{"id":308892,"date":"2019-09-27T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=308892"},"modified":"2019-09-27T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T20:00:26","slug":"rnv-construction-beats-ite-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rnv-construction-beats-ite-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"RNV Construction beats IT&#038;E Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_308898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308898\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/one-pacificpix-5.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RNV Constructions\u2019 Ronald Rueda takes off for a shot during  an earlier game against Tsingtao in the 2019 One Pacific Promotional Basketball League at the Civic Center Court. Rueda scored 21 points in RNV\u2019s 75-71 victory over IT&amp;E Dark last Tuesday. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>RNV Construction defeated IT&amp;E Dark, 75-71, in their make-up game in the 2019 One Pacific Promotional Basketball League last Tuesday at the Civic Center Court.<\/p>\n<p>The win gave RNV a 4-2 record, keeping its playoff hopes alive, as the team moved up to No. 6 spot in the team standings.  IT&amp;E Dark fell to a 4-6 mark, dropping to No. 8 in the rankings. The Top 8 squads (out of the 12 teams) after the round-robin elimination will move into the playoffs<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Rueda scored 21 points for RNV, including a clutch triple that helped his team regain the lead, 71-69. Andy Mortos and Ariel Baul added one field goal apiece to seal the deal for RNV. Mortos finished with 16 points, while Baul had 7, 5 of them came in the fourth quarter where IT&amp;E Dark threatened to steal the victory from RNV.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth period started with RNV hanging on to a 55-51 lead, which IT&amp;E Dark overhauled after making four triples in the final canto. IT&amp;E grabbed the upper hand, 69-68, but its stay on the driver\u2019s seat was short-lived, as Rueda came to RNV\u2019s rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Rueda managed to top-score for RNV despite making only one basket in the first quarter that ended with his squad ahead by only a deuce, 15-13. Rueda then added 5 in the second period, which belonged to Mortos, as the RNV forward drilled 9 points to increase their lead to 6 at halftime, 39-33.<\/p>\n<p>RNV went on to keep its advantage in the third with Rueda scoring 9 of their last 12 points in the penultimate frame.<\/p>\n<p>RNV Construction 75\u2014Rueda 21, Mortos 16, Padolina 10, Odicta 8, Baul 7, Biscocho 6, Taraya 4, Tagle 2.<br \/>\nIT&amp;E Dark 71\u2014Devero 18, Chan 14, Cabanas 10, Aguon 9, Alegre 8, Cabrera 7, Garcia 2, Basco 2.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 15-13, 39-33, 55-51, 75-71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNV Construction defeated IT&amp;E Dark, 75-71, in their make-up game in the 2019 One Pacific&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":308649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308892","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=308892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}