National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) won again in Elite Eight play at the annual University Basketball Association (UBA) tournament on Wednesday with a 75-71 come-from-behind win over Fu Jen Catholic University at the Chinese Culture University.
Trailing by as many as eight in the fourth quarter, the defending champs looked to Jien Jia-hong (Pure Youth) and Cheng Ren-wei (Kinmen Liquor) for the leadership that helped them land the school’s first ever title last year.
The two SBL standouts promptly delivered by combining for their team’s final nine points in a game-turning 9-4 run to garner the victory.
A great all-around game by guard Lin Wei-han kept Fu Jen Catholic ahead for more than three quarters. But with the game on the line, it was the defending champs that rose to the occasion.
CHINESE CULTURE 66, MINGDAO 60
Chinese Culture University downed Changhua’s Mingdao University 66-60 at home to keep pace with National Taiwan Normal University.
Forward Lu Cheng-rue (Yulon Luxgens) continued his red-hot streak by scoring a game-high 26 points to account for nearly 40 percent of Chinese Culture’s total offense.
Lu has more than demonstrated his value to the home team by averaging 23 points per game in the three contests played thus far, making him a feared scoring threat.
It was not an easy win for Chinese Culture, as Mingdao opened the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run that turned a three-point deficit into a seven-point lead.
Mingdao held a 60-58 lead as late as the 1:30 mark before three disastrous turnovers gave Chinese Culture a window of opportunity.
NTUA 101, DIWAN 74
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) scored 63 second-half points to top Tainan’s Diwan University on Wednesday to improve to 2-1 in the three games played.
Tso Tsong-kai (Pure Youth) shot a perfect 6-for-6 from behind the three-point line to rack up a game-high 28 points and help NTUA win comfortably.
NTCPE 109 HSING WU 106
National Taiwan College of Physical Education (NTCPE) overcame a 10-point deficit in the fourth before winning the game in overtime against Hsing Wu College (0-3).
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