{"id":265238,"date":"2017-11-27T06:04:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T20:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=265238"},"modified":"2017-11-27T06:04:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T20:04:48","slug":"white-haus-team-sawi-enter-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/white-haus-team-sawi-enter-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"White Haus, Team Sawi enter semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
White Haus\u2019 Darwin Barbo, right, is hounded by Tropang Ridhors\u2019 Ken Viray, left, and Mike Surima during the third quarter of their playoff game in the IT&E-sponsored Ali\u2019i Blue Haus caging last Saturday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The semis cast in the 2nd Ali\u2019i Blue Haus Invitational Basketball League is now complete after Team Sawi and White House eliminated their respective playoff foes last Saturday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

The No. 6 seed Team Sawi earned the third Final Four berth following a 79-70 upset over the third-ranked Black Mamba, 79-70, while No. 5 White Haus got the fourth and last semis ticket after ousting No. 4 Tropang Ridhors, 91-85.<\/p>\n

Darwin Barbo anchored White Haus\u2019 victory, as he exploded for 45 points, including three clutch free throws that sealed the team\u2019s spot to the semifinals. Arjay Nonato also scored in double figures with 15, 5 of them came in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter to help White Haus foil Tropang Ridhors\u2019s comeback bid.<\/p>\n

Barbo broke loose in the third quarter as he fired 15 points and handed White Haus a 13-point advantage, 69-56. Before the White Haus big man\u2019s show in the penultimate frame, his squad was only up by 4 at the break, 46-42. He drilled 9 straight points in the early part of the pivotal third and had another string of points (6) late in that canto to halt Tropang Ridhors\u2019 rally.<\/p>\n

Tropang Ridhors moved within 7, 52-59, after falling behind by as much as 14, 45-59, behind Junar Guiab and Ken Viray\u2019s baskets. However, Barbo stopped than run when he made three charities off a Joy Dayrit technical free throw and a regular foul from Guiab. Then Nonato finished things off for White Haus in the third frame, scoring the squad\u2019s last 4 points to bring their lead back to twin digits, entering the final canto.<\/p>\n

In the fourth quarter, Tropang Ridhorse made one final push to mount a comeback with Guiab, Viray, and Reggie Yoshisawa teaming up. However, Barbo was there to keep the ship steady and lead White Haus to the semifinals.<\/p>\n

In the semis this Wednesday, White Haus will duel the top-ranked Batang Bear Brand in the first game at 6pm. In the second Final Four pairing at 7:30pm, Team Sawi will challenge No. 2 Silencer.<\/p>\n

The trio of Brendon Talania, J.R. Concepcion, and Ehroll Peredo made it possible for Team Sawi to pull off an upset over Black Mamba and advance to the semifinals. Talania had a game-high 29 points, while Concepcion and Peredo chipped in 20 and 18, respectively. They outgunned Chris Lansang, Alex Lauron, and White Capalad, 67-61.<\/p>\n

Talania scored 9 of his total markers in the fourth quarter, which started with Team Sawi still down by 5, 55-60. Talania nearly matched Black Mamba\u2019s output in the fourth quarter, as the higher-seeded team was held to five field goals. Concepcion backed up Talania in the fourth, adding 8 markers, 6 of them came from downtown, while Peredo, Emerson Malaqui, and Joseph Galulu also scored in the final canto for Team Sawi. <\/p>\n

Only three players hit the board for Black Mamba in the fourth quarter meltdown.<\/p>\n

First Game<\/strong>
\nTeam Sawi 79 \u2014 Talania 29, Concepcion 20, Peredo 18, Malaqui 9, Factor 2, Galulu 2.
\nBlack Mamba 70 \u2014 Lansang 22, Lauron 20, Capalad 19, Odicta 6, Salazar 2, Ibanez 1.
\nScoring by quarters: 13-17, 35-38, 58-60, 79-70.<\/p>\n

Second Game<\/strong>
\nWhite Haus 91 \u2014 Barbo 45, Nonato 15, Tabora 10, Quizon 9, Mateo 6, Ocampo 4.
\nTropang Ridhors 85 \u2014 Guiab 23, Viray 21, Morales 12, Yoshisawa 9, Dayrit 9, Acosta 9, Claveria 2.
\nScoring by quarters: 28-27, 46-42, 69-56, 91-85.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The semis cast in the 2nd Ali\u2019i Blue Haus Invitational Basketball League is now complete…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":265245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18538,1436,18382,18383],"class_list":["post-265238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-black-mamba","tag-gillette-multipurpose-gymnasium","tag-team-sawi","tag-white-haus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265238","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=265238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}