Marianas High School Lady Dolphins leaned on a late five-point barrage by do-it-all swingman Werlly Quitugua to defeat Saipan South High School, 48-43, in the resumption of the 2006 Marianas Interscholastic Sports Association High School Basketball League yesterday at the MHS Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
Quitugua took over with 1:30 left on the game clock breaking a 43-all tie on a barreling drive. <\/p>\n
Thirty-one seconds later, the burly forward took a beat on the basket, called glass, and banked in a 3-pointer to make it 48-43 and the game out of reach of the Lady Rays\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n
Before Quitugua\u2019s heroics, Southern seemed poised for an upset. After scoring just a deuce in the opening 10 minutes (9-2), the Lady Mantas came back with the flurry in the second, outscoring the Lady Dolphins 14-10 and trailed by just three points, 16-19, at the half.<\/p>\n
They would make it a one-point game after three quarters of play, as center Eva Ito and speedster Henny Elayda fueled a 15-13 third canto as they only trailed 31-32 heading into the fourth and final quarter.<\/p>\n
Ito finally put Southern up by a point, 33-32, on a couple of foul shots, but Quitugua quickly reclaimed the lead on a 3-pointer with time down to 7:10.<\/p>\n
It would remain close the rest of the way until Quitigua finished off the Lady Mantas with her scoring spree at the end.<\/p>\n
She wound up with 22 points to lead the now 3-0 Lady Dolphins, which also got eight points apiece from Anne Padilla and Marlene Agbanlog. Southern (0-3) was paced by the 14 markers of Ito and 13 of Elayda.<\/p>\n
The results of the second game pitting the schools\u2019 boys teams was still not available as of press time.<\/p>\n
MHS 48 \u2013 Quitugua 22, Agbanlog 8, Padilla 8, Oiterong 6, Ermitanio 4.<\/p>\n
SSHS 43 \u2013 Ito 14, Elayda 13, Coleman 8, Omar 4. Aldan 2, Muna 2.<\/p>\n
Scoring by quarters: 9-2, 19-16, 32-31, 48-43.<\/p>\n
Referees: Joe Mettao and Jonathan Tenoio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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