recruiting basketball players.

TPEC 93-86 NKNU
HWC 87-84 CCU
NTNU 102-87 NTUA
FJU 71-66 TSU

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2007-08 UBA Men's Level One Elite Eight:
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)
Fu Jen University (FJU)
Chinese Culture University (CCU)
National Kaohsiung Normal University (NKNU)
Taiwan Sports University (TSU)
Taipei Physical Education College (TPEC)
Hsing Wu College (HWC)
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA)

(Photo source: UBA)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

2007-08 final SBL stats leaders

Scoring
1 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 22.3
2 Jon Sanders (dmedia) 21.3
3 Ouyang Ching-heng (dmedia) 19.4
4 Chien Chia-hung (PY) 17.4
5 Ho Shou-cheng (TB) 16.8

Rebounding
1 J. Sanders (dmedia) 16.9
2 Hsu Chih-chang (BOT) 8.9
3 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 8.7
4 Wu Tai-hao (TB) 7.6
5 Lin Chih-chieh (TB) 6.6

Assists
1 J. Sanders (dmedia) 5.8
2 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 3.8
3 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin) 3.7
3 Chen Hui (TM) 3.7
5 Su Yi-chieh (Dacin) 3.6

Blocks
1 Wu Tai-hao (TB) 2.73
2 J. Sanders (dmedia) 1.53
3 Hsu Chih-chang (BOT) 1.15
4 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 0.80
5 Hsu Wei-sheng (TM) 0.79

Steals
1 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin) 2.7
2 Wu Yung-jen (TM) 1.9
3 J. Sanders (dmedia) 1.8
4 Hsu Tse-hsin (TM) 1.6
5 Chen Shih-chieh (PY) 1.5

Week 15 BOW: Lai Kuo-hung


(Source: ESPN Taiwan)

Taiwan Mobile veteran forward Lai Kuo-hung, 34, won Week 15 Baller of the Week -- his first BOW award in five years -- Tuesday. Lai, who averaged 9.7 points and 4.7 rebounds for the season, last week averaged 19.5 points and 6 rebounds in 26 minutes of playing time.

Lai received 26 points in the media voting. BOT guard Lin Chih-lung finished second with 23 points.

2007-08 Baller of the Week:
Week 15: Lai Kuo-hung (TM)
Week 14: Hsu Chih-chang (BOT)
Week 13: Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
Week 12: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 11: All-Star week
Week 10: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 9: Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
Week 8: Chien Chia-hung (PY)
Week 7: Chang Po-sheng (BOT)
Week 6: Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
Week 5: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 4: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 3: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 2: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 1: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)

2008 SBL playoffs schedule



Semifinal round: (Best-of-five, Taipei Arena, Taipei City, map)

No. 1 Yulon vs. No. 4 Pure Youth

Game 1: p.m. 6, Apr. 1
Game 2: p.m. 6, Apr. 2
Game 3: p.m. 6, Apr. 4
Game 4: p.m. 6, Apr. 5
Game 5: p.m. 6, Apr. 6

No. 2 Taiwan Beer vs. No. 3 dmedia

Game 1: p.m. 8, Apr. 1
Game 2: p.m. 8, Apr. 2
Game 3: p.m. 8, Apr. 4
Game 4: p.m. 8, Apr. 5
Game 5: p.m. 8, Apr. 6

Finals: (Best-of-seven, Sinjhuang Stadium, Taipei County, map)

Game 1: p.m. 7, Apr. 11
Game 2: p.m. 7, Apr. 12
Game 3: p.m. 7, Apr. 13
Game 4: p.m. 7, Apr. 18
Game 5: p.m. 7, Apr. 19
Game 6: p.m. 7, Apr. 20
Game 7: p.m. 7, Apr. 22

Monday, March 24, 2008

Veterans Lo, Chou retired


Chou Chun-san (left) and Lo Hsing-liang (Source: ESPN Taiwan)

Lo Hsing-liang, 37, and Chou Chun-san, 39, officially announced their retirement Sunday after playing in the same backcourt in their final game. Taiwan Beer retired Lo's number, No. 13, and Chou's No. 4 after the game.

