The San
Sebastian Golden Stags forces a three way tie for the last seat in the final
four after they dominated the Perpetual Help Altas 80-60.
San
Sebastian’s Michael Calisaan along with Regille Ilagan had 21 points with 10
rebounds and 23 points respectively. The Golden Stags was able to finish the
elimination round with 9-9 record with 30+ average giving them an edge over
Letran and Arellano in the playoff ranking.
Meanwhile GJ Ylagan had 16 points to lead the
Altas in their last game for season 93, Prince Eze added 12 points and 10
rebounds, Flash Sadiwa added 11 points, while Jeff Coronel had 10 markers.
In the
final match of the elimination round, the Lyceum of the Philippines University
Pirates breaks off records in the NCAA, barging in to the finals after sweeping
the elimination round at 18-0 after beating the San Beda Red Lions 107-105
after a grueling double overtime game.
Mike
Nzeusseu came up big for the Pirates with 27 points and 20 rebounds, CJ Perez
meanwhile added 20 points for Lyceum in this sweep.
Donald
Tankoua’s career best of 34 points and 13 rebounds wasn’t able to give San Beda
the upset ax they needed to stop the sturdy Pirates, Javee Mocon added another double-double
after producing 14 points and 14 rebounds, meanwhile Robert Bolick and Clint
Doliguez added 16 and 13 points respectively for the Red Lions as they go down
16-2.
The
Semifinals of the Men’s Basketball tournament of the 93rd season of
the NCAA will be long as it will begin with the Letran vs Arellano playoff
match wherein the winner will face San Sebastian for the final slot in the
final four, after that the winner of the battle for fourth will face JRU and
then the winner of that match will face the twice to beat San Beda, and lastly
the winner of the #3 vs #2 will face the thrice to beat Lyceum in the finals.
That will
be a long semifinals full of knockout matches, every game counts, this will be
interesting and tight.
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