{"id":411370,"date":"2024-07-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=411370"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Islander-Rent-A-Car-Yuman-undefeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Islander-Rent-A-Car-Yuman-undefeated\/","title":{"rendered":"Islander Rent A Car, Yuman undefeated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islander Rent A Car and GMP x Yuman are both undefeated with identical 4-0 win-loss records in the Destroyers Basketball Club Invitational Basketball League 2024 after their games at the Gillette Multi-Purpose Gymnasium last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Islander Rent A Car team barely escaped the clutches of Savemore, 70-68.<\/p>\n<p>It was a close game in the end, but Islander Rent A Car\u2019s Frank Ferrer opened the game with 5 quick points. He stayed hot and went on to score more and was complemented by teammate Webb Gontar, who also attacked the basket with aggressiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Nikko Mejarito joined in on the mix and fired three back-to-back points as Savemore tried to play catchup.<\/p>\n<p>Islander Rent A Car had a good enough lead at the half, 40-32. However, Savemore served up some points as they were led by Daryll Foronda and Alex Lauron.<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end though, it all boiled down to crucial plays at the free throw line, with Islander Rent A Car\u2019s Ferrer solidifying himself the hero with two straight baskets for just a 2-point lead, 70-68.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer put up the most markers for Islander Rent A Car at 17, while Gontar and Mejarito mirrored each other at 13 points.<\/p>\n<p>For Savemore, Foronda and Lauron both put up twin 20 points and carried the team on their shoulders, while Mark Malinay scored nine and Kristian David put up seven.<\/p>\n<p>In GMP x Yuman\u2019s game that morning, they deconstructed Jacob\u2019s Bakeshop, 91-73. In other results, Star Water drowned Saipan Tigers, 70-65, and Team Underground crushed Triskelion, 81-73.<\/p>\n<p>In the standings behind Yuman and Islander Rent A Car are Savemore, Team Underground, and Star Water at 2-2 each. Saipan Tigers and Jacob\u2019s Bakeshop have a 1-3 record, while Triskelion have yet to win at four losses.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the concurrent Destroyers Friendly Games League 2024 also played at the Gillette Multi-Purpose Gymnasium, Vizion Insurance and Bio Pro will go head-to-head in the finals this Sunday, July 28, at 5pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Islander Rent A Car 70 \u2013<\/strong> Ferrer 17, Gontar 13, Mejarito 13, Santiago 6, Directo 4, Velasco 4, Dinglasan 4, Yanto 3, Villocero 2, Agustin 2, Broncano 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Savemore 68 \u2013<\/strong> Foronda 20, Lauron 20, Malinay 9, David 7, Natividad 5, Jandoc 4, Lucero 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scoring by halves:<\/strong> 40-32, 70-68.<\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/ff1b3783bb0ed6d736a17e9d10baebd8.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>File photo shows Islander Rent A Car&#8217;s Jonathan Broncano going up for a layup during a game in the Destroyers Basketball Club Invitational Basketball League 2024 at the Gillette Multi-purpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/01889c3959d74ae40d3ec136f26dd9da.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>File photo shows Raymond Velasco trying to push past a Savemore defender during their game in the Destroyers Basketball Club Invitational Basketball League 2024 at the Gillette Multi-purpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islander Rent A Car and GMP x Yuman are both undefeated with identical 4-0 win-loss&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411370","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}