{"id":353240,"date":"2021-10-08T06:02:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=353240"},"modified":"2021-10-08T06:02:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:02:39","slug":"playoff-pairings-set-in-ms-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/playoff-pairings-set-in-ms-hoops\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff pairings set in MS hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hopwood Middle School 2\u2019s Kialeen Leemarvin takes a look at the basket before making a shot during their game against Tanapag Middle School in the IT&E Interscholastic Basketball League last Wednesday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The IT&E Interscholastic Girls Middle School Basketball League will enter its playoff round starting today after concluding its round-robin phase last Wednesday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Grace Christian Academy garneted the No. 1 spot after going 7-0. The Lady Eagles will face Tanapag Middle School, which has failed to win a game so far this season. Hopwood Middle School 2 is seeded No. 2 after finishing with a 6-1 record and will square off against sister team and seventh seed Hopwood 1 (2-5). No. 3 Francisco M. Sablan Middle School (5-2) will challenge No. 6 Mt. Carmel School (2-5), while Dandan Middle School (4-3) will test the mettle of Saipan Community School (2-5) in a No. 4-No. 5 matchup.<\/p>\n

The Lady Tsunamis, Lady Knights, and Lady Hilitais 1 all finished with identical win-loss records, but the former had a superior quotient and Hopwood 1 had the most inferior quotient.<\/p>\n

In games played Wednesday, DMS closed the regular season on a high note with a 19-2 over Hopwood 1 in the first game. Priscilla Tomokane led the team with 9 points.<\/p>\n

FMS scored win No. 4 with a 14-3 thrashing of SCS. Sierra Manahane was the highest pointer in the game with 6 points.<\/p>\n

The third game then saw Hopwood 2 keep Tanapag winless with a 30-4 victory. Kialeen Leemarvin continued her hot-scoring spree with 8 markers.<\/p>\n

FMS then then formally secured the third spot with a 11-9 nipping of Mt. Carmel. Tenaesha Diaz paced the team with 9 points.<\/p>\n

First Game
\nDMS 19<\/strong> \u2013 Tomokane 9, Reyes 4, George 2, Yamada 2.<\/p>\n

HMS 1 2<\/strong> \u2013 Ferrer 2.<\/p>\n

Scoring by halves:<\/strong> 9-0, 19-2.<\/p>\n

Second Game
\nFMS 14<\/strong> \u2013 Manahane 6, Saralu 4, Shorey 2, Taisakan 2.<\/p>\n

SCS 3 \u2013 Bacani 3.<\/p>\n

Scoring by halves: 6-2, 14-3 <\/p>\n

Third Game
\nHMS 2 30 <\/strong>\u2013 Leemarvin 8, Daikichy 6, Sonoda 4, Saures 2, Christopher 2, Manas 2, Lisua 2, Taisague 2, Yleisa 2.<\/p>\n

TMS 4 \u2013 Camacho 3.<\/p>\n

Scoring by halves: 20-2, 30-4.<\/p>\n

Fourth Game
\nFMS 11 <\/strong>\u2013 Diaz 9, Taisakan 2.<\/p>\n

MCS 9 <\/strong>\u2013 Estella 4, Pangelinan 3, Backe 2.<\/p>\n

Scoring by halves:<\/strong> 9-6, 11-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IT&E Interscholastic Girls Middle School Basketball League will enter its playoff round starting today…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":353244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23530,1181],"class_list":["post-353240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-hms","tag-mcs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353240","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}