{"id":244315,"date":"2017-01-12T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=244315"},"modified":"2017-01-12T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T20:00:26","slug":"mcdonalds-cuc-win-debuts-jem-caging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcdonalds-cuc-win-debuts-jem-caging\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s, CUC win debuts in JEM caging"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244322\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/JEM-pix-9-277x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joeten\u2019s Chris Rogolifoi is hounded by CUC defenders during the third quarter of their game in the JEM\/Mobil caging last Tuesday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s and Commonwealth Utilities Corp. got off to a good start after prevailing in their first games in the 2017 JEM Company Ltd.\/Mobil Customer Appreciation Basketball League last Tuesday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>CUC pulled off a come-from-behind win over Joeten in the curtain-raiser, 72-69, while McDonald\u2019s eased past Best Deal\/RNV Construction in the second match, 80-65. CUC and McDonald\u2019s joined opening day victors Docomo and TanHoldings 1 in the win column in Pool A.<\/p>\n<p>After falling behind in the majority of the match and facing an 11-point deficit midway in the third, CUC fought back in the final canto to steal the win from Joeten. John Santos hit a clutch triple, while Frank Simada and Robert Lieto scored the team\u2019s last two field goals to lift CUC to the 3-point win. Eugene Manglona also helped out in CUC\u2019s fourth-quarter rally, scoring 6 of his 10 markers earlier in that period.<\/p>\n<p>Joeten collapsed in the end, as it played the second half sans Sid Quan and Ferdie Tobias was held to 2 points after a strong game in the third quarter. Quan had to leave at halftime to suit up for another team in a playoff game at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium, while Tobias made only one field goal in the final canto after sizzling for 12 in the penultimate frame.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the second game, McDonald\u2019s drew 20-point plus production from Sherwin Gaspar and Jon Macaranas to whip Best Deal\/RNV Construction.<\/p>\n<p>Gaspar had a team-high 22 points, while Macaranas chipped in 21 and their combined output offset the game-high 30 points of Andy Mortos for Best Deal\/RNV Construction.<\/p>\n<p>With Gaspar and Macaranas catching fire early, McDonald\u2019s led right from the get-go and then played even better in the second half for to win its debut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game<\/strong><br \/>\nCUC 72 \u2013 Santos 20,Manglona 10, Lieto 8, Kaipat 8, Simada 7, Poquiz 4, Camacho 4, Pestillo 4, Mira 2.<br \/>\nJoeten 69 \u2013 Lauron 23, Tobias 18, Rogolifoi 15, Quan 9, Sambile 4.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 13-21, 31-39, 54-58, 72-69.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nMcDonald\u2019s 80 \u2013 Gaspar 22, Macaranas 21, J. Achas 11, M. Achas 7, Gapor 4, Risua 4, C. Achas 2, Salinas 2.<br \/>\nBest Deal 65 \u2013 Mortos 30, Rueda 14, Odicta 6, Alfonso 6, Jumaquio 4, Nael 2, Cabalquinto 2.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 20-13, 38-33, 58-48, 80-65.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonald\u2019s and Commonwealth Utilities Corp. got off to a good start after prevailing in their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":244322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[49,15087,1436,15088],"class_list":["post-244315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cuc","tag-eugene-manglona","tag-gillette-multipurpose-gymnasium","tag-jem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244315","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=244315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}