Last season’s runner up Peched Raw took its second straight win at the expense of Ngermid Rivals, 115-62 Friday night in the ongoing 2013 season of the Shell IP&E National Basketball League (NBL) played at the Palau National gym.

Peched Raw established a 22-12 lead at the end of the opening quarter Peched Raw showed its dominance as they spurted a 36-19 output to close the first half with a 58-31 advantage.

With no resistance from the Rivals, Peched Raw sailed smoothly to score their second win with six of its players finishing in double digits. King Ngiraboi paced Peched Raw with 28 point as teammates Sunshine Soalablai, Perry Oiterong and Amando Fichmai tallied identical 14 markers, respectively. Sealing the deal for Pecher Raw were Douglas Schmidt and Traxx Mark which had 12 and 10 baskets.

On the other hand, Ngermid Rivals falls early in the depth of the team standings as they suffered their second set back as Elway Ngiraboi leading the way with 20 and Uchelas Yobech chipped in 10.

In other games, Breakers won over Idid Airwaves, 64-55; Medalaii Stingers bested 4x4 Wheelers, 66-51 and FR Spoilers defeated the Nationals 19 and Under, 20-0.

Games resume tonight with Medalaii Stingers versus Ksau Imaging Solutions at 6 p.m. while Ngermid Rivals will meet WCC Hammers at 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow night’s matches will feature 4x4 Wheelers against Breakers at 6 p.m. as Idid Airwaves will face PCC Mesekiu at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday night games will have Nationals 19 and Under taking on Ngermid Rivals at 6 p.m. while PCC Mesekiu will battle Ksau Imaging Solutions at 7:30 p.m.

Teams seeing action this season include defending champion FR Spoilers (sponsored by FR Construction), Peched (sponsored by Surangel’s Raw Surf Shop), 4x4 Wheelers (sponsored by Palau Trading Company), Ksau Imaging Solutions (sponsored by Surangel and Sons Company), Nationals 19 and Under (sponsored by IP&E Palau), WCC Hammers (sponsored by Williams Construction Company), Medalaii-Stingers (sponsored by Neco Marine and Koror State Youth Council), Idid Airwaves (sponsored by Koror State Youth Council), Ngermid Rivals (sponsored by Koror State Youth Council), PCC Mesekiu (sponsored by Palau Community College) and Breakers (sponsored by Palau Trading Company and Senator Mark Rudimch).

The tournament, which is supervised by the Palau Basketball Federation (PBF), is a tobacco, alcohol and drug free program. Any violators will be banned from participating. For more information call Topps at 488-4491.  By Peter Erick L. Magbanua (Island Times News)