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Duenas leads Lady Rays past SIS Geckos in OT
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Posted on Oct 19 2011
Roxanne Duenas sparked Saipan Southern High School to a 70-62 overtime victory against Saipan International School in the girls varsity division of the Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization basketball league last Tuesday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.
The win was the second in two games for the Lady Manta Rays, while the loss evened the Lady Geckos’ record at 1-1.
SIS will look to bounce back against Kagman High School (0-1) as the season continues on Oct. 25, 4:30pm at the MHS Gym.
Results of yesterday’s game between KHS and MHS will be published tomorrow.
SIS got right to work after the tip and managed a 13-9 lead in the opening 10 minutes. Amie Hutchins paced the Lady Geckos with seven points.
SIS then trudged ahead, 30-15, at halftime as Amber Roberts and Zoe Jewell combined for 11 markers in the second quarter. Czarina Lizama led SSHS with eight points in the first half.
SSHS’ Daylinne Joseph nailed a pair of 3-pointers for eight points in the third quarter, but SIS stuck to its game plan and maintained a healthy 42-31 margin heading into the final period of regulation.
Duenas, however, had other plans and took over the game, leading SSHS to a 54-54 deadlock in the fourth quarter, forcing overtime.
Duenas tallied 16 points to go with seven in support from Joseph in the payoff period that tilted momentum to the Lady Rays’ favor.
SIS actually took an early six-point lead in the extra five minutes, but it was only a matter of time before SSHS worked the ball to Duenas and it did not take her very long to fill the void and then some.
Duenas racked up 14 more points in overtime as SSHS kept it out of reach by the final buzzer.
Duenas blew up the scoreboard with a dazzling 32 points in 20 minutes, outscoring SIS’ Hutchins by a dozen markers.
SSHS 70 – Duenas 32, Joseph 17, Lizama 12, C. Bartolo 4, Galarse 3, V Bartolo 2, Maui 2, Santos 2.
SIS 62 – Hutchins 20, Roberts 13, Jewell 12, Phala 8, Chun 5, Bracken 4.
Scoring by quarters: 9-13, 15-30, 31-42, 54-54, 70-62 (OT).
