{"id":232218,"date":"2016-07-14T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=232218"},"modified":"2016-07-14T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T20:00:26","slug":"joel-ezra-outlast-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/joel-ezra-outlast-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel, Ezra outlast opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_232228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232228\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Gen-Cup-pix-300x269.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ezra\u2019s Nathan Borromeo is surrounded by Nahum defenders during their youth division game in the first round of the Gen Cup at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joel and Ezra pulled off close wins at the start of the second round of the youth division competition in the 5th Genesis Cup Christian Churches Inter-Color Basketball League last Tuesday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>Ezra withstood Nahum\u2019s second-half rally to eke out a 65-63 victory in the curtain-raiser, while Joel slipped past Jonah in overtime, 75-72, in the second match. Ezra and Joel now hold similar 4-1 records to share the top spot, while Joel slid to second place with its 3-2 slate. Nahum dropped to a 1-4 mark to remain at fourth place, while idle Hagai (0-4) completes the team standings.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Palino carried the load for Joel in the extension period, scoring all but one of the team\u2019s 11 points. Jordan Ocaya made the other point for Joel, which was forced to play for five more minutes after Jethro Cruz hit the game-tying basket at the buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>Palino top-scored for Joel with his 32 points, while Ocaya also finished in double figures with his 15.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz paced Jonah, registering 28 points, while Sam Darag and Chino Ponce contributed 16 and 11, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game, Ezra avoided a monumental collapse in the second half, thanks to Nathan Borromeo, who scored 8 of the team\u2019s last 12 markers.  Gabby De Leon and Jerald Santiago logged the four other points with the latter\u2019s field goal sealing the win for Ezra.<\/p>\n<p>Ezra was comfortably ahead at the break, 40-22, but slowly lost the double-digit advantage when Hao Yu Chen anchored Nahum\u2019s comeback bid and Chris Sacdalan stepped up in place of David Cai, who missed last Monday\u2019s match. <\/p>\n<p>Chen scored 12 straight markers in the early part of the second half, while Sacdalan knocked in three triples to bring Ezra\u2019s lead down to single digit. However, Nahum failed to steal the win in the end, as Borromeo was there to save the day for Ezra.<\/p>\n<p>Borromeo led all scorers with his 28 points, while Chen had 27 on a losing cause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game<\/strong><br \/>\nEzra 65 \u2014 Borromeo 28, Buno 10, Sumpay 8, Guevarra 6, Santiago 6, De Leon 2.<br \/>\nNahum 63 \u2014 Chen 27, Sacdalan 18, Wang 8, Tu 8, Tenorio 2.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 40-22, 65-61.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nJoel 75 \u2014 Palino 32, Ocaya 15, Cruz 8, Ocanada 8, Elchico 7, De Leon 4.<br \/>\nJonah 72 \u2014 Cruz 28, Darag 16, Ponce 11, Gozon 8, Cabrera 4, Bordon 2, Marcellana 2.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 29-23, 64-64, 75-72 (OT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joel and Ezra pulled off close wins at the start of the second round of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":232228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[145,3667,9823,3841],"class_list":["post-232218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ada-gymnasium","tag-de-leon","tag-hao-yu-chen","tag-nathan-borromeo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232218","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=232218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}