{"id":230227,"date":"2016-06-17T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=230227"},"modified":"2016-06-17T06:00:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T20:00:27","slug":"shirleys-kanoa-share-early-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-kanoa-share-early-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley\u2019s, Kanoa share early lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_230230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230230\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tanholdingspix-1-215x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Ariel Drilon pulls up for a jumper against a phalanx of Lower Base Warriors defenders during the second game in the Tan Holdings league last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kanoa Resort and Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop are in a tie for the early lead in the 2016 Tan Holdings Inter-Company Basketball League following another blowout wins against separate opponents last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>Kanoa, which came from a whopping 85-point win victory over Lower Base Warriors in its debut, 125-40,   this time eased past Pacific Oriental, Inc. in the curtain raiser, 87-58, to earn a 2-0 record\u2014the same mark Shirley\u2019s holds after a similar double-digit triumph against Lower Base, 64-47, in the second match.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s got off to a rousing start against Lower Base, taking a 31-8 lead in the first half to set up another win via rout.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Pamintuan led Shirley\u2019s in the first half, as he outgunned the entire Lower Base crew after scoring 13 points. Erick Dela Rosa and Angel Catungal then took over from Pamintuan in the second half to keep Shirley\u2019s wide distance.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game, Kanoa also leaned on three players\u2014Douglas Schmidt and Matt and Ernest Duenas\u2014to clobber POI. Schmidt finished with a game-high 29 points, while Matt and Ernest chipped in 22 and 20, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Kanoa built a 48-20 advantage in the first half, which Ernest capped with his 9 straight points, while Schmidt and Matt alternately hit baskets for their team in earlier part of the game. Schmidt then knocked in three consecutive triples after Matt opened the second half with a deuce to completely dominate POI.<\/p>\n<p>In the third game, Mambas capitalized on a depleted Fiesta crew to eke out a 45-42 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Djay Ong had 19 points for Mambas, which recovered from a 36-55 debut loss to Shirley\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>Ong led Mambas to the close win after scoring 11 straight markers midway in the second half and the team\u2019s last two field goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game<\/strong><br \/>\nKanoa 87 \u2014 Schmidt 29, M. Duenas 22, E. Duenas 20, Pablo 9, Agulto 2, Moses 2.<br \/>\nPOI 58 \u2014 Santos 19, Tenepere 12, Arago 12, Villaluna 6, Yu 6, Mejia 3.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 48-20, 87-58.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nMambas 45 \u2014 D. Ong 19, Rabago 6, De La Torre 4, J. Ong 4, Raho 4, Regis 2, Angeles 2, Chan 2.<br \/>\nFiesta 42 \u2014Matsutaro 15, Quizon 15, Macoto 6, Rivera 3, Maliwanag 3.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 22-17, 45-42.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Game<\/strong><br \/>\nShirley\u2019s 64 \u2014 Dela Rosa 20, Pamintuan 13, Catungal 12, Nicdao 7, Palma 7, Pollisco 4, Drilon 2.<br \/>\nLower Base 47 \u2014 Jinang 12, Bazinero 9, Omar 7, Salazar 6, Echavez 4, J. Benavente 3, Camu 2, Fujihira 2, Garcia 2.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 31-8, 64-47.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanoa Resort and Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop are in a tie for the early lead in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":230230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1519,1436,12076,11966],"class_list":["post-230227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-coffee-shop","tag-gillette-multipurpose-gymnasium","tag-lower-base-warriors","tag-poi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230227","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=230227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}