{"id":208687,"date":"2015-07-20T15:13:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T05:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=208687"},"modified":"2015-07-20T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T05:13:31","slug":"guam-completes-dominance-in-mbt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/guam-completes-dominance-in-mbt\/","title":{"rendered":"Guam completes dominance in MBT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guam completed its dominating run in the 2015 Micronesian Basketball Tournament U15 with a methodical 75-40 win over the Marianas Dolphins in last Saturday\u2019s finals at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

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Team Guam was unstoppable in the 2015 Micronesian Basketball Tournament U15 after beating the Marianas Dolphins, 75-40, in last Saturday\u2019s finals at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guam, which used the tournament as part of its preparation to the 2015 U16 FIBA Oceania tournament in December in Australia, swept all six games in the five-team field. They averaged 94.7 points a game while holding their opponents to 32.9 per outing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scores are not an indicative of our performance. I told my players that we need to compete hard the whole game and keep their work ethic no matter what,\u201d said Guam coach Brent Tipton, whose wards cruised to a 95-26 rout of the Marianas Alu\u2019u in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cDribbling, passing, and shooting are the main focus of our high school development program. We also work on our man-to-man defense in our every practice,\u201d added Tipton.<\/p>\n

They posted an average winning margin of 61.8 where their most lopsided win was a 117-5 thumping of the Marianas Tataga on Thursday, the final day of round-robin play.<\/p>\n

Guam, against the Dolphins, had twice limited their score in the 40s as it also held their foes to 41 in their first meeting, 94-41, on July 13.<\/p>\n

Guam held the Dolphins to just 6 points in the second period of their finals match up to pull away from a tight first quarter where they enjoyed a 19-12 spread.<\/p>\n

The lead ballooned further as the game went on as Guam continued with their hot shooting, while challenging every Dolphins shot attempt.<\/p>\n

Guam\u2019s full court pressure defense also resulted in a number of steals and several turnovers that they converted into points at the other end.<\/p>\n

Michael Min led all scorers with 15 points, while Napu San Luis chipped in 14. Holden Barcinas, Gabriel Simon, and Mark Temerowski had 7 markers each, while Aishea Grape, Eduardo Calvo, DeAndre Cruz, Tony Hseih, and Cloyd Rosas combined for 25 points.<\/p>\n

Aaron Ogumoro was the lone Dolphin to score in double digits with 13, while Christian Arceo and Emmanuel Cobacha were held to 8 and 7 points.<\/p>\n

Palau settled for third place following a 108-60 crushing of the Marianas Alu\u2019u in the first game.<\/p>\n

Wallace Worswick, who scored 17 in Palau\u2019s 70-59 semis loss to the Dolphins, went berserk with a game-high 31 points with Omar Ganac ending up with 22, while M.J. Baysa tallied 11 markers,<\/p>\n

Khalid Islam and Evan Miller scattered 17 points each for the Alu\u2019u.<\/p>\n

First Game<\/strong>
\nPalau 108 \u2013 Worswick 31, Ganac 22, Baysa 11, Canate 9, De Lina 8, Sungino 8, Goodall 6, Reklai 4, Tarkong 4, Stark 2, Timarong 2.<\/p>\n

Marianas Alu\u2019u 60 \u2013 Islam 17, Miller 17, Lizama 9, Itaas 8, Pangelinan 6, Norita 3.<\/p>\n

Scoring by quarters: 19-12, 48-25, 79-43, 108-60.<\/p>\n

Second Game<\/strong>
\nGuam 75 \u2013 Min 15, San Luis 14, Barcinas 7, Simon 7, Temerowski 7, Grape 6, Calvo 5, Cruz 5, Hseih 5, Rosas 4.<\/p>\n

Marianas Dolphins 40 \u2013 Ogumoro 13, Arceo 8, Cobacha 7, Alipio 4, Factor 3, Mamaril 2, Mendoza 2, Dancoe 1.<\/p>\n

Scoring by quarters: 19-12, 37-18, 57-28, 75-40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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