The duo, arguably Taiwan's best backcourt in the last 20 years, first received nationwide popularity in the old CBA (Chinese Basketball Alliance) days from 1994-1999, when they played for Hung-kuo Elephants and led the team to an unprecedented three-peat along with Cheng Chih-lung. Cheng was regarded as one of the best small forwards in Asia.

The CBA folded in the middle of its fifth season in 1999. Hung-kuo was later taken over by a different owner and renamed to Sina, the first Taiwanese basketball team to play in China's CBA. It didn't take long for Lo, a sharpshooting guard, and floor general Chou to be recognized by Chinese fans.

Sina returned to Taiwan after two years and joined the SBL. It changed its name to YMY, Azio Eagles folowing a number of ownership changes and is now known as Pure Youth.

The backcourt tandem also made great contribution for Taiwan internationally. They led Taiwan to an East Asian game gold in 1997 in Busan, South Korea, and played together in numerous international competitions, including the Jones Cups, Asian Games and Asian Championships.

As a collegiate player, Lo helped Taiwan beat South Korea with a 38-point outburst in 1993 to secure a ticket to Under-22 Men's World Championship in the same year. Lo earned his nickname "Wonder Boy" by scoring one point per minute throughout his junior high career.

Chou played for ETSN Antelopes before joining Tawan Beer and Lo also signed with TB after being released by his former team Azio, which decided to go with a youth movement.

Weekly Summary

March 23
BOT 92-83 TM

BOT: Lin Chih-lung 24p, Lin Chun-feng 20p, Hsu Chih-chang 16p, Chen Shun-hsiang 15p
TM: Hung Chih-chao 21p, Lai Kuo-hung 18p, Chen Hui 12p+12a, Chen Yao-ting 13p+10rb

TB 93-91 PY
TB: Lin Chih-chieh 26p, Ho SHou-cheng 26p, Lo Hsin-liang 10p
PY: Hsu Shih-ching 17p, Lin Chin-pang 15p, Chen Shih-chieh 13p

March 22
TM 91-90 dmedia

TM: Lai Kuo-hung 21p, Hsu Wei-sheng 19p, Liu Sheng-yao 18p
dmedia: Wang Nan-kuei 30p (10-13 3PT), J. Sanders 27p+16rb, Ouyang Ching-heng 15p

Dacin 76-75 Yulon

Dacin: Lee Fung-yung 16p, Wang Chih-chun 15p, Chen Tzu-wei 15p

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Hsu Chih-chang wins first BOW award


(Source: ESPN Taiwan)

BOT forward Hsu Chih-chang, who is enjoy a breakout season, won Week 14 Baller of the Week with a weekly averages of 28 points and 13.5 rebounds per game.

BOT has been ranking in the bottom of the standings all season. The only bright side is probably the emergence of Hsu and Chen Shun-hsiang. The problem now is whether Hsu and Chen will don new uniforms last season because, in the past, all good BOT players left the team for higher salaries.

Voting results: (points)
Hsu Chih-chang 29
Ho Shou-cheng (TB) 25
Also receiving votes: Chen Hsin-an 8, Liin Yi-hui 8, Lin Kwan-lun 3, Jon Sanders 1

2007-08 Baller of the Week:
Week 14: Hsu Chih-chang (BOT)
Week 13: Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
Week 12: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 11: All-Star week
Week 10: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 9: Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
Week 8: Chien Chia-hung (PY)
Week 7: Chang Po-sheng (BOT)
Week 6: Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
Week 5: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 4: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 3: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 2: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 1: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)

SBL stats thru. March 19

Scoring
1 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 22.3
2 Jon Sanders (dmedia) 22.1
3 Ouyang Ching-heng (dmedia) 19.5
4 Chien Chia-hung (PY) 17.4
5 Ho Shou-cheng (TB) 16.5

Rebounding
1 J. Sanders (dmedia) 16.7
2 Hsu Chih-chang (BOT) 9.1
3 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 8.7
4 Wu Tai-hao (TB) 7.6
5 Lin Chih-chieh (TB) 6.6

