Vanung University Extends their Winning Streak In the 109 academic year, Taiwan’s UBA College Basketball League with a 139-64 Blowout against Struggling Taitung University.
The fifth day of the Series was held at Southeast University of Science and Technology on Thursday Afternoon. In the end, Vanung took away the game victory with 139:64 and extended their unbeaten run to a five-game winning streak.
After the Seeing off Hard fighting Taiwan University on Wednesday, Vanung Returned again to the arena with Coach Ben Sim setting up his unchanged starting lineup of Humphery Gabriel, Jay West, Xin Wei, Long Ren and Zhang Jie wei.
As soon as the game started, Vanung’s Gabee exploded with a fast Dunk with both hands to cheering of the audience, and then Vanung used the Team Play to attack successfully, with Gabee and Jay West relied on their physical advantages and bounce ability to consolidate offensive rebounds in the paint zone to lead the attack in First quarter taking the scores to 34 – 23
In the second quarter, Taitung University tried to recover nine points in one breath, but still could not stop the versatile offensive firepower of the Vanung University Trio.
Although Vanung’s versatile outside line and free throw percentage declined, it still had the advantage inside the paint area. At the end of the first half, Vanung led by 68:36
The two sides returned after the interval to fight again, Coach Ben Sim rested his starting line up and Taitung University resorted to a Zonal defensive strategy, forcing Vanung to make mistakes, but Vanung continued to attack with a fast break, hitting an 9:2 offensive, and widening the score gap. On the other hand, Taitung was unable to find an offensive breakthrough. Vanung won 139:64 in the final scores.
With Qualification to the next round Sealed, Vanung Coach Wu Fengsheng will rest his Triple Tower of Humphery Gabriel, Jay West and Xin Wei on Friday when they play against Winless Providence University in the Last game of the series.
“Regardless of the scores in losing or winning, it doesn’t matter as we are through to the next round. It doesn’t matter if the Result is good or not. It’s useless to win 30 points.” Vanung coach Wu Fengsheng said. He also mentioned that he pays special attention to the Performance of his team in the game and the attitude of the players. It will be recalled that in last Season’s Final Round, Vanung Missed Promotion to the Elite Division by just one point. Vanung has set target for promotion to the first-level arena this year.
Vanung coach Wu Fengsheng also mentioned that he will usually compete with the first-level teams through friendly matches. At the same time, he also looks forward to accumulating experience to help players grow and learn. “Training can’t make perfect, perfect training can make perfect team.”
Another highlight of the game is that there are many players from different countries in the Vanung Team, including Nigeria, the United States, Japan, and Malaysia. Vanung coach Wu Fengsheng also laughed and said: “I said they are the Avengers.” He hopes that these players can lead. To influence and arouse different sparks, it can also improve the player’s language ability.
In terms of statistics, Almighty Gaby from Nigeria scored the highest 23 points, and the second master Wang Xinwei came in second with 17 points; NTU Xu Zidong contributed 10 points to the team the highest, Xu Zhiquan and Li Fangwei both scored 9 points.
On Friday, Vanung University Rounded up the series unbeaten with their 6th Straight win as they dispatched Hapless Providence University with Coach Wu Fensheng resting his starting 5 and utilizing his squad player to another 79-54 Victory.
The Side will now go on to the last 16 in their quest to finish in the Final 4 onboard to Promotion to the Elite Division.
