Chou Shih-yuan picked up the Player of the Week honor earlier this week for his outstanding display of offensive production and leadership in guiding the once-struggling Yulon Luxgens to a pair of impressive wins last week.
A member of the original Yulon squad that took the SBL stage 12 years ago, the softly spoken shooting guard out of the University of Taipei (formerly the Taipei Physical Education College) came off the bench with 20 points per game to lift his team past the Dacin Tigers and Bank of Taiwan.
“Now that I consider myself as one of the more senior members on the team, I must step up and lead by example,” Chou said after learning of his selection for the weekly honor.
“The reason why I get more open shots is that the opposing defense usually put more attention on Chen-rue [Lu],” Chou added.
“[Chou] is extremely efficient in scoring because he takes good shots,” Yulon skipper Lin Cheng-ming said.
Chou scored nearly a point for every minute he played in the Luxgens’ three games last week.
Yulon have their hands full this week with tough matches against top-ranked Pure Youth Construction, Taiwan Beer and Kinmen Kaoliang, as they need to win at least two games to retain fourth spot in the standings.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Darian Townes easily won the Player of the Month honor for November and last month with a solid run that helped the Fubon Braves ascend past their slow start to be the No. 2 team in the league.
The American big man, who played college basketball for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, averaged 23.3 points and 17.7 rebounds per game in the 13 games over the two-month span to power the Braves to a formidable 9-4 mark.
“It’s a tremendous honor to win [the Player of the Month award], given the level of competition around the league. I will do my best to keep on improving my game and to reach the finals,” Townes said in the award presentation in Taipei on Wednesday.
He was awarded the trophy by Fubon head coach Otis Hughley, who praised Townes for his outstanding contribution.
“[Townes] is one of the biggest reasons why we are playing as well as we have been,” Hughley said.
Last night’s results:
‧ Braves 78, Tigers 71
‧ Luxgens 80, Pure Youth 68
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