Lyceum of the Philippines University is back in the semifinals.
The Pirates booked the last playoff spot after scoring a hard-fought 82-81 win against league-leader College of Saint Benilde in the NCAA 100 men's basketball tournament at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Friday. Lyceum will join Mapua University , Benilde and San Beda University in the Final Four .With 51 seconds left in the game, Gab Cometa fired a triple to cut Lyceum 's lead to one, 80-79.Renz Villegas then scored a bucket to give the Pirates an 82-79 lead with 13.
The Blazers had an opportunity to send the game to overtime as Tony Ynot found Allen Liwag inside the paint for a potential three-point play. However, Liwag missed his free throw attempt and Lyceum escaped with the victory and a ticket to the Final Four.'This our first time to lead against Benilde in early minutes, but they chased us.
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