{"id":190768,"date":"2015-01-30T04:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=190768"},"modified":"2015-01-30T04:00:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T18:00:04","slug":"armatech-rollers-1-ease-way-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/armatech-rollers-1-ease-way-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Armatech, Rollers 1 ease  way to finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armatech coasted to a 55-44 win over Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop to bag the first finals berth in the women\u2019s division of the 2014 Tan Holdings Basketball Classic last night at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190769\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a attid=\"190769\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tanbasketpix5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tanbasketpix5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rollers 1\u2019s Kobee Mendoza goes up for a shot against Ol\u2019Aces defenders during their semis game in the 2014 Tan Holdings Basketball Classic yesterday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-190769\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rollers 1\u2019s Kobee Mendoza goes up for a shot against Ol\u2019Aces defenders during their semis game in the 2014 Tan Holdings Basketball Classic yesterday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Irish Pagarao, Chevy Kate Alipio, and Jeralyn Castillo teamed up in bringing Armatech to the finals and extending the team\u2019s winning run to 11 after sweeping the double-round robin elimination. The finals foe of the unbeaten and heavily favored Armatech will be determined tonight as the second-ranked IT&#038;E and Fiesta Resort &#038; Spa collide for the last finals berth at 5:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Pagarao, who missed Armatech\u2019s last game in the elims, returned to action and scored 21 points, while Alipio and Castillo also finished in twin digits, drilling 16 and 10, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The trio combined  for all but two of Armatech\u2019s total output in the first half to give the team a 32-20 advantage at the turn.  Pagarao tallied 14 points in the first half, making her last two shots from downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Jeraldine Castillo tried to counter Pagarao\u2019s scoring in the first and second half and had successes, but failed to draw enough support from her teammates. Jeraldine matched Pagarao\u2019s output, but had only Patrishia Echavez helping her out. Echavez chipped in 12 markers, but most of her points came when Armatech was in full control of the match in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the boys U19 division, top-ranked Rollers 1 also eased its way to the finals after routing the Ol\u2019Aces, 66-34.<\/p>\n<p>The Rollers 1 started the semis match with a 7-0 run and never looked back to gain the first finals seat in the division. Rollers 1 will face the winner of tonight\u2019s Final Four pairing between Sonics and Dream Team. The second semis game is set for 7pm, while the championship games in both the boys U19 and women\u2019s divisions will be played tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Armatech 55\u2013Pagarao 21, Alipio 16, Castillo 10, Abrams 2, Fleming 2, Palero 2, Yiu 2.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s 44\u2013Castillo 21, Echavez 12, Pablo 8, Vergara 2, Ito 1.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring by halves: 32-20, 55-44.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armatech coasted to a 55-44 win over Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop to bag the first finals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":190769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1519,1436,1520,1521],"class_list":["post-190768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-coffee-shop","tag-gillette-multipurpose-gymnasium","tag-jeralyn-castillo","tag-ol-aces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190768","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}