{"id":285585,"date":"2018-09-28T06:02:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=285585"},"modified":"2018-09-28T06:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:02:57","slug":"mjd-pounds-kanoa-pacific-postal-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mjd-pounds-kanoa-pacific-postal-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"MJD pounds Kanoa; Pacific Postal wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_285586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285586\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/emonpix-3.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-285586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Postal Plus players sandwich Armatech\u2019s Alex Lauron during the rebound play in the first game in the IT&amp;E Emon Lodge caging last Sunday at the Koblerville Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pacific Postal Plus battled back from its opening day loss, while MJD Warriors won its season debut in the IT&amp;E Emon Masonic Lodge No. 179 Mixed Masters Brotherhood Basketball League last Wednesday at the Koblerville Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>MJD debuted against Kanoa Krushers and coasted to a 92-44 win, while Pacific Postal Plus, which fell to Armatech in last Sunday\u2019s opener, was pitted against Imperial Pacific in the second match and prevailed, 58-51. Imperial Pacific absorbed its second straight loss in as many games, as it also bowed to Pacific Islands Club Saipan last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Odicta helped Pacific Postal make it to the win column after scoring a team-high 16 points. Jon Broncano also finished in double figures for Pacific Postal, adding 12. <\/p>\n<p>Pacific Postal held Imperial Pacific to single-digit scoring in the first quarter to take a 14-9 lead and never relinquished the upper hand, as Odicta and Broncano\u2019s teammates also contributed to the squad\u2019s cause. <\/p>\n<p>In the first game, the opening quarter was close with MJD ahead by only a deuce, 18-16, but the winning squad began controlling the match in the second canto en route to the lopsided victory.<\/p>\n<p>Jun Tabora, Jack Aranda, and Jaymar De Guzman led the second-period breakaway, as they combined for 23 points to hand MJD a 45-29 halftime edge.  De Guzman tallied MJD\u2019s last 9 points in the pivotal second frame and finished the half with 12. The former Saipan Southern High School standout ended up with a game-high 20 markers.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge De Guzman and Aranda chipped in 22 more markers for MJD, which draw 8 points each from Tabora, Cecilio Bisana, and Ben Lisua.  Ramsa Tenepere was the lone double-figure scorer for the hapless Kanoa after logging 13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game<\/strong><br \/>\nMJD Warriors  92 \u2014 Ja. De Guzman 20, Jo. De Guzman 12, Aranda 10, Usi 9, Bisana 8, Lisua 8, Tabora 8, Dayrit 6, Sampang 2, Mungcal 2.<br \/>\nKanoa Krushers 44 \u2014 Tenepere 13, Lumauag 6, Pablo 6, Quintip 4, Sedillo 4, Belgado 4, Bata 2, Fejeran 2.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 18-16, 45-29, 69-35, 92-44.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nPacific Postal Plus 58 \u2014 Odicta 16, Broncano 12, Agbanlog 6, Usi 5, Ordus 4, Vallo 4, Pineda 2, Mortos 2, Bonto 1.<br \/>\nImperial Pacific 51 \u2014 Makabenta 21, Cruzada 9, Odvina 7, Peladra 5, Bornales 3, Ambe 3, Mabunga 3.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 14-9, 28-20, 41-33, 58-51.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Postal Plus battled back from its opening day loss, while MJD Warriors won its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":285586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1091,2375,7367,22774],"class_list":["post-285585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-imperial-pacific","tag-jorge-de-guzman","tag-mjd","tag-pacific-postal-plus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285585","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=285585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}