Assists
1 J. Sanders (dmedia) 5.93
2 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 3.84
3 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin) 3.75
4 Su Yi-chieh (Dacin) 3.57
5 Lin Chih-jay (TB) 3.41

Blocks
1 Wu Tai-hao (TB) 2.73
2 J. Sanders (dmedia) 1.55
3 Hsu Chih-chang (BOT) 1.20
4 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon) 0.80
5 Hsu Wei-sheng (TM) 0.79

Steals
1 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin) 2.65
2 Wu Yung-jen (TM) 2.00
3 J. Sanders (dmedia) 1.79
4 Hsu Tse-hsin (TM) 1.60
5 Chen Shih-chieh (PY) 1.57

Monday, March 17, 2008

dmedia, TB to meet in playoffs


Ouyang Ching-heng (Source: ESPN Taiwan)

Dmedia and Taiwan Beer won Sunday night and were still tied at 19-10 one week to go before the end of the regular season. No matter how the final placing is, both team will meet in the first round playoffs.

Both Sunday games went down to the wire.

Ouyang Ching-heng made two free-throws to clinch the win for dmedia after BOT's Lin Chun-feng's three with 1.9 seconds to go cut the deficit to two.

Ho Shou-cheng, who had 26 points and 7 rebounds, put back a basket with 7.2 seconds left as Taiwan Beer edged Dacin and won its third straight game.

In the other playoff matchup, Yulon Dinos will meet No.4 Pure Youth.

dmedia 90-86 BOT
dmedia: J. Sanders 24p+21rb+8a, Ouyang Ching-heng 21p, Lin Kwan-lun 19p+6rb+6a
BOT: Hsu Chih-chiang 31p+15rb, Lin Chun-feng 18p, Lin Tsun-ching 14p

TB 92-91 Dacin
TB: Ho Shou-cheng 26p+7rb, Lin Chih-chieh 14p+8rb, Ha Hsiao-yuan 11p
Dacin: Su Yi-chieh 23p+6a, Lin Yi-hui 23p, Chen Tsu-wei 21p

Sunday, March 16, 2008

High school basketball: Nanshan, Haishan defended titles



Haishan HS beat Tamsui HS 67-42 in the championship game on March 15 and completed a three-peat in HBL (High School Basketball League) women's group. Nanshan HS also defended its men's title with a 69-62 victory over Sanmin HS.

Final Placing:

Men
1. Nanshan HS
2. Sanmin HS
3. Hsinjung HS
4. Chiangshu HS
5. Songshan HS
6. Kainan HS
7. Nenjen HS
8. Pintung HS

Women
1. Haishan HS
2. Tamsui HS
3. Puman HS
4. Chin-ou HS
5. Taipei First Girls' HS
6. Yangming HS
7. Anle HS
8. Nanhu HS

Chen scored season-high, Sanders pulled aside


Chen Hsin-an (Source: ESPN Taiwan)

With the scoring title on the line, Yulon let Chen Hsin-an do his thing while dmedia pulled Jon Sanders aside for some stupid reason.

Current scoring leader Chen Hsin-an scored his season-high 38 points Friday against Pure Youth, boosting his chance of winning the regular season honor.

In the dmedia-TB game, however, dmedia head coach Wu Chien-kuo opted to play Jon Sanders for only 24 minutes, saying that he didn't want to let Taiwan Beer, which is expected to be Numen's opponent in the first round playoff, scout their game.

Sanders, who will finish as the rebounding and assists leader easily, ended up scoring only 9 points. It was not surprising that Sanders was not a happy man after the game.

Personally, I was stunned at Wu's post game remarks, in which he said that his decision and Sanders' discontent came from "different philosophies of the East and the West."

Well, it's a regular season game that did not affect the postseason matchup. Dmedia will meet Taiwan Beer anyway. And Sanders might very well be the first player in SBL history to top three major statistic categories -- scoring, rebounding and assists. I believe it's going to be sort of like Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point record that will never be broken. So why not let him go for the record?

