GCC pulls through with 61-49 win against UOG Lady Tridents

The Women’s Basketball Club Team of the University of Guam Recreation Program, the Lady Tridents, lost to the Guam Community College team 61-49 in a Trident Women’s Basketball League game on Feb. 13 at the UOG Calvo Field House.

It was a tight defensive game for the two teams. UOG led the first quarter 17-13 with consistent shooting and rebounding on offense and defense. However, GCC led a comeback before halftime, scoring 18 points and holding UOG to 12 points during the second period to lead 31-29 at the half.

GCC then led 41-39 after the third quarter to hold a slight advantage in the close game. It was GCC's persistent scoring that took GCC to victory over UOG in the fourth quarter as GCC scored 20 points to the Tridents' 10, ending the game at 61-49.

L. Baza and I. Borja both led GCC in scoring with 14 points, and M. Cruz added 13 for GCC. Izabel Abad led the Lady Tridents with 11 points, and Momoko Ennis added nine points.

The Tridents are now 1-3 on the season while the GCC team improved to 2-2.

In the first game of the night, Team Slay held on to defeat Fuetsa Basketball Club 66-62 as Fuetsa came back from a big deficit.

Team Slay led at the end of each quarter -- with scores of 18-8, 34-24, and 50-38 -- but Fuetsa came back in the final 10 minutes to make the contest a two-point game with less than two minutes to play, but Slay made a couple of plays to hold off Fuetsa and win the game.

Mia San Nicolas led Team Slay with 33 points. Team Slay is 3-1 in the Trident League while Fuetsa fell to 2-2 on the season.

The Trident Women’s Basketball League plays again on Monday, Feb. 18, with the UOG Tridents playing Team Slay at 6:15 p.m. and GCC facing Fuetsa at 8 p.m.

View more photos from the game here.

Photos by Victor Consaga, UOG Sports Photographer