{"id":237477,"date":"2016-09-28T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=237477"},"modified":"2016-09-28T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:00:36","slug":"olaces-still-perfect-5-star-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/olaces-still-perfect-5-star-shines\/","title":{"rendered":"Ol\u2019Aces still perfect; 5-Star shines"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_237482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237482\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/outdoorpix-2-238x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5-Star Construction, left, and Chinese Association players battle for the rebound during the fourth quarter of their game in the MIBF outdoor league last Monday night at the San Antonio court. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces stretched their streak to three, while 5-Star Construction got its first win in the Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s Inaugural Men\u2019s Outdoor League last Monday night at the San Antonio court.<\/p>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces pounded MGNEL Construction in the curtain-raiser, 92-68, while 5-Star Construction had a similar easy victory over the Chinese Association in the second game, 88-47.<\/p>\n<p>Sans big man Jack Lizama, the Ol\u2019Aces were challenged by MGNEL Construction in the first half before pulling away in the second. The O\u2019Aces were only ahead by five at the break, 40-35,  but managed to pad the lead to 19 by the end of the third, 69-50, thanks to Preston Basa\u2019s 3-point shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The Marianas High School coach knocked in three triples in the pivotal third period, which Jesus Iguel capped with his own shot from the parking lot to lift the Ol\u2019Aces to the double-digit advantage. Freddie Pelisamen also contributed in the breakaway, adding 6 points, while three other Ol\u2019Aces players scored in the third for the team\u2019s balance offense.<\/p>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces went on to keep their big lead with Andrew Palino and Romeo Iginoef putting the finishing touches on the team\u2019s 24-point victory. Palino and Iginoef combined for 12 of the Ol\u2019Aces\u2019 last 14 markers.<\/p>\n<p>Iguel and Pelisamen top-scored in the Ol\u2019Aces\u2019 third straight win after firing 13 points each, while Iginoef also hit double figures with his 12 markers. Nak Nakashima and Dan Barcinas added 11 and 10, respectively, while Basa and Palino combined for 17 more points for the leading Ol\u2019Aces.<\/p>\n<p>In the second game, 5-Stars Construction was in control of the match right from the get-go en route to a 41-point win over the Chinese Association (0-2).<\/p>\n<p>Angelo Fernando, Franklin Macahito, and Zack Babauta suited up for 5-Star Construction for the first time and helped their team recover from its debut loss to the San Antonio Patriots, 54-82.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, action in the inaugural league will continue tonight with GMI Market (1-1) taking on Duenas Compound (1-0) in the first game at 6:30pm. In the second match at 8pm, the Chinese Association will be pitted against the Patriots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game<\/strong><br \/>\nOl\u2019Aces 92\u2014 Iguel 13,  Pelisamen 13, Iginoef 12, Nakashima 11, Barcinas 10, Basa 9, Palino 8, Sablan 5, Villacrusis 3.<\/p>\n<p>MGNEL Construction 68 \u2014 Ferrer 16, Asuhan 15, Aguon 8, Paragados 7, De Guzman 6, Isip 5, Rueda 4, Tabora 3.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring by quarters: 17-14, 40-35, 69-50, 92-68.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ol\u2019Aces stretched their streak to three, while 5-Star Construction got its first win in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":237482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13540,9289,1521,9850],"class_list":["post-237477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-chinese-association","tag-mibf","tag-ol-aces","tag-san-antonio-patriots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237477","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=237477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}