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.