{"id":229731,"date":"2016-06-10T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=229731"},"modified":"2016-06-10T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:00:36","slug":"shirleys-kanoa-rout-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-kanoa-rout-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley\u2019s, Kanoa rout opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_229737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229737\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tanholdingspix-199x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-229737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Erick Dela Rosa stretches for a layup against Mamba\u2019s Djay Ong during the second half of their game in the Tan Holdings caging last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop and Kanoa Resort got off to a rousing start after demolishing their respective foes in the opening of the 2016 Tan Holdings Inter-Company Basketball League last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s played in the curtain-raiser and whipped Mamba\u2019s, 55-36, while Kanoa Resort hammered Lower Base, 125-40.<\/p>\n<p>Kanoa\u2019s prized recruit Douglas Schmidt proved to be too much for Lower Base, as the former Palau National Team member outgunned their entire opponents after exploding for 44 points in his debut in the league. As if Schmidt\u2019s output was not enough for Kanoa to post a lopsided win, holdover Matt Duenas also made his presence felt early in the competition after adding 35 markers.<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt, who was recently named regular season and Finals MVP in the Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s island-wide league, scored Kanoa\u2019s first 8 points en route to lifting his team to a commanding 52-19 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game, Shirley\u2019s also built an early double-digit lead, 32-14, to cruise to its debut win.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Pamintuan paced Shirley\u2019s with his 17 points, while Erick Dela Rosa also finished in twin digits with 12. Only Djay Ong had double figures for Mamba\u2019s, logging 12.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, defending champion Fiesta Resort closed out the opening day with a 65-59 triumph over Pacific Oriental, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Fiesta had a balance offense and gained control of the match in the first half to build cushion against POI\u2019s rally in the final frame. <\/p>\n<p>Jarett Matsutaro top-scored for Fiesta with his 12 points, while Adonis Macoto contributed 11, and five others made at least 5 points apiece. <\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game <\/strong><br \/>\nShirley\u2019s 55 \u2014 Pamintuan 17, Dela Rosa 12, Jugos 6, Sabino 6, Catungal 4, Pollisco 4, Palma 3.<br \/>\nMamba\u2019s 36 \u2014 D. Ong 12, De la Torre 9, Chan 6, J. Ong 6, Calibo 2, Angeles 2, Regis 2.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 32-14, 55-36.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nKanoa Resort 125 \u2014 Schmidt 44, M. Duenas 35, Pablo 8, Sacramento 8, Bustillo 6, E. Duenas 4, Rabauliman 2.<br \/>\nLower Base 40 \u2014 W. Benavente 8, Alegre 7, Jinang 5, Bazinero 4, Sablan 3, Garcia 2, Camu 2, J. Benavente 2.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 52-29, 125-40.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Game<\/strong><br \/>\nFiesta 65 \u2014 Matsutaro 12, Macoto 11, Rivera 8, Nonato 6, Maratita 6, Esdrelon 5, Quizon 5, Villamena 2, Lavarias 2.<br \/>\nPOI 59 \u2014 Santos 21, Arago 14, Ramos 11, yu 5, Mendiola 4, Tenepere 2.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 35-21, 65-59.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop and Kanoa Resort got off to a rousing start after demolishing their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":229737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1686,448,187,11966],"class_list":["post-229731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-erick-dela-rosa","tag-kanoa-resort","tag-lower-base","tag-poi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229731","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=229731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}