Preliminary-round action continued in the annual University Basketball Association tournament at National Kaohsiung Normal University yesterday afternoon, with New Taipei City’s Hsing Wu Institute of Technology topping rivals Fu Jen Catholic University in an 82-75 final in overtime.
What should have been a sure win for Fu Jen, who held a 68-64 lead with less than 24 seconds remaining in regulation time, turned into a disappointing defeat as they allowed Hsing Wu’s Wang Hao-chi to knock down a clutch three-pointer before fouling Huang Chang-ting with 2.3 seconds remaining in the game to give him a chance to make a game-tying free throw that sent the game into overtime to set up one of the most exciting comebacks in recent history.
“We still have a lot of work to do before we can be a great team,” Hsing Wu skipper Huang Chih-tsai said after the game.
His crew squandered an 11-point lead in the third quarter to allow Fu Jen back in the game before an all-out rally saved the day.
Huang Hao-chi finished with a career-high 32 points and 20 rebounds in his first double-20 outing to lead his team to an unprecedented 6-1 mark, good enough for the top honor in Group B of the preliminaries.
SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY 76, NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION 52
With the bid for advancement into the second round on the line, Taipei’s Shih Hsin University easily cruised past National Pingtung University of Education by a 76-52 margin in the second game in Greater Kaohsiung yesterday afternoon to qualify for the next round of play.
After an evenly fought first quarter, the scale quickly tipped in favor of Shih Hsin, who held the future educators from the south to eight meager points in the second quarter to enjoy a double-digit lead at the half.
That was all Shih Hsin needed to secure the victory as they steadily added to the advantage with the outstanding play of Fang Ya-wei and Chu Hsin-tsong to run away with a blowout win.
TAIWAN SHOUFU UNIVERSITY 64,
MINGDAO UNIVERSITY 63
Taiwan Shoufu University of Greater Tainan overcame a 12-point deficit in the third quarter with a brilliant fourth to upset Changhua’s Mingdao University in a 64-63 final in Kaohsiung last night.
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