{"id":275748,"date":"2018-05-10T06:02:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=275748"},"modified":"2018-05-10T06:02:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:02:56","slug":"contrasting-victories-for-saints-olaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/contrasting-victories-for-saints-olaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Contrasting victories for Saints, Ol\u2019Aces"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_275749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275749\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mibfpix-2.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-275749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Saints defenders swarm Ol\u2019Aces Extra\u2019s Nak Nakashima during the first quarter of their game in the MIBF island-wide caging last Monday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gynmnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Saints and Ol\u2019Aces prevailed in the pair of matches in the men\u2019s division of the 2018 MIBF Island-wide Basketball League last Monday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>In the curtain-raiser, the Saints pulled off a 60-55 win over the Ol\u2019Aces Extra, while in the second game, the Ol\u2019Aces walloped the 670 Sonics, 101-71.<\/p>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces won the battle of undefeated teams after pulling away in the second quarter, which started  with the 670 Sonics facing only a 9-point deficit, 11-20. Marvin Rabauliman led the Ol\u2019Aces\u2019 second-period surge, dropping 13 of his 15 points to hand their team a commanding 56-25 advantage, as the former CNMI National Team member nearly matched the entire output of their opponent in that canto.<\/p>\n<p>Coby Santos also scored in twin digits in the second frame, making 11 to lift the Ol\u2019Aces to a 31-point halftime edge.<\/p>\n<p>The 670 Sonics never recovered from thereon, as only Matt Due\u0144as hit baskets in streak for the losing squad. Due\u0144as led all scorers with his 32 markers, while only two of his teammates posted double figures and their baskets came when the Ol\u2019Aces were in full control of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The Ol\u2019Aces had six players recording twin digits in scoring with Jeff Deleon Guerrero pacing the team with his 20 points. Three other Ol\u2019Aces players combined for 19 more markers for the squad\u2019s balance offense.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the first game, the Saints played better in the second half to steal the win from the Ol\u2019Aces Extra.<\/p>\n<p>The Saints leaned on young guns Dixon Kwon and Shane Deleon Guerrero to fight back in the final half of the match. Kwon had a game-high 20 points, while Deleon Guerrero chipped in 11.<\/p>\n<p>The Saints\u2019 1-2 punch scored the team\u2019s last 5 points in the third period, turning a 24-32 halftime deficit to a 46-44 lead, going into the fourth quarter.  The Saints then hung on to the driver\u2019s seat in the fourth to post their second win this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game<\/strong><br \/>\nSaints 60 \u2014 Kwon 20, S. Deleon Guerrero 11, Reyes 8, Brennan 6, Palacios 4, J. Deleon Guerrero 4, Ada 4, Diaz 3.<br \/>\nOl\u2019Aces Extra 55 \u2014 Je. Santos 13, L. Rangamar 12, Jo. Santos 5, Rogolifoi 4, Berline 4, Moses 4, Ogumoro 4, E. Rangamar 4.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 12-23, 24-32, 46-44, 60-55.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nOl\u2019Aces 101 \u2014 Deleon Guerrero 20, Santos 16, Aiferson 15, Rabauliman 15, Basa 11, Schmidt 7, Siech 6, Blake 6, Sablan 4.<br \/>\n670 Sonics 71 \u2014 M. Duenas 32, Rafols 11, Ngeskebei 10, Fidelino 5, E. Duenas 5, Rabasto 4, Ordona 2.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 20-11, 56-25, 85-50, 101-71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saints and Ol\u2019Aces prevailed in the pair of matches in the men\u2019s division of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":275749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14873,8287,20569,4964],"class_list":["post-275748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-coby-santos","tag-jeff-deleon-guerrero","tag-ol-aces-extra","tag-second-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275748","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=275748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}