{"id":319104,"date":"2020-03-13T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=319104"},"modified":"2020-03-13T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:00:14","slug":"shirleys-fiesta-win-opening-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-fiesta-win-opening-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley\u2019s, Fiesta win opening games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_319129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319129\" style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tanholdingspix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Junar Guiab is surrounded by D&amp;Q defenders during the second half of their game in the 2020 TanHoldings Inter-Company Basketball League last Friday at the TSL Sports Complex. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop and Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan drew first blood in the 2020 TanHoldings Inter-Company Basketball League that kicked off last Friday at the TSL Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s downed D&amp;Q in the curtain-raiser, 54-47, while Fiesta Resort defeated Saipan Tribune in the second match, 61-50.<\/p>\n<p>John Jugos stepped up in Shirley\u2019s opener after scoring 26 points, while Junar Guiab also finished in twin digits adding 16. <\/p>\n<p>Jugos delivered 11 of Shirley\u2019s first 13 points in the second half to help the team battle back from a 21-23 deficit in the first half. Guiab also scored majority of his points in the second half, making 10, including three free throws that secured the victory for Shirley\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>In the other match in the opening week, Fiesta Resort led from start to finish en route to the 11-point winning margin.<\/p>\n<p>Team captain Elmer Esdrelon paced Fiesta with his 13 points, while new recruit Marlon De Dios contributed 12. Arjay Nonato, Fradel Sedillo, and Ronnie Labadan combined for 23 markers for Fiesta Resort\u2019s balance scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Sedillo registered all his 8 points in the first half, handing Fiesta Resort an early double-digit spread, 23-12. Five other Fiesta Resort players hit the board in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Esdrelon, who was held to a free throw in the first half, redeemed himself in the second, knocking in two triples and three more field goals to give Fiesta Resort a good start.<\/p>\n<p>Young guns Merrick Toves and Matthew Ong had 14 points each on a losing effort for Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Game<\/strong><br \/>\nShirley 54\u2014Jugos 26, Guiab 16, Abella 4, Catungal 4, Alonzo 2, Salilin 2.<br \/>\nD&amp;Q 47\u2014Riungel 11, Fujihira 10, Manglona 9, Muna 6, Camu 4, Benavente 3, King 3.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 21-23, 54-47.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Game<\/strong><br \/>\nFiesta Resort 61\u2014Esdrelon 13, De Dios 12, Nonato 9, Sedillo 8, Labadan 6, Quizon 4, Obmerga 3, Demafelix 2, Gracia 2, Suba 2.<br \/>\nSaipan Tribune 50\u2014Toves 14, Ong 14, Pagarao 10, Ocanada 4, Dela Torre 4, Villaluna 2.<br \/>\nScoring by halves: 23-12, 61-50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop and Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan drew first blood in the 2020&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":308649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4963,4964],"class_list":["post-319104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-first-game","tag-second-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319104","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=319104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319104\/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=319104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}