Chiang Shih-feng poured in a team-high 20 points and Aaron Pettway added another 19 as the Yulon Luxgens topped Kinmen Kaoliang 75-59 at the Hsinchu Municipal Gymnasium last night to nip a team-record six-game slide.
Coming into the game with a six-game losing skid, the Automakers had only one thing on their minds — win or else — and that was how they played the game from the tip-off as they held the Distillers, winners of a 102-point offensive showcase against the Fubon Braves last Sunday, to just nine points in the opening quarter to take an early 15-9 lead.
Even though Kinmen Kaoliang managed to improve their offense in the second quarter, it did not stop them from trailing the Luxgens by a dozen at halftime, with Pettway netting five while holding Kinmen Kaoliang’s Player of the Week winner Bryan Davis to two points at the same time.
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
The 12-point margin at the halfway mark proved sufficient for the Automakers as they controlled the tempo of the game in the second half to prevent the streaky Distillers from rolling off any serious scoring runs to streak away with a fine double-digit victory.
“If [Pettway] can play like the way he did, winning games becomes much easier,” Yulon head coach Lin Cheng-ming said after the game.
Pure Youth 85, Bank of Taiwan 79
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
Pure Youth Construction continued their winning ways by beating Bank of Taiwan 85-79 in the second game in Hsinchu last night to up their record and tie Taiwan Beer for the best mark in the league at 8-3.
A 16-0 run by the Builders early in the second quarter was the difference in the game as they rallied from a 20-21 deficit after one quarter of play to grab an 11-point lead at halftime and stay ahead for good with a solid second half.
The Bankers rallied from as many as 12 down in the third quarter to get within three points with under three minutes to play, but that was as close as they got.
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