Hsiao number one in Taiwan WSBL for round 11 (by Hoops Agents)

- February 1, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Yu-Wen Hsiao

Yu-Wen Hsiao

Center Yu-Wen Hsiao (184-C-2005) had an amazing evening in the last round for top-ranked Cathay Life Tigers, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 11.
The 20-year old player had a double-double of 21 points and 21 rebounds, while her team beat Taiyuan T. (#4, 4-7) 74-61. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Tigers to consolidate first place in the Taiwanese WSBL. Cathay Life have a solid 9-2 record. It's Hsiao's second year at Tigers and it's hard to imagine this team without her. Yu-Wen Hsiao has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (2nd best: 14.1ppg), assists (6th best: 2.5apg) and averages impressive 1.5bpg and 56.3% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was another Cathay Life's star - young international forward Ling-Chuan Huang (175-F-1994). Huang had a very good evening with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course together with Hsiao she helped Cathay Life Tigers with another comfortable win 74-61 over the lower-ranked Taiyuan T. (#4, 4-7) being unquestionably team leader. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Tigers consolidated its place in the very top position of the standings. Her team lost just two games this season, while they won 9 matches. Huang is one of the most experienced players at Tigers and similarly like Yu-Wen Hsiao has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 13.4ppg (#3).

Third on the list of top players last round was American forward Oshlynn Brown (185-F) of league's second-best Chunghua Telecom. Brown scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. She was a key player of Chunghwa Telecom, leading her team to a 63-41 easy win against #3 ranked Taipower. The chances of Chunghua T. ranking at the top of the league, however are very questionable as they have already lost 6 games, recording just five victories. With bigger assistance of her teammates, Brown could help Chunghua T. to bring them higher in the standings. Brown has a great season in Taiwan. After 11 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 15.7ppg (best scorer) and rebounds with 10.9rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Hsiang-Ting Huang (180-F/C-1993) of Chunghua T. - 9 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Yu-Ting Wang (165-G) of Chunghua T. - 11 points and 4 rebounds
6. Xi-Ye Liu (173-F-1991) of Taiyuan T. - 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Yu-Lin Ye (163-G) of Taiyuan T. - 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Yi-Wen Zhang (173-PF-1996) of Taipower - 7 points and 10 rebounds
9. Wen-Hsuan Hsu (176-C-2000) of Taiyuan T. - 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
10. You-Yiwen Wang (175-G-1996) of Chunghua T. - 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists

The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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