Looking back at Chinese-Taipei's brother from another mother(land), Quincy Davis

Taipei (Chinese Taipei) - In 2013, Chinese-Taipei put Quincy Davis on their Asia Cup roster for the first time. Davis had recently starred in the SBL for Pauian Archiland and not long after his first season, he officially became a citizen of the country. Davis would become the first Chinese-Taipei national team basketball player to play despite having a completely different ethnic background. But that didn’t matter to him.

Nation pride is something Davis has never shied away from, going on record multiple times to state how proud he is to be a citizen of Chinese-Taipei.

Davis poured his heart and soul out on the hardwood for the national team just as much as anyone else. Together, they had one of the best runs ever in the Asia Cup. Let’s take a look back at Davis’ Asia Cup career!

Jumping over Jordan

Davis’ debut in the 2013 Asia Cup was up against Jordan, a team that had finished at 2^nd place in the previous 2011 edition. Eager to wear the Chinese-Taipei jersey for the first time, Davis recorded 18 points and 11 rebounds while missing only one shot from the floor (8-9).

His performance, combined with Lin Chih-Chieh’s 27-point outburst, helped Chinese-Taipei overcome a 10-point deficit late in the second half to pull off the 91-87 win.

One upset deserves another

After taking down the Jordan, Davis and co. were later matched up against the defending champions, China, in the quarterfinals. Led by Yi Jianlian, China took a 19-point lead in the first half and it seemed like they would cruise on into the next round.

Except they didn’t.

Chinese-Taipei’s defense cranked up another notch and held China to only 28 second-half points while scoring 56 of their own. Davis had his best Asia Cup game ever, once again one shot away from shooting a perfect game (12-13). He finished with a personal Asia Cup-high 26 points to go with 11 boards and 3 big blocks.

The entire 2013 Asia Cup run was one to remember, not only for Davis but for Chinese-Taipai as a team, as they finished at 4^th place. This was their highest finish ever in the FIBA Asia Cup since the turn of the millennium.

Davis wrapped up his first tournament playing for the national team with averages of 14.7 points and 9 rebounds per game, also leading the entire tournament in field-goal shooting at 72.2 percent.

Swat machine

There was less success to be celebrated at the 2015 Asia Cup, but Davis had some good moments.

The 2.03M (6’8”) big man had a great game to start the tournament with 23 points on 11-13 shooting in a slight loss to Lebanon. Two days later, he was able to exact revenge on Qatar for the 2013 heartbreaking loss by putting in a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double. Chinese-Taipei won the game 72-64.