I am three games behind in my Jet Chang updates. My apologies to the select few who read this blog!

The first two games came in the annual D2 Hawaii Tournament. I only had the opportunity to watch the first game unfortunately. Unfortunate because the first game against UH-Hilo was probably Chang's worst showing of the year. The Vulcan's defense was keyed on him and his shooting numbers suffered accordingly. He managed just 11 points on 4/16 shooting. While his personal performance was not up to his usual standard, the Seasiders came away with a 13 point victory. The next night Chang was back to lead the team with 19 points, unfortunately the Seasiders struggled to contain Chaminade's hot shooting and lost by 11points.

After a week long break (filled with exams) the Seasiders played their last game of 2010, securing a win at home against Western Oregon. Chang led the way in scoring again with 21 points, including four 3-pointers. For the season Chang is averaging 17.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg, and 1.4 apg. BYU-H needs him to continue scoring at this rate in the new year when the conference schedule begins.

The next game for the Seasiders is January 4th against Olivet Nazarene of Illinois. I do not think this game will be broadcast online. Luckily though, the next three games will be played on byutv.org. I will post exact times and links to those games when the dates draw nearer. Check back in for that info.

I was not planning on updating Jet Chang’s status until next week when I had a few more games to look at, but his performance against Long Beach State University was good enough to warrant its own post.

Before I get into his stats line, it is important to note that LBSU is the only DI program on BYU-H’s regular season schedule (they played BYU-Provo in the preseason). DII players circle these games on their calendars because this is where they can show their skills on a bigger stage. At the end of a DII player’s career scouts always look how players did against the DI opponents to judge how they would do against this level of competition. With that in mind Jet’s performance was even more awesome than the stat line reads.

32 points, 5 rebounds on 12/21 shooting. He scored 20 of these points in the second half as he led the Seasiders to within 4 points with less than two minutes remaining in the game. While they could not pull off the upset, Jet showed time and again that he is an elite scorer, no matter the division of the opponent. While he did hit a three, the majority of Jet’s points came from attacking the rim and exploiting slow defensive rotations.

Next up for Jet and the Seasiders is the Hawaii DII Tournament on Thursday and Friday. They will open up against the squad from UH-Hilo, and assuming they win, will then play the winner of the HPU v. Chaminade matchup.