Week 5 MVP: Alexus Foyle

Alexus Foyle wasted no time to gain league-wide recognition, winning Week 5 SBL MVP Tuesday by leading Taiwan Mobile to a three-game winning streak last week, his first week in the league.

Foyle averaged 26.7 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists in three games last week. He had 37 points, including 17 in the final quarter, and 17 boards in the come-from-behind win over Pure Youth.

Foyle beat out KKL forward Cheng jen-wei, the SBL’s No.3 scorer who’s enjoying a breakout season, 46-43 in the media poll.

2010 SBL Weekly MVPs

Week 5: Alexus Foyle, TM
Week 4: Shawn Hawkins, KKL
Week 3: Chang Chih-feng, Dacin
Week 2: Tseng Wen-ting, Yulon
Week 1: Jonathan Sanders, PY

(Photo: ESPN Taiwan)

SBL stats leaders (Thru Feb. 7)

Scoring
1. Shawn Hawkins, KKL 26.7
1. Alexus Foyle, TM 26.7
3. Cheng Jen-wei, KKL 21.1
4. Jon Sanders, PY 20.4
5. Jeff Jones, BOT 18.8
6. Yang Ching-min, TB 18.0
7. Ouyang Ching-heng, TM 16.9
8. Chen Shun-hsiang, BOT 16.1
9. Tseng Wen-ting, Yulon 15.9
10. Chang Chih-feng, Dacin 15.4

Rebounding
1. Jon Sanders, PY 13.2
2. Jeff Jones, BOT 11.7
3. Tseng Wen-ting, Yulon 10.6
4. Shawn Hawkins, KKL 10.1
5. Alexus Foyle, TM 10.0

Assists
1. Tseng Wen-ting, Yulon 4.3
2. Su Yi-chieh, Dacin 4.2
3. Chen Shih-nian, TB 4.1
4. Wu Yung-jen, TM 4.0
5. Jon Sanders, PY 3.7

Steals
1. Cheng Chih-feng, Dacin 1.9
1. Tseng Wen-ting, Yulon 1.9
3. Shawn Hawkins, KKL 1.8
4. Jon Sanders, PY 1.7
4. Lee Hsueh-lin, Yulon 1.7

Blocks
1. Tseng Wen-ting, Yulon 3.7
2. Cheng Jen-wei, KKL 2.3
3. Byron Allen, Dacin 1.5
4. Wu Tai-hao, TB 1.3
5. Tien Lei, Dacin 1.3

Foyle made his impact immediately felt

Alexus Foyle, who replaced Antonio Grant in Taiwan Mobile, made his impact immediately felt by leading the team to a three-game winning streak, averaging 26.7 points and 10 rebounds in three games.

Foyle had 17 of his game-high 37 points in the 4th quarter Sunday to go with 17 rebounds, leading Taiwan Mobile to a 93-89 win over Pure Youth, who has lost three straight.

Yulon suffered the first 4-game losing streak last week. It still refused to hire an import, however.

Delvin Thomas exploded for 33 points and 14 rebounds in his last game with Taiwan Beer. Word is that Thomas planned to go back to the U.S. to be with his wife who’s giving birth before he signed with TB.

The game also gave the SBL its first 2OT game this season. KKL’s Chen Ching-huan made two threes in the last minute of the second overtime to secure the win.

The regular season schedule will be suspended for a two-week Lunar New Year break, Taiwan’s biggest holiday of the year.

Feb. 5
TM 79-76 Yulon
TM: Liu Sheng-yao 21p, Ouyang Ching-heng 20p, A. Foyle 18p
Yulon: Yang Che-yi 25p, Lee hsueh-lin 16p+6rb, Tseng Wen-ting 15p+7rb+5a+4blk

KKL 95-85 BOT
KKL: Cheng Jen-wei 34p+12rb, S. Hawkins 29p+8rb, Chen Ching-huan 10p+7rb

Feb. 6
Yulon 78-73 PY
Yulon: Lu Cheng-ju 23p, Tseng Wen-ting 18p+8rb+4a+5s+6blk, Lee Hsueh-lin 16p
PY: J. Sanders 26p+22rb, Hung Chih-shan 13p, Chien Chia-hung 10p+6rb

Dacin 85-75 KKL
Dacin: Chang Chih-feng 21p, Su Yi-chieh 14p, Tien Lei 13p+6rb, Yueh Ying-li 12p
KKL: S. Hawkins 31p+15rb, Cheng Jen-wei 19p+9rb

TM 85-76 TB
TM: A. Foyle 25p+11rb, Wu Yung-jen 10p+10a, Liu Sheng-yao 18p
TB: Yang Ching-min 26p, Wu Tai-hao 18p, Delvin Thomas 10p+6rb

Feb. 7
Dacin 89-84 BOT
Dacin: B. Allen 25p+11rb, Chen Tze-wei 16p, Su Yi-chieh 17p+5a
BOT: Chen Shun-hsiang 22p, Chang Jung-hsuan 19p+6rb, J. Jones 16p+7rb

KKL 102-94(2OT) TB
KKL: S. Hawkins 29p+16rb+7a, Cheng Jen-wei 27p+10rb, Chen Ching-huan 13p+6rb
TB: D. Thomas 33p+14rb, Wu Tai-hao 19p+9rb, Yang Yu-ming 15p, Shang Wei-fan 12p+10rb

TM 93-89 PY
TM: A. Foyle 37p+17rb+4a, Ouyang Ching-heng 16p, Liu Sheng-yao 12p
PY: Huang Chi-feng 20p, James Mao 13p+7rb, J. Sanders 16p, Hung Chih-shan 16p

Standing:
1. Dacin 9-2
2. KKL 8-3
3. Yulon 5-5
3. TB 5-5
5. TM 5-6
6. PY 4-7
7. BOT 1-9

Week 4 MVP: Shawn Hawkins

Hawkins

KKL forward Shawn Hawkins was named SBL Week 4 MVP Tuesday after averaging 34.5 points, 8 rebounds and 2.54 steals for the week.

Hawkins scored 38 points, including a record-tying 23 points in the fourth quarter, in a win over Yulon. He received 58 points in the media poll (Formula: 1st-2nd-3rd place for 5 points-3points-1 point). TB’s Yang Ching-min was a distant second at 19 points.

2010 SBL Weekly MVPs

Week 4: Shawn Hawkins, KKL
Week 3: Chang Chih-feng, Dacin
Week 2: Tseng Wen-ting, Yulon
Week 1: Jonathan Sanders, Pure Youth

(Photo: ESPN Taiwan)

TM to replace Grant with Foyle

Foyle

Local media reported that Taiwan Mobile will replace Antonio Grant with Alexus Foyle, who is already in Taiwan and ready to play as early as next week.

Alexus Foyle
DOB: September 17, 1978
198cm, 100 kg
Born in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines … cousin, Adonal Foyle, plays for the Golden State Warriors

College:
1999-2001: Desert JC (CJCAA)
2001-2002: BYU-Hawaii (NCAA2,): 28 games: 20.4ppg, 6.9rpg, 1.4apg
2002-2003: BYU-Hawaii (NCAA2): NCAA2Score-2(26.7ppg), 5.7rpg, 1.4spg

Pro career: ABA, France, D-League, PBL

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