Susan\u2019s Catering fried New Chang Ming Market, 95-90, in the open division of the 2nd Annual Saipan Centennial Lions Basketball League last Wednesday at the Civic Center Basketball Court in Susupe.<\/p>\n
Nobody gave Susan\u2019s Catering a ghost of a chance against New Chang Ming, but the team caught a break with almost half of the latter\u2019s roster indisposed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It also helped that Matt Duenas was on fire all game long to carry most of the offense for Susan\u2019s Catering.<\/p>\n
Still with Susan\u2019s Catering taking on a skeleton squad, it saw itself down 18-20 after the first quarter before taking modest 3- and 4-point leads in the middle periods.<\/p>\n
Exceptional shotmaking by professional scorer Joseph Torres then guided them home in the 5-point win.<\/p>\n
Duenas led all scorers with 30 points, while Torres and Ronald Bernardo added 25 and 20 markers, respectively, as Susan\u2019s Catering improved to 5-4.<\/p>\n
Gerald Flores and Rodel Pastrana fired 21 and 18 points, respectively, to lead New Chang Ming, which dropped to 4-2 in the open division.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Ol\u2019Aces got a season-high 39 points from Ben Pelisamen to beat Double A Corp., 117-84, in the masters division.<\/p>\n
Pelisamen\u2019s brother, Freddie, played wingman this time and finished with 21 points as the Oleai team won its fourth game in six tries. John Jugos had 25 points and Oliver Rivera 21 but they weren\u2019t enough to save Double A from its fifth loss against a lone win.<\/p>\n
Last Monday, Susan\u2019s Catering started its upset spree by beating JTM Saipan, 92-78 (5-3). That playdate also saw Ali\u2019i win a low-scoring game against K2 Ballerz (2-5), 57-53, in the open division.<\/p>\n
The evening prior, Checkpoint International (1-8) finally nailed its first victorty after edging Socho (1-7), 88-84. Also in the open division, Puerto Rico Bento (5-3) bended Lakay (3-5) to its will, 71-54.<\/p>\n
First Game\u00a0<\/strong> Second Game<\/strong> Susan\u2019s Catering fried New Chang Ming Market, 95-90, in the open division of the 2nd…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":389985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4964],"class_list":["post-390947","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\/390947","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=390947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOl\u2019Aces 117<\/strong> \u2013 B. Pelisaman 39, F. Pelisaman 21, Libuw 14, George 13, Tudela 11, Mendiola 8, Joab 8, Rangamar 3.
\nDouble A Corp. 84<\/strong> \u2013 Jugos 24, Rivera 21, Catalla 10, Lontoc 19, Tolentino 7, Palero 6, Tenorio 6.
\nScoring by quarters:<\/strong> 29-21, 70-47, 97-65, 117-84.\u2028<\/p>\n
\nSusan\u2019s Catering 95<\/strong> \u2013 Duenas 30, Torres 25, Bernardo 20, Galarse 15, Genese 6.
\nNew Chang Ming Market 90<\/strong> \u2013 Flores 21, Pastrana 18, Gontar 14, Aranda 10, Almario 10, Santos 9, Castro 8.
\nScoring by quarters:<\/strong> 18-20, 48-45, 73-69, 95-90.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"