Preliminary-round action at the annual University Basketball Association (UBA) tournament continued at I-Shou University in Greater Kaohsiung yesterday afternoon with New Taipei City’s Tungnan University defeating the Taipei Physical Education College in an 88-80 final for Tungnan’s second win in as many days.
All five of Tungnan’s starters scored in double figures, led by Yang Cheng-luen’s game-high 19 points, in a versatile and balanced attack for skipper Soong Hsiao-nian, whose club had been demoted to Division II for four seasons prior to this year’s return to the big stage.
Tungnan next take on I-Shou University in an evenly matched battle on I-Shou’s home turf with a very hostile home crowd looking to shake things up.
FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 62, NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION 60
Hsieh Yuan-cheng’s monstrous three-pointer coupled with some clutch free throws down the wire kept Fu Jen Catholic University from being upset by National Pingtung University of Education at National Kaohsiung Normal University last night.
National Pingtung head coach Lin Jia-hong nearly pulled off the upset against his alma mater and coaching guru Liu Jung-yeh with a solid defensive effort from his crew in a game that Fu Jen Catholic was expected to win by a wide margin.
“I have nothing but respect and praise for my mentor [Coach Liu] even though on the court I have to try my best to outmaneuver him,” Lin said after the game.
His troops next take on a weaker team from National Chung Hsing University in what should be an easy victory for National Pingtung.
NATIONAL TAIWAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 93,
I-SHOU UNIVERSITY 92, OT
National Taiwan College of Physical Education made it two wins in a row by downing the home hosts from I-Shou University in the first game yesterday afternoon to improve to 2-0 following their win over Taipei Physical Education College on Friday afternoon.
Wu Chih-Hsiang’s game-tying three-pointer with five seconds remaining in regulation saved the future gym teachers from a near upset, before they went on to top I-Shou in overtime to avoid an embarrassing loss.
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