Taipei Times
Date: Feb 06, 2016
By: Paul Huang / Contributing reporter

January’s Player of the Month went to a deserving Chou Yi-hsiang

The Dacin Tigers’ Chou Yi-hsiang, right, on Thursday receives the Player of the Month trophy in Taipei for his performance last month. Photo: Lin Tsung-wei, Taipei Times

of the Dacin Tigers, who narrowly edged December’s Player of the Month winner Lu “Male Model” Cheng-ju of the Yulon Luxgens to garner the coveted monthly honor.

The emerging Cats superstar, who finished at the bottom of the league last season and started this season on the wrong foot by dropping four of the Cats’ first five, has replaced Tien Lei as the new team leader after Tien left Taiwan to play in China’s Chinese Basketball Association last year.

“[Winning the Player of the Month honor] really means a lot to me, especially with the number of great players in the league that I am competing with,” a very pleased Chou said upon learning the news.     [FULL  STORY]