{"id":236209,"date":"2016-09-12T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=236209"},"modified":"2016-09-12T06:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T20:00:59","slug":"olaces-prevail-opener-outdoor-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/olaces-prevail-opener-outdoor-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Ol\u2019Aces prevail in opener of outdoor league"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236243\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/outdoorpix-300x231.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ol\u2019Aces\u2019 Jeff Deleon Guerrero splits the defense of GMI Market\u2019s Jose Doseo, left, and Angelo Factor during the third quarter of their game in the opening of MIBF outdoor league last Saturday at the San Antonio court. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces won the opening game in the Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s Inaugural Men\u2019s Outdoor League after easing past GMI Market, 79-65, last Saturday at the San Antonio court.<\/p>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces built a double-digit lead in the first half and withstood GMI Market\u2019s fourth-quarter rally to prevail in their debut game in the open division.<\/p>\n<p>The first half of the league opener ended with the Ol\u2019Aces enjoying a 41-19 advantage. The eventual winners raced to a promising advantage after converting several outside shots in the second quarter. The Ol\u2019Aces knocked in three triples in the second canto with Freddie Pelisamen, Preston Basa, and Barcinas nailing one each. The team\u2019s two starters\u2014Jack Lizama and Nak Nakashima\u2014also hit a couple of baskets to give the Ol\u2019Aces control of the match.<\/p>\n<p>While the Ol\u2019Aces were on target in the first 20 minutes of play, GMI Market struggled offensive, as it had no players making more than one shot in each of the first two quarters.<\/p>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces then continued their good shooting early in the third period to up their lead to as much as 25, 46-21, before GMI Market brought the deficit down to a manageable number, 46-60.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Sison, who made his debut on Saipan, tried to keep GMI Market in the match in the third and anchored the team\u2019s late push in the final canto. His 10 markers in the fourth period alone moved GMI Market within 7, 63-70, with about three minutes left in the match.<\/p>\n<p>However, a short 6-0 scoring run from the Ol\u2019Aces on Pelisamen\u2019s back-to-back fastbreak baskets and Basa\u2019s layup foiled GMI Market\u2019s comeback bid. GMI drilled only one basket after threatening the Ol\u2019Aces, while Pelisamen capped his team\u2019s double-digit victory with a triple at the buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>Pelisamen had a team-high 18 points, while Greg Sison fired 20 markers to lead GMI Market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game <\/strong><br \/>\nOl\u2019Aces 79 \u2014 Pelisamen 18, Lizama 14, Nakashima 10, Basa 9, Paulino 7, De Leon Guerrero 6, Barcinas 5, Iguel 4.<\/p>\n<p>GMI Market 65 \u2014 G. Sison 20, P. Factor 16, Fidelino 9, Alipio 7,  M. Sison 5, Doseo 4, Romo 2, Senupe 2, A. Factor 2.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring by quarters: 18-10, 41-19, 60-46, 79-65.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ol\u2019Aces won the opening game in the Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s Inaugural Men\u2019s Outdoor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":236243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13344,13345,1521,135],"class_list":["post-236209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-greg-sison","tag-jose-doseo","tag-ol-aces","tag-san-antonio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236209","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=236209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}