{"id":393157,"date":"2023-06-06T06:03:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=393157"},"modified":"2023-06-06T06:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T20:03:20","slug":"blue-eagle-topples-top-seed-as-car-aircon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/blue-eagle-topples-top-seed-as-car-aircon\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Eagle topples top seed A\u2019s Car Aircon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_393144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-393144\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SCLC-caging-piwb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SCLC-caging-piwb.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-393144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Eagle\/Royal Pacific\u2019s De Shawn Reign, seen here pump-faking in a file photo, scored 16 points in their  74-67 win against A\u2019s Car Aircon in the masters division of the 2nd Annual Saipan Centennial Lions Basketball League last Thursday at the Civic Center Basketball Court(MARK RABAGO).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blue Eagle\/Royal Pacific upset top seed A\u2019s Car Aircon, 74-67, as the playoffs of the masters division of the 2nd Annual Saipan Centennial Lions Basketball League last Thursday at the Civic Center Basketball Court.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Eagle jumped the gun on A\u2019s Car Aircon from the get-go, as Andrew Ashburn and Melvin Villarin combined for 9 points to give them a 17-8 lead after the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>It was mammoth center De Shawn Reign and pint-sized point guard Mark Francisco\u2019s turn to puncture the hoop come the second quarter, as the duo combined for 9 points to push Blue Eagle to a 35-26 spread at the half.<\/p>\n<p>A\u2019s Car Aircon rallied at the start of the third quarter and managed to outscore Blue Eagle, 17-14, thanks to the efforts of Cecilio Bisana and Jorge De Guzman to slice their deficit to just 49-43 heading into the fourth and final canto.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Jet Jandoc saved his best for last as the lanky forward unloaded all of his 8 points and got help from Ashburn\u2019s 6 points to lead Blue Eagle to the 7-point win.<br \/>\nAshburn and Reign led Blue Eagle with 16 points apiece, while A\u2019s Car Aircon got a game-high 27 points from Bisana and 18 points from sharpshooter Bernard Montano. De Guzman wound up with 10 points also in a losing cause.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blue Eagle now takes on Blue Haus tonight starting at 7:30pm. The winner advances to the finals. The loser, meanwhile, will take on the winner of the of Ol\u2019Aces-A\u2019s Car Aircon match set also for tonight at 6pm. Blue Haus won via forfeit against O\u2019Aces last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Results of last night\u2019s matches in the open division will be reported in tomorrow\u2019s issue of <em>Saipan Tribune.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue Eagle\/Royal Pacific 74<\/strong> \u2013 Ashburn 16, Reign 16, Villarin 10, Javier 10, Jondoc 8, Francisco 7, Estolas 5, Echavez 2.<br \/>\n<strong>A\u2019s Car Aircon 67<\/strong> \u2013 Bisana 27, Montano 18, De Guzman 19, Fundador 4, Pangelinan 4, Tibayan 2, Manabat 2.<br \/>\n<strong>Scoring by quarters:<\/strong> 17-8, 35-26, 49-43, 74-67.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Eagle\/Royal Pacific upset top seed A\u2019s Car Aircon, 74-67, as the playoffs of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":393145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13604],"class_list":["post-393157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-blue-eagle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393157","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=393157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}