{"id":185744,"date":"2014-11-24T04:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=185744"},"modified":"2014-11-24T04:00:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T18:00:36","slug":"mhs-wins-5th-straight-cage-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mhs-wins-5th-straight-cage-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"MHS wins 5th straight cage crown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marianas High School Lady Dolphins players, coach, and supporters pose for a group photo after winning their fifth straight title in the Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization Girls Basketball League. MHS beat Mt. Carmel School in the finals, 78-67, last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nMarianas High School used a balanced offensive attack in completing a 78-67 drubbing of Mt. Carmel School in the finals of the 2014 Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization Girls Basketball League last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

MHS, which swept its way in the elimination round to earn the top seeding in the final tournament, collected its fifth straight title.<\/p>\n

The Lady Dolphins, who drew a bye in the final tournament, scored an easy 27-4 decision against Tinian in their first game and earned the first championship berth after a 53-32 thrashing of the Mt. Carmel Lady Knights in the winners bracket semifinals.<\/p>\n

The Lady Knights then bounced back from the loss by crushing MHS 9 in the losers bracket semis, 62-20, to arrange a title showdown with the defending champions.<\/p>\n

In the finals, there was a close battle in the first quarter as both teams played tentative as if sizing each other up. The Lady Dolphins went on to take a manageable 4-point lead after the first 10 minutes of play.<\/p>\n

A Julie Reyes basket then ignited an 8-2 spurt early in the second quarter and gave the Lady Dolphins their first taste of several double-digit advantages, 22-12.<\/p>\n

MCS trimmed the deficit to single digit, 24-16, midway in the second period, but a Kyla Ito 3-pointer touched off a closing 11-5 exchange to give MHS a 37-21 halftime spread. The Lady Dolphins outscored the Lady Knights in the second quarter, 23-11, to end the half with a promising 16-point lead.<\/p>\n

It was cruise control for MHS the rest of the game as it found ways to quash every MCS comeback attempt. A Gabrielle Race layup gave the Lady Dolphins their biggest lead at 71-54 with 3:57 left in the game clock.<\/p>\n

Despite trailing by a big margin with the clock ticking, the Lady Knights refused to go down that easily with Jennifer Villagomez, Jan-nasia Travilla and Tawnie Manibusan burying one 3-pointer each in an 11-2 exchange as MCS threatened for the last time, 75-65, 1:48.<\/p>\n

Mt. Carmel, with MHS committing back-to-back turnovers, had several chances of inching closer but Manibusan, Travilla and Villagomez\u2019s ensuing 3-point attempts failed to hit their marks, while Patricia Echavez\u2019s dagger 3-pointer in the 50.3-second mark seal the deal for the Lady Dolphins.<\/p>\n

MHS just ran up the clock in their next ball possessions, while MCS continued to miss their shots. A Travilla steal and layup pegged the final tally.<\/p>\n

Ito paced the Lady Dolphins with her 15 points while Race, Jenny Lee, Mikayla Lopez, and Neghar Rastguiy chipped in 10 markers each. Abantao and Joy Pena scored 8 apiece, while Reyes tallied 7.<\/p>\n

Mt. Carmel\u2019s loss put to waste Travilla\u2019s 30-point output, while Karleen Reyes scattered 20 markers and Manibusan had 10. Jennifer Villagomez and Masami Sato were the other scorers for the Lady Knights with 5 and 2 points, respectively.<\/p>\n

MHS 78 \u2013 Ito 15, Lee 10, Lopez 10, Race 10, Rastguiy 10, Abantao 8, Pena 8, Reyes 7.<\/p>\n

MCS 67 \u2013 Travilla 30, Reyes 20, Manibusan 10, Villagomez 5, Sato 2.<\/p>\n

Scoring by quarters: 14-10, 37-21, 53-48, 78-67.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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