Chinese Culture University remained undefeated with a tremendous 87-82 victory over cross-town rival Taipei Physical Education College on Thursday evening in the University Basketball Association (UBA) tournament at Fu Jen Catholic University.
With top scorers Lin Jin-bang and Wu Jien-long failing to arrive in time for the tipoff because of a two-hour traffic delay, Chinese Culture struggled early in the game as they trailed Taipei Physical Education by a deuce after the first quarter of play.
Even though the scoring duo made it to the game by the second quarter, their inability to have a proper warm-up tipped the scales in favor of Taipei Physical Education who led 41-35 at the half.
Chinese Culture finally regained their usual sharpness in the third quarter with Lin and Wu spearheading a tenacious comeback that not only erased the halftime deficit, but gave Chinese Culture their first lead since the opening minute at 64-62, a lead they did not relinquish.
National Taiwan Normal University also remained unbeaten at 4-0 in second round action with a lopsided 91-70 trouncing of the National Taiwan University of Arts earlier on Thursday.
The “Artists” proved no match for National Taiwan Normal despite getting another solid effort from top scorer Chang Bo-sheng (16 points and eight boards) as they lost their third game in four days.
Hsing Wu College finally made it into the win column with a 70-64 triumph over National Kaohsiung Normal University.
Winless through their first three games, Hsing Wu jumped all over Nationals Kaohsiung Normal with a great outing from Chu Yi-trong and Chang Jia-rong, whose 30 combined points accounted for nearly half of their total offense.
As for the southerners, top scorers Long Hong-yuan and Chung Chi-ching had their usual 20-plus point games with 22 and 21 points respectively. But that was not nearly enough to turn the tide against Hsing Wu who held the rest of the National Kaohsiung squad to a mere 21 points.
Fu Jen Catholic University ran National Taiwan Sports University off the court in a convincing 86-65 win.
But the real story on the night was the permanent suspension of point guard Chou Tsu-hua who had trouble controlling his temper with a flagrant foul during the third quarter.
Chou — who acquired the nickname of “Rebel without a Cause” for his hot temper — also had off-court trouble that led to his termination from SBL side dmedia Numen.
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