{"id":313618,"date":"2019-12-09T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=313618"},"modified":"2019-12-09T06:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T20:00:41","slug":"shirleys-ite-top-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-ite-top-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley\u2019s, IT&#038;E top opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_313648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313648\" style=\"width: 1298px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ufopix-4.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Matt Duenas, third left, receives the Best Player of the Game prize and is joined in the group photo by organizers of the United Filipino Organization and IT&amp;E 2019 Open and Master Basketball League last Thursday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop and IT&amp;E downed their respective foes in the United Filipino Organization and IT&amp;E 2019 Open and Master Basketball League last Thursday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<br \/>\nIn the Open Division game, Shirley\u2019s eased past Saipan Vegas, 98-70, while IT&amp;E topped Pacific Marine, 71-54, in the Masters Division match.<\/p>\n<p>Both Shirley\u2019s and IT&amp;E managed to earn double-digit margins after pulling away in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead by only 7 after the first half, 41-34, Shirley\u2019s opened a 72-48 lead going into the fourth quarter after getting contributions from young guns Jack Aranda, Matt Duenas, and Greg Sablan in the third period. Aranda scored 9 points in the pivotal third frame, while Sablan and Duenas added 8 and 7 markers, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s continued to pile up points in the fourth quarter to keep its big margin, 98-70, as Sablan and Duenas were still on target, logging 8 markers apiece in the final canto.<\/p>\n<p>Duenas finished with a game-high 23 points, while Aranda chipped in 21, and Sablan registered 19.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Natividad led Saipan Vegas\u2019 losing cause with his 21 points. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Masters Division game, Sonny Lerio scored 9 of his 19 points in the third quarter, turning a 36-27 halftime lead for IT&amp;E into a 58-39 advantage, going into the fourth period.<\/p>\n<p>IT&amp;E maintained its safe distance for a winning debut in the league.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game <\/strong><br \/>\nShirley\u2019s Coffee Shop 98\u2014Duenas 23, Aranda 21, Sablan 19, Jugos 15, Mendiola 11, Palma 5, George 2.<br \/>\nSaipan Vegas 70\u2014Natividad 21, Cristobal 13, Galarse 10, Usi 7, Tenepere 7, Sahagun 7, Del Castillo 5.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 21-13, 41-34, 72-48, 98-70. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nIT&amp;E 71\u2014Tenorio 19, Lerio 15, Joyner 8, Poquiz 7, Zapata 6, Pena 5, Viola 5, Masga 3, Bucalia 2, Ordas 1.<br \/>\nPacific Marine 54\u2014Guilas 15, Atineon 14, Isip 10, Pacman 4, Genizal 4, Ducusin 3, Mariancan 2, Landicho 2, Domingo 2.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 13-15, 36-27, 58-39, 71-54. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop and IT&amp;E downed their respective foes in the United Filipino Organization and&#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":[4964],"class_list":["post-313618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-second-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313618","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=313618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313618\/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=313618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}