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Lady Dolphins remain perfect, edge Southern
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Posted on Feb 27 2006
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.
Quitugua took over with 1:30 left on the game clock breaking a 43-all tie on a barreling drive.
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’ hands.
Before Quitugua’s 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.
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.
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.
It would remain close the rest of the way until Quitigua finished off the Lady Mantas with her scoring spree at the end.
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.
The results of the second game pitting the schools’ boys teams was still not available as of press time.
MHS 48 – Quitugua 22, Agbanlog 8, Padilla 8, Oiterong 6, Ermitanio 4.
SSHS 43 – Ito 14, Elayda 13, Coleman 8, Omar 4. Aldan 2, Muna 2.
Scoring by quarters: 9-2, 19-16, 32-31, 48-43.
Referees: Joe Mettao and Jonathan Tenoio.
