Favored teams CNMI 1 and Guam won their respective debuts in the girls 17-and-under Micronesian Basketball Tournament Monday at the Marianas High School Gymanasium.<\/p>\n
CNMI 1 was the first to hit the hardwood and dominated sister team CNMI 2, 66-20.<\/p>\n
With center Rachel Adams scoring 6 and Kyla Ito 4 points, CNMI 1 was off to the races and led 18-5 after the first 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Krizandra Gozon joined the scoring spree in the second, teaming up with Ito as CNMI 1 stretched its advantage to 33-9 at the half.<\/p>\n
Another four-point quarter further doomed CNMI 2\u2019s chances of gaining some headway against their older counterparts, as their deficit ballooned to 39 points, 13-52, after three periods of play.<\/p>\n
Kaylani Lebria exploded for eight points in the third to key CNMI 1\u2019s continued domination of CNMI 2.<\/p>\n
Keolani Rios then put on the finishing touches to CNMI 1\u2019s blowout of CNMI 2, pumping in 6 of her 10 points in the payoff period as her team coasted to the victory.<\/p>\n
Lebria led five CNMI 1 players in twin digits with 13, while Friendly Joy Pena paced CNMI 2 with 5 markers.<\/p>\n
In the second game, Guam got 27 points from Kali Benavente as the U.S. territory started its campaign on a high note by beating Tinian black and blue, 110-29.<\/p>\n
After a 38-6 first quarter, Guam boosted that lead further, 62-13, at the close of the first half.<\/p>\n
It was more of the same in the third, as the gap widened to 88-21 before the match mercilessly ended with the southerners ahead by a whopping 81 points.<\/p>\n
Alina Bonto scored 19 points in support of Benavente, while two other Guam players finished in double figures. Tinian was paced by the 15 markers of Regene Palacios.<\/p>\n
The results of yesterday\u2019s games between Guam and CNMI 2 and CNMI 1 against Tinian will be published in tomorrow\u2019s edition of the Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
[B]First Game[\/B]<\/p>\n
CNMI 1 66 \u2013 Lebria 13, Ito 10, Rios 10, Abrams 10, Gozon 10, Mendoza 3, R. Kautz 3, Williams 3, M. Kautz 2, Gatchalian 2.<\/p>\n
CNMI 2 20 \u2013 Pena 5, Reyes 4, Francisco 4, Garon 3, Lumbao 2, Samson 1, Alipio 1.<\/p>\n
Scoring by quarters: 18-5, 33-9, 52-13, 66-20.<\/p>\n
[B]Second Game [\/B]<\/p>\n
Guam 110 \u2013 Benavente 27, Bonto 19, San Nicolas 10, Pangilinan 10, Duenas 8, Quitugua 8, Yeban 5, Rupley 2.<\/p>\n
Tinian 29 \u2013 Palacios 15, Borja 9, Santos 3, King 2.<\/p>\n
Scoring by quarters: 38-6, 62-13, 88-21, 110-29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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