The Rollers and Ol\u2019Aces will face off in the finals of the U16 division of the Pacific Amusement\/NMI Rollers Youth Basketball Tournament after cruising through their respective semifinal matches last Saturday at the Koblerville Gymnasium. <\/p>\n
The Rollers outclassed the Sonics, 45-23, while the Ol\u2019Aces also won by a blowout against Tinian, 48-32. <\/p>\n
Ervin Villarin powered the Rollers past the Sonics in the semis after scoring 15 points, while Jayart Palmes and Anthony Lajara provided help, adding 9 and 8 markers, respectively.<\/p>\n
Clinging to a 19-18 lead at the halftime break, the Rollers managed to pull away in the second half, thanks to Laraja\u2019s three triples. Villarin and Steve King also contributed in the second-half assault after recording 7 points apiece. <\/p>\n
The Sonics made only two baskets in the second half, allowing the Rollers to cruise to victory. Earlier in the first half, the Sonics managed to remain afloat with Raven Francisco, Aldraine Galang, and Nathan Guanzing teaming up for 12 points. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in the other semis game, the Ol\u2019Aces triumphed against Tinian with Greg Deleon Gurerrero delivering the goods for the winning team after registering 16 points. Craig Babauta chipped in 9 points. <\/p>\n
Leo Epity had 15 points for Tinian, which got 6 markers from Ricky Cruz and 5 from Isaiah Aldan in the visiting team\u2019s failed bid to advance to the finals in the U16 age group.<\/p>\n
The Rollers and Ol\u2019Aces will dispute the division championship this Saturday.<\/p>\n
In the U14 division, it will also be the Ol\u2019Aces versus Rollers.<\/p>\n
The Ol\u2019Aces automatically entered the title game after finishing first in the preliminary round, while Rollers defeated Tinian in the battle for the second finals ticket, 54-36.<\/p>\n
Merrick Toves anchored the Rollers to the semis win after scoring 20 points, while Freddy Pelisamen contributed 14 points.<\/p>\n
George Lizama delivered 13 points for Tinian, while Wade Santos logged 6.<\/p>\n
First Game Second Game<\/strong> U14 Division<\/strong> The Rollers and Ol\u2019Aces will face off in the finals of the U16 division of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1521,4964],"class_list":["post-306491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-ol-aces","tag-second-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306491","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nU16 Division<\/strong>
\nRollers 45\u2014Villarin 15, Palmes 9, Lajara 8, King 7, Atalig 6, Tudela 2, Cruz 2.
\nSonics 23\u2014Rizo 7, Francisco 4, Galang 3, Guanzing 3, Kim 2, Bernardo 2, Sapipi 2.
\nScoring by halves: 19-18, 45-23<\/p>\n
\nOl\u2019Aces 48\u2014Deleon Guerrero 16, Craig 9, Thrino 5, Jestin 4, Darryl 3, John 3, Airson 2.
\nTinian 32\u2014Epity 15, Cruz 6, Aldan 5, Paulio 5.
\nScoring by halves: 18-12, 48-32<\/p>\n
\nRollers 54\u2014Toves 20, Pelisamen 14, Macaranas 8, Naraja 4, Piaz 3, Eugenio 2, Gotto 2, Samson 1.
\nTinian 36 \u2014Lizama 13, Santos 6, King 4, C. DelaCruz 2, Nabors 2, Cruz 2, P. Dela Cruz 1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"