In the opening game Team Palau came up against Team Guahan in what proved to be a close game throughout. Palauheld a slender 2 point lead at the half but Guahan came back to tie the scores at 56 all at three quarter time. In the final quarter the fitness of Palau showed out as they managed a 17 – 9 scoreline to win the game 73-65. For Palau Marvic Ngchar and CJ Olerill had big games while Jason Frias and Dialo Cruz were the main contributors for Guahan.

CNMI faced the might of Guam in the 1.00am game and trailled 12-23 at the first break. Guam’s aggressive extended pressure defence and fast break offence pushed the score out to 55-19 at the long interval. From there it was all Guam as they powered to a 105-39 win over their opponents. Team CNMI came to the tournament with only 7 players and their lack of bench strength stood out in this game. Guam coach, Ruben Payumo was able to rotate his deep bench throughout the game and scoring was evenly spread around.

The first women’s game of the tournament was delayed by a power outage at the end of the previous game and saw Team Guam up against Team CNMI. Guam quickly displayed their dominence in a fast game and led by 21-6 at quarter time. CNMI managed to lift their game in the second quarter but trailled at half time by 43-19. Again the Guam coach, Jonathan Lujan was able to roate his deep bench which resulted in an even spread of points scored. Faced with a 9 player team, CNMI coach Connie Comacho was always up against it in trying to make the game close.

The two Palau teams in Palau and Belau played in the second women’s game at 3.00pm which resulted in Palau winnining comfortably against their much younger and smaller opponents. For Palau Sarabeth Ksano and Diliaur Kumaichi contribued most of the points while for Belau Patty Ucheerkemur, Kayoko Ellis and Savanah Giramur contributed best.

Guahan men had their second game of the day at 5.00pm against the Belau team. The first half was a close encounter with Guahan just ahead by 9 points at half time. In the second half the dominant pressure of the Guahan defence caused many problems for the smaller Belau team and Guahan ran away with a 88-55 win.

The final game of day one was between Palau and CNMI men with both teams having their second game for the day. With greater height but less numbers, the CNMI men stayed close throughout the first 3 quarters but the extra man power and fitness of Team Palu showed up in the 4^th quarter and Palau managed to win by 74-53.

MEN’S DIVISION RESULTS

Monday 20^th June                       G1M          Palau 73 [CJ Olkerill 26, Marvic Ngchar 21]

                                                                BEAT Guahan 65 [Jason Frias 16, Dialo Cruz 15]

                                                G2M          Guam 105 [Kurtis Silvia 17, Daniel Del Carmen 13]

                                                                BEAT CNMI 39 [Jacob Palacios 11, Ethan Manalili 8]

                                                G3M          Guahan 88 [Dialo Cruz 26, Randall Diego 19]

                                                                BEAT Belau 55 [Medermel Yaoch 18, Cody Ngiraungil 12]

                                                G4M          Palau 74 [RB Dorado 22, Marvic Ngchar 17]

                                                                BEAT CNMI 53 [Christian Mizer 22, Josephus Aguilar 11]

 

WOMEN’S DIVISION RESULTS

Monday 20^th June                            G1          Guam 86 [Alina Bonto and Janalynn San Nicolas 15 each]

                                                                   BEAT CNMI 36 [Melody Johnson 10, Rachel Abrams

                                                                  and Kaylani Lebria 6 each

                                                    G2          Palau [Sarabeth Ksano 26, Jodie Jones 18]

                                                                  BEAT Belau 18 [Trinity Misech 5, Savanah Giramur 3]

 

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