The Marianas High School Lady Dolphins kicked off its season with an 81-27 demolition job of the Saipan Southern High School Lady Manta Rays as the 2011 Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization girls basketball season continued Thursday at the MHS Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
The defending champions had five returning players on its roster, and the one-sided victory makes it apparent that the Lady Dolphins have hit the ground running this year.<\/p>\n
Glory Williams paced MHS with seven points in the opening 10 minutes as the Lady Dolphins shot out to an early 29-7 lead.<\/p>\n
MHS kept applying pressure in the second period and shut out Lady Rays offensively.<\/p>\n
The Lady Dolphins amassed a mammoth 54-7 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n
SSHS struggled with ball protection and was out-hustled for rebounds under the basket. Meanwhile on the other end, MHS\u2019 Jeraldine Castillo led the charge with nine points in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
MHS continued to pass the ball around at will in the third quarter, and it was Rachel Abrams\u2019 turn to carry the torch; she delivered a 3-pointer for seven points in the period.<\/p>\n
MHS was way out in front, 72-11, heading into the last quarter.<\/p>\n
MHS called off the dogs in the fourth period, enabling SSHS\u2019 Roxanne Duenas to sink a couple of treys for 12 points in the final minutes.<\/p>\n
Notably, despite being overwhelmed by a veteran MHS team, the Lady Rays never lost their spirit and played all out until the buzzer.<\/p>\n
Castillo and Abrams led MHS with 15 points apiece, while Duenas managed 14 on the short end for SSHS. <\/p>\n
Details of the junior varsity matchup will be released on Monday.<\/p>\n
[B]MHS 81[\/B] \u2013 Castillo 15, Abrams 15, Williams 12, Alegre 10, Gozon 9, Rangamar 6, Mendoza 4, Johnson 4, Badalles 2, Francisco 2.<\/p>\n
[B]SSHS 27[\/B] \u2013 Duenas 14, Joseph 9, Malasarte 2. <\/p>\n
[B]Scoring by quarters:[\/B] 29-7, 54-0, 72-11, 81-27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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