Preventing opponents from scouting? Are you kidding me? These players meet year round. Every game was on TV. Some of the players on both teams are college teammates and former teammates. And that game was the fifth meeting of both sides. Preventing opponents from scouting?

I always have a hard time figuring out some of Taiwanese basketball coaches...

March 15
Dacin 101-89 BOT
Dacin: Su Yi-chieh 19p+5rb+6a, Wang Chih-chung 19p, Lin Yi-hui 18p+7rb
BOT: Hsu Chih-chan 25p+12rb, Chuang Hsiao-wen 16p+8rb+5a

PY 88-86 TM
PY: Chen Shih-chieh 28p+5a+5s, Chien Chia-hung 21p, Doug Creighton 19p
TM: Hung Chih-chao 17p+8rb, Hsu Wei-sheng 12p+10rb, Chen Hui 15p+6a, Lai Kuo-hung 18p+8rb

March 14
TB 77-74 dmedia
TB: Yang Ching-min 18p, Ho Shuo-cheng 15p, Lo Hsing-liang 13p
dmedia: J. Sanders 9p+13rb, Lin Kuan-lun 18p

Yulon 107-98 PY
Yulon: Chen Hsin-an 38p+8rb+5a, Yang Che-yi 11p
PY: Doug Creighton 21p+9rb, Tsai Wen-cheng 17p, Kao Li-min 15p

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Week 13 BOW: Chen Chih-chung


(Source: ESPN Taiwan)

Yulon veteran Chen Chih-chung was named Week 13 Baller of the Week, his first in the season. Chen helped Yulon clinch regular season champion with his poise, experience and weekly averages of 18 points and 2.7 assists.

Voting results: (points)
Chen Chih-chung 25
J. Sanders (dmedia) 13
Also receiving votes: Huang Chi-feng 7, Chen Jun-jay 3, Lin Chih-long 3, Hu Yu-wei 1

2007-08 Baller of the Week:
Week 13: Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
Week 12: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 11: All-Star week
Week 10: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 9: Lin Chih-jay (TB)
Week 8: Chien Jia-hong (PY)
Week 7: Chang Bo-sheng (BOT)
Week 6: Lin Chih-jay (TB)
Week 5: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 4: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 3: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 2: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 1: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)

SBL stats thru. March 11

Scoring
1 Chen Hsin-an(Yulon) 21.7
2 Jon Sanders(dmedia) 21.4
3 Ouyang Jin-hen(dmedia) 19.7
4 Chien Jia-hong (PY) 17.7
5 Ho Sho-jen(TB) 16.2

Rebounding
1 J. Sanders(dmedia) 16.6
2 Chen Hsin-an(Yulon) 8.8
3 Hsu Chi-chan(BOT) 8.7
4 Wu Dai-hao (TB) 7.8
5 Lin Chih-jay(TB) 6.6

Assists
1 J. Sanders(dmedia) 6.00
2 Chen Hsin-an(Yulon) 3.79
3 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin) 3.79
4 Lin Chih-jay(TB) 3.44
5 Chen Shih-nian(TB) 3.41

Blocks
1 Wu Dai-hao(TB) 2.83
2 J. Sanders(dmedia) 1.52
3 Hsu Chi-chan(BOT) 1.22
4 Hsu Wei-sheng (TM) 0.81
5 Chen Hsin-an(Yulon) 0.79

Steals
1 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin) 2.84
2 Wu Yong-jen(TM) 2.00
3 J. Sanders(dmedia) 1.78
4 Hsu Tse-shin(TM) 1.60
5 Hong Chi-chao(TM) 1.56

Weekly Summary


Hu Yu-wei of BOT(Source: ESPN Taiwan)

March 9

Yulon 77-64 TM
-- Yulon clinched regular season champion
Yulon: Yang Che-yi 18p, Lee Chi-yi 10p+10rb, Chen Chih-chung 18p
TM: Hong Chi-chao 16p, Chen Yao-ting 11p, Hsu Wei-sheng 10p

