On the afternoon of May 13th, NENU's men's basketball team challenged the current CUBSL Champion―the People's University team―in an away game in Beijing. NENU won the game by the razor thin margin of 89-85, which enabled NENU to finish third in this year's CUBSL.
This game brought an end to play-offs for NENU's men's basketball team. In this year's regular season, the team bagged 21 points with its 9 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the northern conference. The team easily defeated Shanghai Jiaotong University in a play-off competition and successfully advanced to the next round of play. In the semi-final, NENU was defeated 0-2 by Guangdong Industrial University's powerful team and lost the opportunity to enter the finals.
NENU's men's basketball team ranked fourth in the previous CUBSL.
(From News Center, translated by Pang Yang and revised by Dai Lihong)
