Customs came back from an early double-digit deficit, while Commonwealth Utilities Corp. overcame its opponents\u2019 gritty stand to come out victorious in the 2014 IT&E-DYS Inter-Government Basketball League last week at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
Customs rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second quarter in beating Department of Public Safety, 64-54, last Wednesday, while CUC survived the Ajoste brothers\u2019 second half offensive explosion, escaping with a 76-73 double overtime win over Commonwealth Health Center.<\/p>\n
Customs fell behind early after making only 7 points in the opening period, while allowing DPS to score 19 markers. DPS entered the halftime break enjoying a 31-18 spread.<\/p>\n
Leo Galarse led Customs\u2019 comeback in the second half, scoring 11 points in the third quarter to move his team within four entering the fourth canto, 43-47.<\/p>\n
Don Teregeyo and Don Brennan then came alive in the final period combining for 11 points to provide scoring support to Galarse\u2019s game-long brilliance. Galarse finished with 19 points, while Teregeyo added 18 markers. Brennan had 9 points, most of which came in the payoff period, while Luigi Reyes also scored 9.<\/p>\n
Customs outscored DPS, 46-23, in the second half and with the win improved its record to 2-2. DPS dropped its third straight game after starting the league with a 58-44 thumping of Judiciary on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
Suane Pua paced DPS\u2019 losing cause with 18, while James Pua scattered 15 points.<\/p>\n
In the second game, Tony Diaz teamed up with John Santos, James Benavente, and Robert Lieto to power CUC to a double overtime victory over CHC.<\/p>\n
CHC seemed headed for its first win when it entered the halftime break holding on to a 33-26 advantage, and started the fourth period with a slim 44-41 edge.<\/p>\n
However, Diaz and his teammates battled back into contention and matched CHC shot after shot to foil their opponents\u2019 bid of clinching a breakthrough win.<\/p>\n
Diaz tallied 24 points for CUC, while Santos finished with 18 markers, and Benavente and Lieto scored 13 apiece.<\/p>\n
Brian Ajoste had 23 for CHC, while brother Omar contributed 14.
\nCUC hiked its record to 2-1, while CHC remained winless after four matches.<\/p>\n
First Game<\/strong><\/p>\n Customs 64 \u2013Galarse 19, Teregeyo 18, Brennan 9, Lui. Reyes 9, Lus. Reyes 4, Pangelinan 3, Cepeda 2.<\/p>\n DPS 54 \u2013 S. Pua 18, J. Pua 15, Manglona 7, Saures 7, Camacho 4, Joab 2, Kwon 1. Second Game<\/strong><\/p>\n CUC 76 \u2013 Diaz 24, J. Santos 18, Benavente 13, Lieto 13, Mizutani 3, Seidler 3, Camacho 2.<\/p>\n CHC 73 \u2013 B. Ajoste 23, O. Ajoste 14, Nunag 9, Rajo 8, Bahillo 7, Fernandez 6, Tudela 4, Cariaso 2.<\/p>\n Scoring by quarters: 15-13, 26-33, 41-44, 55-55, 65-65, 76-73 (2 OTs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Customs came back from an early double-digit deficit, while Commonwealth Utilities Corp. overcame its opponents\u2019…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[91,260,49,35],"class_list":["post-183797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-chc","tag-commonwealth-utilities-corp","tag-cuc","tag-dps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nScoring by quarters: 7-19, 18-31, 43-47, 64-54.<\/p>\n