Living up to the nickname “Jet” cannot be easy, but Jet Chang is making a strong go of it early in the 2010-11 season. In his third season now at Brigham Young University – Hawaii, Chang is once again stepping in to a leadership role. The reason for following Chang is simple: he is one of the keys to Taiwan’s future basketball success. In the 2009 Asian Championships Chang was one of the top scorers on the NT, averaging close to 12 ppg. This past summer, while inconsistent at times, he showed more flashes of his raw scoring ability in the Stankovic Cup in Lebanon. His exciting style of play almost certainly guarantees his popularity in Taiwan for years to come. Taiwan certainly could have used his scoring ability in Guangzhou.

BYU-H played two exhibition games before the season began. The first game was against the BYU-Provo team, who are currently ranked #23 in the country. Chang played relatively well, ending the game with 13 points and 1 rebound, assist, and steal a piece. For those who are interested the link is available online on BYUTV’s website. He followed this performance with another strong outing, logging 13 points and 5 assists against a university team from Taiyun, China.

Now that we are four games in to the regular season I feel evaluating Chang’s performance so far is appropriate. He currently leads the team in scoring, averaging a shade under 15 ppg. This is despite playing somewhat more limited minutes than last year. The team is 3-1, suffering its only setback to a strong Cal State – Dominguez Hills team.

One of the best things about following BYU-H basketball is that the games are regularly streamed over the net. Once I have information on where and when to the games I will post it online.