Down by 12 points at the first period, Medaboys relied on Lasker’s 14 points, Joshua’s 16 as well as Kaeb’ 12 points and Bono’s 12 to give them a 32 – 12 run on the third quarter which gave them the lead and proved to be enough to hang on to a 2 point advantage to win against team Airwaves with a final score of 75 – 73. On that same night, Ididers was substantially to be powerful as they crushed Jaguars, 81 -65, courtesy of the long range shooting of Temol who finished with 27 points while Roddel Ramos of Jaguar scored 12 points on a loosing cause. As for the first game that Tuesday night, Rangers were able to get good 12 points from Baluyot and 14 from Jay Naguit to be victorious against team Triggerfish with an end score of 68 – 60.
With regards to the Division 1 games held Monday, February 23, Ranchers got a career high 29 points from Kinsley in a lopsided game in which Ranchers rolled over team Breakers, 85 – 66. Styxers won in overtime against Surangel courtesy of the clutch shooting and aggressive offense by Una and Wallace who top scored for their team, 38 and 20 points respectively. Then on the third game, Sam’s Sharks improved to 10 wins 2 losses after winning ten straight matches after beating team TurtleRiders, 63 – 60. Peched-Raw edged Islanders, 64 – 60, in a spoiled come back game for Oceania Allstar player Perry Oiterong who plays for team Islanders, whereas, PCC-Mesekui defeated Stingers with a final score of 89 – 74, for the games on Wednesday night. Scheduled games for the next three days are as follows; February 26, Aimleiik vs. Airwaves, Ngiwal 79ers vs. On-Fire, Ngiwal Central vs. Jaguar; February 27, PCC-Mesekui vs. Surangel, Rivals vs. Ranchers, Cardinals vs. Rangers; February 28, Meda vs. Triggerfish, PPR vs. Ngiwal 79ers.Games are played every day from Monday to Saturday were Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be set for Division 1 teams which is composed of ten teams and Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday are scheduled for Division 2 teams. The 2008 – 2009 National Basketball League is supervised by the Palau Basketball Federation and is sponsored by Shell, Palau.
