Magnolia bars Bolts from playoffs, 94-65

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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Sunday, February 25, 2018
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MANILA – Magnolia Hotshots finally broke its slump in out-of-town games with a 94-65 victory over Meralco Bolts in the PBA Philippine Cup yesterday at the Xavier University gym in Cagayan de Oro City.

Paul Lee posted 21 points, including three 3-point conversions, while Ian Sangalang added 12 for Hotshots (8-3) to capture one of the two twice-to-beat incentives in the conference.

Bolts (4-7) bowed out of contention for the playoffs. Chris Newsome helped Meralco put up a fight with 13 points while Joseph Sedurifa chipped in with career-high 10 markers.

“Four-game losing skid na kami sa out-of-town games so ginawa lang namin para maka-get over the hump,” said Hotshots head coach Chito Victolero.

“This is a very important win also since its solidified our chances doon sa top two,” he added.

From a tightly contested opening quarter, Hotshots started to pull away in the second frame with conversions from Lee, Marc Pingris and Sangalang for a 44-32 lead at the half.

Bolts made a run early in the third to trim the deficit to as low as 10 points but Hotshots relied on hot shooting from Lee and a basket by Riego Gamalinda to raise the lead 66-45.

Meralco made its last push in the final quarter but Lee kept it at bay with consecutive baskets as Hotshots headed to its largest lead in the match 94-63 on hits from Gryann Mendoza and Robbie Herndon./PN
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