Peking University, Beijing, Oct. 15, 2009: The Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA) held the opening ceremony for its 12^th Annual basketball championship at Capital Normal University (CNU) on Oct.13^th. During the first match which was between Peking University (PKU) and CNU, PKU won with the score 94-63. PKU alumni Sang Lan, ambassador for the Olympic bidding, came to the stadium and cheered for PKU basketball team.

The match started at 7:45 pm. At the beginning the PKU basketball team was not in a favorable condition, falling behind by 7 to 14 points after the first five minutes. The team took immediate adjustment and finished 25 to 19 by the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the PKU basketball team grasped on to their advantages tightly and frequently used counterattacks to score. With the good performance of PKU rookie Rui Zhao, PKU sealed the second quarter with 50 to 33. PKU had a beautiful start for the second half with a slam dunk from freshman Chi Cheng. PKU furthered the gap to twenty-nine points by the end of the third quarter, which laid a solid foundation for the final victory. In the final quarter, PKU played quite at ease, though CNU never gave up fighting on the court. PKU ended the first match of the season with a big win of 94 to 63.

Most of PKU players in this match are freshmen and sophomores and these young guys made excellent performance. The three freshmen, Rui Zhao, Feng Qi and Chi Cheng gained 36 points in all while the two sophomores Meng Zhang and Chen Huang made 17 points to the final score.

This year’s CUBA matches will introduce new regulations in preliminary matches in some areas. Home/Away matches regulation will be added to the former tournament system in matches in Beijing, ZheJiang, HuBei and HuNan. In detail, the top 8 teams will come from the tournament and then they will battle each other in double round matches in order to bring out the champion team which will be qualified for the CUBA National division matches.

Except for the change in regulations, CUBA will also launch various activities with the theme “CUBA, Campus Dreamwork” supported by its sponsors. This campaign aims at attracting more students to participate in CUBA and make CUBA an exhibition center of college cultures.

Translated by: An Jiang

Edited by: Cai Ying

Source: PKU News (Chinese)