{"id":346896,"date":"2021-06-29T06:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T20:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=346896"},"modified":"2021-06-29T06:04:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T20:04:17","slug":"dream-teams-3-point-barrage-sinks-bb-girls-in-3x3-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dream-teams-3-point-barrage-sinks-bb-girls-in-3x3-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Team\u2019s 2-point barrage sinks BB Girls in 3×3 finale"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dream Team\u2019s Jan Travilla attempts a point-blank shot against BB Girls\u2019 Irish Pagarao in the women\u2019s championship match of the Marianas Mariana Islands Basketball League 3×3 Season 2 tournament last Sunday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium. (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dream Team was a nightmare for BB Girls in their championship match as the former went on to win the women\u2019s division of the Mariana Islands Basketball League 3×3 Season 2 tournament last Sunday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

University of Guam varsity player Jan Travilla and dribbling wiz Alliyah Fernandez connected on four from long range apiece as Dream Team wiped the floor clean of BB Girls in the winner-take-all finale, 21-8. The game was so lopsided that the Dream Team-BB Girls match was the only championship decided by the first-to-21 rule and was finished with still 1:21 left on the game clock.<\/p>\n

In 3×3, field goals inside the arc are counted as 1 point and those beyond are counted as 2 points.<\/p>\n

What made the win more impressive was Dream Team completed the wire-to-wire victory minus former CNMI national women\u2019s team mainstay Lia Rangamar, who was injured early in the game trying to save the ball from going outside on the end line.<\/p>\n

Travilla, Fernandez, and cager-turned-weightlifter Antonnette Labusa went on to dedicate the championship to Rangamar, the daughter of CNMI Hall of Fame inductee, Elias.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is all for Lia. She played great defense [throughout the tournament and] we wouldn\u2019t have made the finals without her,\u201d said Labusa.<\/p>\n

On their strategy in the finals, while Dream Team made a conscious effort to bomb away from the land of plenty, they also made sure to clamp down on BB Girls\u2019 shooters with Freddie Krueger-like ferocity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re our best 2-point shooters so we try give them the ball a lot,\u201d said Labusa, who played mostly down low with spread-out shooters Travilla and Fernandez fading to the perimeter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur strategy was to shut down their shooters and either force them to pass or take a bad shot,\u201d said Travilla, who\u2019s on Saipan for vacation. \u201cI\u2019m happy to be back. There\u2019s no place like home!\u201d<\/p>\n

Fernandez, for her part, thanked MIBL for holding another 3×3 tournament. \u201cThere should be more events like this. I feel any kind of basketball tournament will be good because since the pandemic basketball kind of died out. Having it come back like this is really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Travilla paced the champion quartet with 11 points, while Fernandez ably supporter her with 9 points of her own. Labusa provided the muscle inside and added a deuce.<\/p>\n

Madi Alegre got hot late to top-score for BB Girls with her 5 points, while Jasmine Phan and Irish Pagarao were limited to 2 and 1 points, respectively. Mikky Kautz completed the four.<\/p>\n

IT&E and Cristiano\u2019s served as the \u201cMVP\u201d sponsors of the MIBL 3×3 Season 2. Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop, Eats Easy, Hong Ye Hardware, The Angry Penne, Latte Built Gym, Hot Deals, and The Game Athletics also supported the event as \u201cAll-Star\u201d sponsors.<\/p>\n

Results of the 16-and-under s division of the MIBL 3×3 Season 2 tournament will be published in the next issue of the Saipan Tribune. Hole in the Wall won the men\u2019s open finals following a 15-11 victory over Mix Breed also Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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