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\u00a0 Mobil and NVM came away the winners of Sunday’s Blue Haus Invitational Basketball League matchups at the Garapan Basketball Court.<\/p>\n\u00a0 Mobil and NVM came away the winners of Sunday’s Blue Haus Invitational Basketball League matchups at the Garapan Basketball Court.<\/p>\n
A big second half push by A Division’s Mobil overwhelmed Ashley’s (1-4), 91-74, in the first pairing, while B Division’s NVM tore through Cargo Express (2-3), 91-66, in the late game.<\/p>\n
Mobil evened its win-loss card to 2-2, while NVM notched its third win in five games.<\/p>\n
The regular season wraps up in Garapan on Thursday with the first rounds of the playoffs set for Saturday night. Games start nightly at 6:30pm and 8:30pm.<\/p>\n
The rest of the standings show A Division’s QQ Rent-A-Car (4-1) leading DLX (3-1), R-Rebels (3-1), and Star Water (0-4) with B Division’s Loving Hands (4-1) pacing Wanted Sponsor (3-2), Saipan Hardware (3-2), and Hip Hop Thunder (1-4).<\/p>\n
In the first game, 6 early points from both Jack Lizama and Dennis Cortez provided a 16-12 favor for Ashley’s in the opening 10 minutes. Perry Inos then came off the bench for 9 markers in the second quarter that kept Ashley’s in front, 36-32, at halftime.<\/p>\n
Mobil’s half court set up started slow from the tip, but its point man Jun Estolas began to show signs of heating up after coming out scoreless in the first frame.<\/p>\n
Mobil buckled down after the break and made Ashley’s pay for its physical defensive scheme in the third quarter that helped establish a 63-56 lead heading into the final period.<\/p>\n
A handful of points by Mobil’s Bryan Ajoste and Jorge De Guzman, along with 5 from the stripe by Estolas, factored into the uprising.<\/p>\n
Ashley’s treaded off four treys in the third quarter, but could not keep pace with Mobil’s transition game late in the game.<\/p>\n
De Guzman and Angelo Fernando delivered 6 points apiece as they cruised to the easy win.<\/p>\n
Estolas led three teammates in double digits with 20, while Ashley’s Lizama scrambled for 19 on the other end.<\/p>\n
In the second game, Preston Basa shot out of the gate with a dozen points that gave NVM an early 21-15 lead in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Cargo Express answered with a pair of threes and 6 points by Bruce Berline, but NVM remained in control, 38-31, at intermission.<\/p>\n
Cargo Express broke down at some point in the third quarter as NVM began to run away, 69-46. NVM sunk three from downtown, two of which came from Rocyl Ritual who tallied 10 checks in the charge.<\/p>\n
Cargo Express never postured a comeback in the last quarter although its center Berline led all scorers with 22 points. NVM’s Basa led three teammates in double figures with 21.<\/p>\n
First Game<\/strong><\/p>\n Mobil 91 – Estolas 20, Ruluked 13, Fernando 13, Deguzman 11, Bahillo 9, Ajoste 7, Maratita 6, Demapan 5, Villarin 4, Abuan 3.<\/p>\n Ashleys 74<\/strong> – Lizama 19, Inos 12, Mendoza 10, Abuel 10, J Norita 8, Cortez 6, Mungcal 6, Usi 3.<\/p>\n Scoring by quarters: <\/strong>12-16, 32-36, 63-56, 91-74.<\/p>\n Second Game<\/strong><\/p>\n NVM 91 – Basa 21, Ritual 16, Mina 16, Joyner 14, Bisama 6, Manibusan 6, Tobias 5, Deleon Guerrero 2, Echavez 2.<\/p>\n Cargo Express 66<\/strong> – Berline 22, Francisco 12, Sharry 10, Lavarias 6, P Lizama 6, Talania 5, Archangel 3, Morales 2.<\/p>\n Scoring by quarters:<\/strong> 21-15, 38-31, 69-46, 91-66.<\/p>\n By Walter J. Sutherland \u00a0 Mobil and NVM came away the winners of Sunday’s Blue Haus Invitational Basketball League…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[152,225,228,229],"class_list":["post-22724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-deleon-guerrero","tag-garapan-basketball-court","tag-nvm","tag-preston-basa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22724","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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