POSTED BY: Eurobasket Center
The Northern Marianas are hosting the 2006 Microgames Baksetball Tournament. After three days of competition, the pool phase is over. Guam will play Kosrae and Palau will face the Marhsall Islands in the upcoming semifinals. Unfortunatly, the host nation didn't managed to reach that stage. Here is a recap of these pool games. In the pool A, Palau, Kosrae and the Northern Marianas were all tied with a 2-1 record but the CNMI was pushed out of contention because of a bad point-average. In the other pool, Guam stayed undefeated while the Marshall Islands snatched the last semifinal seat.
Pool A
Palau - Kosrae: 72-62
Sunshine Soalablai 17pts - Fred Kibby 16pts
Chuuk - CNMI: 72-106
Rudolph Daichi 21pts - Fred Pelisamen 23pts
Chuuk - Palau: 55-73
Rudpolph Daichi 14pts - Yutaka Gibbons 26pts
CNMI - Kosrae: 54-62
Fred Kibby 15pts - Mark Wallace 16pts
Kosrae - Chuuk: 84-59
Terrence Kibby 26pts - Keitani Graham 16pts
Palau - CNMI: 65-67
Reid Rikrik 19pts - Mark Wallace 21pts
Standings:
1- Palau 2-1 (+8)
2- Kosrae 2-1 (-2)
3- CNMI 2-1 (-6)
4- Chuuk 0-3
Pool B:
Guam - Marshall Isl: 63-49
Jine Han 18pts - Robert Pinho 15pts
Pohnpei - Yap: 94-82
Morri Money 24pts - JR Sonden 27pts
Pohnpei - Guam: 53-103
Anthony Thackler 17pts - Kelvin Sam 21pts
Yap - Marshall Isl: 73-74
Arthur Ruepong 16pts - Robert Pinho 22pts
Marshall Isl - Pohnpei: 77-63
Gabriel Lait 23pts - Tom Mawi 15pts
Guam - Yap: 114-76
Andrew Borja 21pts - Morri Money 19pts
Standings:
1- Guam 3-0
2- Marshall Isl 2-1
3- Pohnpei 1-2
4- Yap 0-3
Scoring Leaders:
1- Morri Money (Yap) 19.7pts
2- Robert Pinho (RMI) 19.3pts
3- Fred Kibby (Kosrae) 18.3pts
4- Gabriel Lait (RMI) 17.7pts
5- Fred Pelisamen (CNMI) 17.7pts
6- Mark Wallace (CNMI) 16.3pts
7- JR Sonden (Pohnpei) 16.3pts
8- Kelvin Sam (Pohnpei) 16.3pts
9- Erick Ruepong (Yap) 16.0pts
10- Terrence Kibby (Kosrae) 16.0pts
Semifinal shedule:
Guam - Kosrae
Palau - Marshall Islands
Classification games:
CNMI - Yap
Pohnpei - Chuuk