Bossing sting Hotshots to stay unbeaten in PBA Govs’ Cup

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THE Blackwater Bossing rolled to their second straight win by edging the Magnolia Hotshots, 89-81, in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup on Friday night, July 17, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Blackwater followed up its impressive 131-108 win over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in what has been a surprising start for the perennial league tail-ender.

But what is even more surprising is Magnolia, which is off to a sluggish start after absorbing another loss to fall to 0-2 (win-loss).

Kentrell Barkley tallied 26 points to lead Blackwater with 12 of his total output coming in the pivotal fourth quarter period. RK Ilagan added 20 points as the Bossing used a crucial 8-0 run in the closing minutes.

With a clean 2-0 record, Blackwater joined the Phoenix Fuel Masters at the No. 1 spot in Group B. Leading Group A are the NLEX Road Warriors and Converge FiberXers, who both have 3-0 slates.

KJ Buffen had 32 points for Magnolia, which couldn’t recover from an 86-96 loss to Phoenix last week.

THE SCORES:

BLACKWATER (89) — Barkley 26, Ilagan 20, Panopio 12, Barefield 10, Austria 5, Demusis 4, Una 4, Tratter 4, Murrell 2, David 2, Cruz-Dumont 0.

MAGNOLIA (81) — Buffen 32, Lastimosa 11, Sangalang 10, Lucero 8, Jopia 6, Barroca 6, Koon 2, Gomez de Liano 2, Dela Rosa 2, Alfaro 2, Lee 0, Andrada 0.QUARTERSCORES: 19-20, 44-38, 65-62, 89-81.(CCM)