PY 114-105(OT) dmedia
PY: Huang Chi-feng 32p+7rb, Chien Jia-hong 19p, Wu Jian-long 12p+7rb
dmedia: Ouyang Jin-hen 30p, J. Sanders 27p+16rb+8a+7blk, Lin Kwan-lun 21p

BOT 90-85 TB
-- Hu Yu-wei's three with 30.8 seconds to go secured the upset win for BOT
BOT: Chen Shun-hsiang 31p, Hu Yu-wei 17p, Lin Chih-long 21p+13rb+8a+5s
TB: Lin CHih-jay 23p, Ho Sho-jen 11p

March 8

TB 70-56 TM
-- TB ended three-game losing streak
-- TM was out of playoff after the loss
TB: Ho Sho-jen 19p, Lin Chih-jay 16p, Wu Dai-hao 11p+14rb+3blk
TM: Liu Shen-yao 19p, Chen Hui 12p+6rb+4a

dmedia 106-98 Dacin
dmedia: J. Sanders 33p+10rb+12a, Ouyang Jin-hen 21p, Lin Kwan-lun 17p, Wang Nan-kuei 15p
Dacin: Lin Yi-hui 28p, Wang Chih-chun 25p, Chang Chi-feng 14p

Yulon 93-83 BOT
Yulon: Chen Chih-chung 16p, Chou Hong-yu 16p, Lee Hsueh-lin 15p, Lu Cheng-ju 12p, Tsun Wen-din 12p+8rb
BOT: Chen Shun-hsiang 23p, Chuang Hsiao-wen 18p, Hu Yu-wei 16p

March 7

Yulon 69-63 Dacin
-- Dacin led 21-7 in the first period but scored only 21 points in the second half
-- Tsun Wen-din came out of injury and went scoreless on 0-for-8 shooting
Yulon: Chen Chih-chung 20p, Yang Che-yi 18p+10rb, Chou Hong-yu 14p+8rb
Dacin: Lin Yi-hui 20p+7rb+4a, Tsai Jun-ming 9p+12rb

PY 91-81 BOT
PY: Chien Jia-hong 23p+6a+4s, Doug Creighton 24p
BOT: Hsu Chi-chan 27p, Chen Shun-hsiang 19p

Standings:
Yulon 22-6
dmedia 18-9
TB 17-10
PY 14-13
Dacin 11-16
TM 8-19
BOT 5-22

Monday, March 10, 2008

Chen Hsin-an wins Week 12 BOW


Source: ESPN Taiwan

Chen Hsin-an won Week 12 Baller of the Week by an average of 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He beat out Pure Youth's James Mao 40-21 in the media voeting for the honor. This is his 4th BOW award this season.

Voting results:
Chen Hsin-an 40 points
James Mao 21
Chen Chih-chung 13
Hong Chih-shan 7
Chien Jia-hong 5
Jon Sanders 2
Lee Chi-yi 1

2007-08 Baller of the Week:
Week 12: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 11: All-Star week
Week 10: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 9: Lin Chih-jay (TB)
Week 8: Chien Jia-hong (PY)
Week 7: Chang Bo-sheng (BOT)
Week 6: Lin Chih-jay (TB)
Week 5: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 4: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 3: Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
Week 2: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Week 1: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

TPEC's 155-game win streak snapped


TSU forward Pan Jia-hui (photo souce: UBA)

Talk about March Madness!

Taiwan Sports University (TSU), formerly known as National Taiwan College of Physical Education (NTCPE), shocked perennial power Taipei Physical Education College (TPEC) 87-76 Tuesday in the quarterfinal round of the 2008 University Basketball Alliance (UBA) season, snapping TPEC's 155-game winning streak.

The winning streak, which spanned 13 years, was the longest in Taiwanese basketball history at any level. TPEC has won 12 straight UBA titles in those years.

Senior Hsieh Tsun-fu made 10 consecutive free-throws in the final 1:25 to secure the historical win for TSU, the same school that had handed TPEC its last defeat in March 1996.

TSU head coach Mai Tsai-cheng, the school's head coach in the last 13 years, said the upset victory was the biggest win in TSU basketball history. TPEC head coach Chen Chung-cheng, who also coached at the school in 1996, lamented the loss but said it was a good thing the pressure was finally released.

