National Taiwan Normal University trounced Chinese Culture University 84-62 to claim a first-ever University Basketball Association (UBA) title on Wednesday night.
A sellout home crowd at National Taiwan Normal’s Taipei campus was on hand to witness the massacre of Chinese Culture that saw the top-seeds hold Chinese Culture to a lone point through the first nine-and-a-half minutes of play on the strength of a tenacious defense before ending the first quarter with a commanding 16-3 lead.
National Taiwan Normal maintained a double-digit lead for a good part of the first half before a Lin Jin-bong-led Chinese Culture counter-attack brought the visitors to within seven at the half.
That was as close as Chinese Culture got with National Taiwan Normal turning its game up a notch as Chen Tzu-wei drained three second-half three’s to complement Wu Dai-hao’s inside attack. Wu ended the night with eleven points, four rebounds, five steals, and three blocked-shots.
He was also named in the All-Tournament Team along with teammate Jien Jia-hong, Chinese Culure’s Lin, Hsin Wu College’s Wang Hao-gee, and National Taiwan University of Arts’ Lai Guo-wei.
Fu Jen Catholic University edged past Hsin Wu 80-77 in the third-placed match, National Taiwan University of Arts beat National Taiwan University of Sports at Taoyuan 74-63 to claim fifth-place while National Kaohsiung Normal topped Taipei Physical Education College 84-67 earn seventh-place.
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