{"id":191146,"date":"2015-02-05T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=191146"},"modified":"2015-02-05T04:00:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:00:03","slug":"pic-schools-docomo-business-caging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pic-schools-docomo-business-caging\/","title":{"rendered":"PIC schools Docomo in business caging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Islands Club Saipan taught Docomo Pacific a thing or two about basketball in the lone game of Tuesday night\u2019s opening of the 2015 Inter-Commercial Business Basketball League at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_191147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191147\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a attid=\"191147\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Business-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Business-pix-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pacific Island Club\u2019s Erick Dela Rosa, 8, goes for a layup in their opening game against Docomo Pacific in the 2015 Inter-Commercial Business Basketball League last Tuesday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-191147\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Island Club\u2019s Erick Dela Rosa, 8, goes for a layup in their opening game against Docomo Pacific in the 2015 Inter-Commercial Business Basketball League last Tuesday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PIC used a strong first-quarter attack in cruising to a lopsided 122-52 victory against Docomo to send a strong message of its intention in claiming the title in the inaugural cage league.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Roscow, Bart Demapan, and Jack Aranda combined for 21 points as PIC quickly zoomed to a 34-8 lead after 10 minutes of play and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>The game was so one-sided that PIC\u2019s lead ballooned to 40 at the half and 55 after three quarters before settling for that 70-point winning margin.<\/p>\n<p>PIC even enjoyed a whopping 24-8 edge in steals and 14-2 in assists while slightly ahead in rebounds, 34-28.<\/p>\n<p>Seven PIC players finished in double figures with Ham Hambros leading the bunch with 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assist, while James Abuy provided support with 19 markers, 4 steals, and 2 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Roscow bullied his way inside to end up with 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals, while former Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop teammates Erick Dela Rosa and Sean Rabasto combined for 26 markers, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin Barbo scattered 12 points to go with his 5 rebounds, 1 assist, and one steal, while Aranda tallied 11 markers, 2 rebounds and a game-high 6 steals.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Diaz led Docomo\u2019s losing cause with 28 points, while Jason Hayes was the only other Docomo player to finish in twin digits with 10 markers. R.J. Mendiola only scored 2 points but grabbed a team-high 7 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Action continues today with Saipan Ice taking on JP World-Mobil in the 6:30pm opener, while IT&#038;E takes on Marpac-Budweiser in the 8pm nightcap.<\/p>\n<p>Matches next Tuesday, Feb. 10, will have the Public School System battling Saipan Stevedore in the 6:30pm first game, while PIC shoots for its second straight win when it takes on Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan at 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>PIC 122 \u2013 Hambros 21, Abuy 19, Roscow 16, Dela Rosa 13, Rabasto 13, Barbo 12, Aranda 11, Demapan 9, Bartolo 4, Quitugua 4.<\/p>\n<p>Docomo 52 \u2013 Diaz 28, Hayes 10, Sablan 4, Alvarez 2, Guerrero 2, Mendiola 2, Sanciangco 2.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring by quarters: 34-8, 62-22, 93-38, 122-52.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Islands Club Saipan taught Docomo Pacific a thing or two about basketball in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":191147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[56,230,1686,409],"class_list":["post-191146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-business-3","tag-docomo-pacific","tag-erick-dela-rosa","tag-pic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191146","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\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}