Fiesta Resort played only with six men and that nearly cost them a win in the Inter-Commercial Business Basketball League 2015 last Tuesday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
Fiesta banked on Marlon De Dios and Lerio Pagarao\u2019s game-long brilliance in squeezing out an 87-86 decision in the second game of a double-header that saw Public School System coasting to an 89-60 victory against IT&E in the opener.<\/p>\n
The Fiesta-Saipan Ice match was a game of scoring spurts with neither team leading by more than 5 points, according to game officials.<\/p>\n
De Dios scattered 35 points, 12 in the fourth quarter that helped Fiesta erase a 64-59 Saipan Ice lead after three quarters and secure their team\u2019s narrow win. He also grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds and had three steals.<\/p>\n
Pagarao added 26 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals, while Arjay Nonato tallied 13 markers. Elmer Esdrelon only scored 6 but collected 14 rebounds and issued a season-high 12 assists.<\/p>\n
Patrick Rotap paced Saipan Ice with 31 points, John Santy chipped in 22 markers and had 15 rebounds, and Treat Kaipat scored 21. Ben Olopai had a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Earlier, PSS pulled away early in the first quarter and did not slow down after that to cruise to the 29-point win.<\/p>\n
Preston Basa led PSS\u2019 balanced scoring with 16 points, Ezra Carro and Maverick Itibus contributed 14 markers apiece, while Marlon Cabrera ended up with 10 points.<\/p>\n
Jerry Diaz had a near triple-double with 8 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists, while Jacoby Winkfield collared 10 boards and had 8 markers.<\/p>\n
Nate Mateo paced IT&E\u2019s losing cause with 28 points and 7 rebounds, while Errol Peredo chipped in 23 markers and 6 caroms.<\/p>\n
The Top 6 teams, led by undefeated PIC, after the single eliminations move on to the double-round playoffs. The schedule was not yet available at press time.<\/p>\n
First Game<\/strong> IT&E 60 \u2013 Mateo 28, Peredo 23, Aglipay 5, Bernal 4.<\/p>\n Scoring by quarters: 20-7, 40-17, 70-37, 89-60.<\/p>\n Second Game<\/strong> Saipan Ice 86 \u2013 Rotap 31, Santy 22, Kaipat 21, Olopai 10, Fernandez 2.<\/p>\n Scoring by quarters: 22-17, 41-37, 59-64, 87-86.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fiesta Resort played only with six men and that nearly cost them a win in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4266,4267,40,1300],"class_list":["post-200630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-de-dios","tag-patrick-rotap","tag-pss","tag-saipan-ice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200630","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=200630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPSS 89 \u2013 Basa 16, Carro 14, Itibus 14, Cabrera 10, Diaz 8, Winkfield 8, Villacrusis 6, Villagomez 6, Loste 4, Coldeen 3.<\/p>\n
\nFiesta 87 \u2013 De Dios 35, Pagarao 26, Nonato 13, Esdrelon 6, Dimafelix 4, Arreza 3.<\/p>\n