{"id":267865,"date":"2018-01-11T06:02:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T20:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=267865"},"modified":"2018-01-11T06:02:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T20:02:04","slug":"sweep-fiesta-2nd-win-saipan-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sweep-fiesta-2nd-win-saipan-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweep for Fiesta; 2nd win for Saipan Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
Saipan Tribune\u2019s Djay Ong stretches for a layup against Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Isaiah Bordon during the first half of their game in the 2017 TanHoldings Inter-Company Basketball League last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan swept the first round of the elimination in the 2017 TanHoldings Inter-Company Basketball League, while Saipan Tribune notched its second win last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Fiesta Resort played in the curtain-raiser and improved to a 5-0 record following a 72-58 victory over Lower Base Warriors (0-5), while Saipan Tribune (2-3) withstood Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s comeback bid for a 54-47 triumph in the second game. Kanoa Resort (4-1) completed last weekend\u2019s winners list when it topped POI Aviation (3-2) in the nightcap, 64-60.<\/p>\n

Young guns Djay Ong and Hark Galarion delivered for Saipan Tribune with the former firing a game-high 22 points and the latter chipping in 15. <\/p>\n

Ong\u2019s triple and feed to Louie Calayag down to the last two minutes and change of the game bailed Saipan Tribune out after Shirley\u2019s moved within 3, 38-41. Before the near meltdown, Saipan Tribune led by as much as 17 points in the first half, 23-6, and jumped to a 13-0 start, as Shirley\u2019s showed up with only five players at the beginning of the match.<\/p>\n

Reinforcements then came in for Shirley\u2019s with Junar Guiab and John Jugos leading the squad\u2019s fightback in the second half. While Shirley\u2019s picked up its scoring in the final half, Saipan Tribune slowed down, making only a free throw, courtesy of Ong\u2019s split, in the first six minutes of that period.<\/p>\n

Shirley\u2019s continued its uphill climb in the second half and was still in the game down by 4, 47-51, with about 30 seconds left on the clock when Jugos missed a triple and Angel Catungal also faltered on his point-blank shot.<\/p>\n

After Shirley\u2019s muffed attempts, Saipan Tribune finally secured the rebound and Galarion bravely took a corner triple and nailed it in, sealing the win for his team. Before that dagger, Galarion, who knocked in two shots from downtown in the first half, missed all his four attempts from beyond the arc in the second.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fiesta worked in the second half to keep Lower Base winless.<\/p>\n

Fiesta was on top by only 3 at the break, 32-29, but when the game resumed, it asserted its dominance on offense for a 14-point winning margin.<\/p>\n

Troy Ngirarois and Wilfredo Francisco finished in twin digits for Fiesta with 14 and 11, respectively, while six of their teammates scored at least 5 markers each. William Benavente led Lower Base with his 14 points.<\/p>\n

In the final game last weekend, Kanoa Resort drew 31 points from Douglas Schmidt to top POI.<\/p>\n

Schmidt made baskets in streaks and got enough help from his teammates to foil POI\u2019s repeated comeback bids. His longest scoring run came in the first half when he tallied 13 straight points to hand Kanoa a 33-24 halftime lead. He was then held to 8 markers in the second half, but his teammates stepped up to keep Kanoa on top.<\/p>\n

Dindo Pablo added 11 points for Kanoa, 9 of them came in the second half, while Moises De Arroz, Carl Francisco, and Sonny Encarna contributed 4 points each. Jesse Santos had 18 markers on a losing effort for POI.<\/p>\n

First Game<\/strong>
\nFiesta 72 \u2014 Ngirarois 14, Francisco 11, Arreza 9, Sedillo 7, Villamena 6, Demafelix 6, Nonato 6, Esdrelon 5, Maliwanag 4.
\nLower Base 58 \u2014 W. Benavente 14, Jinang 13, Kenty 9, Echavez 8, Riungel 6, Alegre 4, Camu 3.
\nScoring by halves: 32-29, 72-58.<\/p>\n

Second Game<\/strong>
\nSaipan Tribune 54 \u2014 D. Ong 22, Galarion 15, Calayag 5, Orbeta 5, Calibo 5, J. Ong 2.
\nShirley\u2019s 47 \u2014 Jugos 17, Guiab 10, Laxa 6, Nicdao 4, Bordon 4, Catungal 2, Alonzo 2.
\nScoring by halves: 34-30, 54-47.<\/p>\n

Third Game<\/strong>
\nKanoa Resort 64 \u2014 Schmidt 31, Pablo 11, Encarna 6, Francisco 4, De Arroz 4, Joab 2, Patricio 2.
\nPOI Aviation 60 \u2014 Santos 18, Arago 10, Kaipat 7, Yu 5, Nakashima 6, Paran 5, Bait 3, Pascual 2, Delos Sanros 2, Kim 2.
\nScoring by halves: 33-24, 64-60.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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