It was not easy for any school to beat TPEC, which could almost get any high school player it wanted becausee of its location (Taipei City) and basketball tradition. Mai joked that TSU could only "get players other schools don't bother taking a look."

Which was why beating TPEC has been always a motivation for most college players in Taiwan. And that showed on Tuesday. Hsieh scored 10 of his 16 points in the final two minutes. Pan Jia-hui had 24 points. Chen Pan-tse had 19. Wang Chi-yuan tallied 19 points and 15 boards. Chen Kuo-wei collcted 10 points and 9 rebounds.

None of these players is on SBL team roster but they all played the game of their lives.

Ironically, Taiwan Beer starting point guard Chen Shih-nian had his first career triple-double -- 11 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists -- in TPEC's shocking defeat. Yulon starter Lu Cheng-ju had 28 points. Taiwan Mobile forward Hsu Wei-cheng had 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Technically, the loss would not cost TPEC anything though. The quarterfinal round adopts a round robin format, meaning TPEC is still capable of winning its 13th straight title.

Monday, March 03, 2008

Weekly summary




(Source: ESPN Taiwan)

Mar. 2
PY 89-68 Dacin
-- PY had a 59-26 run in the 2nd and 3rd period after trailing 19-9 in the first
PY: Chien Jia-hong 24p, Lin Jin-bang 13p+13rb, James Mao 19p+9rb+6a, Hong Chih-shan 15p
Dacin: Lin Yi-hui 22p+7rb, Chang Chi-feng 17p

Yulon 81-65 TB
-- Yulon had a 24-10 4th quarter
Yulon: Chen Hsin-an 23p+8rb+6a, Lee Chi-yi 16p+10rb, Chen Chih-chung 14p, Lee Hsueh-lin 13p
TB: Wu Dai-hao 16p+9rb, Ho Sho-jen 11p, Lin Chih-jay 11p, Ha Hsiao-yuan 12p

dmedia 91-75 TM
-- Lin Kwn-lun was 7-11 from threes
dmedia: Lin Kwan-lun 34p, J. Sanders 7p+10rb+5a, Cheng Jen-wei 15p
TM: Lai Kuo-hong 15p, Lin Shin-hua 15p

Mar. 1
Yulon 89-79 dmedia
-- dmedia's Ouyang Jin-hen sat out the game.
Yulon: Chen Hsin-an 23p+6rb+4a, Chen Chih-chung 24p, Yang Che-yi 15p, Lee Hseuh-lin 13p
dmedia: J. Sanders 22p+11rb+6a, Chen Jing-huan 14p, Huang bao-tse 12p

BOT 92-83 Dacin
BOT: Lin Chun-feng 29p, Chang Jung-hsuan 11p
Dacin: Wang Chih-chun 18p, Chen Tse-wei 13p

TM 65-58 TB
-- TM led 21-9 after the first period
-- TB was 6-34 from threes
TM: Hsu Wei-sheng 20p, Wu Cheng-yu 11p+9rb, Chen Yao-ting 10p
TB: Ho Sho-jen 18p, Lin Chih-jay 13p+8rb

Feb. 29
dmedia 104-87 BOT
-- Sanders' 43 was a season-high and career-high
-- dmedia on 4-game win streak
-- BOT's Chien Ming-fu dislocated his left shoulder and will be out of season
dmedia: J. Sanders 43p(15-24 FG)+21rb+6a, Lin Kwan-lun 14p, Wang Nan-kuei 13p
BOT: Lin Chun-feng 18p+7rb, Hsu Chi-chan 18p, Chang Bo-sheng 13p

PY 102-77 TM
-- TM 1-8 in last nine games
-- attendence: all-time low 76
PY: Hong Chi-shan 20p, James Mao 18p+7rb, Lin Jin-bang 15p, Chien Jia-hong 13p, Huang Chi-ffeng 11p
TM: Wu Cheng-yu 19p, Lai Kuo-hong 15p+8rb