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By Robert Balajadia
The 2014 GDOE-IIAAG Middle School All-Island Basketball Tournament’s losers bracket quarterfinals played out Tuesday night at the Tamuning gym where the IMS Warriors took out the Untalan Wildcats and the St. John’s Knights easily defeated the Jose Rios Voyagers.
IMS Warriors 47, Untalan Wildcats 35
Warriors’ Napu San Luis poured in 27 points and shouldered the load late in the second half to pull away from the Wildcats after the Wildcats fought back from a double-digit lead.
The Warriors grabbed a 22-12 lead at the half, but the Wildcats were quick to get back in the game after relentlessly attacking the basket. Tahj Salas scored back-to-back buckets for the Wildcats to cut the lead 23-17 minutes into the second half.
After a forcing two turnovers, Salas attacked the rim to tie the game at 25 and followed up on the next possession giving the Wildcats their first lead of the game, 27-25.
With the score tied at 29, San Luis began to takeover stripping the ball and converting on the fast break layup to give IMS the lead 31-29. San Luis continued to attack the rim getting to the foul line to extend the IMS lead. While there, San Luis was able to grab his own rebound off a missed free throw while hitting a layup to further the lead 35-29.
San Luis grabbed two consecutive steals that led to two straight buckets getting the score up to 41-33 putting the game out of reach.
The Warriors set up a semifinals match against the BMS Roadrunners at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, who were the top team in the GDOE middle school basketball league and the top seed in the tournament.
St. John’s 42, Jose Rios 27
Knight’s Michael Min grabbed control of the game from the early going and never let it go.
Min finished with 16 points, but was the floor general for the Knights igniting fast breaks and creating matchup problems on defense. Min scored five of Knight’s first 12 points, matching the Voyagers total in the opening minutes.
Min hit a pull-up jumper with no time left on the shot clock over a Voyagers defender right before the half ended with the Knights heading into halftime up 24-11.
The Knights continued to push the pace in the second half as Min and teammate Takumi Simon tacked on three point jumpers to go up by 24 points, leading 38-14 with three minutes left in the game.
The Voyagers fought hard in the final going with Cloyd Rosas netting two buckets ending the game on a 13-2 run to final the score 42-27.
The Knights will play the FBLG Hawks at 6:30 p.m. in the Semifinals on Thursday.


GPS Sports Calendar
February 2023
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for January
1st
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
2nd
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
4th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Events for February
6th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
7th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
8th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
9th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
10th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL FINALS
Events for February
12th
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 2
Events for February
13th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
14th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
15th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
16th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
17th
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
18th
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2K/5K
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
Events for February
20th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
21st
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
22nd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
23rd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
24th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
Events for February
24th
Events for February
25th
Events for February
27th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
Events for February
28th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS

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