{"id":350800,"date":"2021-08-30T06:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=350800"},"modified":"2021-08-30T06:01:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:01:41","slug":"the-game-outlasts-blue-haus-in-cliffhanger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/the-game-outlasts-blue-haus-in-cliffhanger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game outlasts Blue Haus in cliffhanger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Game\u2019s Joe Sablan drives against the outstretched arm of Blue Haus\u2019 Errol Peredo in the fourth quarter of their NMI Rollers Basketball Association\u2019s Inaugural NMI Rollers Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament last Friday at the Koblerville Gymnasium. (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Game remains unscathed after nipping Blue Haus in a battle of undefeated teams in the NMI Rollers Basketball Association\u2019s Inaugural NMI Rollers Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament last Friday at the Koblerville Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

The match was tight from the get-go with both teams engaged in a low-scoring, defensive-minded contest. However, Blue Haus took the initiative early with forwards Ryan Byna and Errol Peredo feasting from all over the court to give their team a shaky 27-23 spread at halftime.<\/p>\n

But The Game continued to keep it close in the second half and slowly but surely took the momentum and then the lead from Blue Haus. Leading scorers Mac Mintac and Eric Joe finally found their stride in the final 20 minus of the ball game to catch their opponents.
\nWith Mintac bombing away from outside and Joe doing damage inside, The Game wrestled the lead from Blue Haus. They will continue to hold on the lead until a fiery rally by Blue Haus precipitated an exciting seesaw battle until the end.<\/p>\n

Blue Haus\u2019 rally culminated with a 3-pointer by captain Elmer Esdrelon at the 4:28 mark of the second half that gave them a 51-50 advantage. They would even push that to a 53-50 lead moments later on an inside stab by Byna.<\/p>\n

The Game had other plans though as they went on to outscore Blue Haus, 7-3, in the chaotic windup that was punctuated by a daredevil drive by Jeff Sagum with 29 seconds left that pegged what would be the final score. This happened, as in its next possession Blue Haus coughed the ball up when Esdrelon passed the spheroid to a phantom player on the sideline sealing their fate. <\/p>\n

Mintac led all scorers with 19 points, while Joe added 12 and 8 rebounds. Byna fired 15 markers in the loss, the first for Blue Haus, while Esdrelon chipped in 8 points.<\/p>\n

In the second game, Ol\u2019Aces rebounded from its loss to The Game last time out by drubbing Socho 77-43. Coby Santos started out like a house on fire for the victors as the national team candidate scored all of his 18 points to give Ol\u2019Aces a 36-24 lead at the halftime break.<\/p>\n

It would go from bad to worse for Socho 2 in the second half, as despite Santos and other lethal scorer Jeff Castro (12 points in the opening half) dialing down their offensive prowess, Ol\u2019Aces continued to pile on the points and the game ended in a 34-point rout.<\/p>\n

Santos was the highpoint man for Ol\u2019Aces with 18 points, while Preston Basa and Airson Atan tossed in 15 and 13 markers, respectively. Rob Smith scored 8 points to pace Socho 2 in defeat.<\/p>\n

First Game<\/strong>
\nThe Game 57<\/strong> \u2013 Mintac 19, Joe 12, Cabaltica 6, Sagum 4, Deleon Guerrero 4, Dayao 3, Arellano 3, Blake 2, Mendiola 2, Sablan 2.
\nBlue Haus 56<\/strong> \u2013 Byna 15, Esdrelon 8, Peredo 7, Guiab 7, Barbo 6, J. Santos 5, K. Santos 4, De Dios 2, Berline 2.
\nScoring by halves:<\/strong> 23-27, 57-56.<\/p>\n

Second Game<\/strong>
\nOl\u2019Aces 77<\/strong> \u2013 Santos 18, Basa 15, Atan 13, Castro 12, Onopwy 6, Schmidt 4, Rabauiliman 4, Kabiriel 2, Diaz 2.
\nSocho 2 43<\/strong> \u2013 Smith 9, Guerrero 8, Espinosa 8, Taisague 5, Pangelinan 4, Sharry 4, Fejeran 3, Phillip 2.
\nScoring by halves:<\/strong> 36-24, 77-43.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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