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Since La Salle, Ateneo and UE finished the eliminations with identical 10-4 cards, the quotient system was used. La Salle emerged with the best quotient among the three, so UE and Ateneo figured for a one-game playoff for the third seed. The winner will face the second seed, while the loser will face the first seed.
Ateneo–La Salle rivalry Ateneo and La Salle in UAAP Season 86 basketball Sports Various Location Philippines Teams Ateneo Blue Eagles De La Salle Green Archers First meeting 1924 (NCAA) Latest meeting October 26, 2024 (UAAP) Stadiums Araneta Coliseum Mall of Asia Arena Statistics Most wins Ateneo (basketball, 56–41) Largest victory Ateneo: 25 points, 80–55 (September 14, 1996) La Salle ...
Referees Allan Dasal, Allan Baria, and Dennis Escaros were suspended for three weeks for "failure to enforce the rules of the game" and conduct "disruptive to the integrity of the game" on the first round games between UP vs. FEU, La Salle vs. Adamson, and Ateneo vs. UE. All three referees also failed their respective referee game report cards ...
In the third quarter, FEU pounced La Salle into a corner with a five-point lead but La Salle cut the deficit by three points, 54–51, heading into the final period. In the fourth quarter, the Tamaraws were trying to pull away while the Green Archers were trying to catch up. La Salle eventually crept up tying the game and regained the lead.
With a 14–0 sweep giving them a bye up to the best-of-3 finals, La Salle won their first thirteen games; their last game was against arch rival Ateneo. The two teams were locked 43–all when Wesley Gonzales, Rich Alvarez, Larry Fonacier and Andrew Cruz engineered a 21–3 run to put Ateneo up 64–46 with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.
La Salle's Mark Cardona scored 13 points to give the Green Archers a 41–34 lead early in the game. Early in the third quarter, La Salle scored eight unanswered baskets to give them a 15-point lead; later in the quarter, Ateneo's top scorer JC Intal, who was suffering from fever, fouled out with six points.
Both UP and La Salle won the semifinals match-ups, setting up a rematch from last year's finals. For the fourth consecutive season, the men's basketball finals series lasted 3 games - the longest so far for the tournament in UAAP Final Four history. UP defeated La Salle to win their 4th men's championship.
Hosted by De La Salle University, the Ateneo Blue Eagles defeated the De La Salle Green Archers in the finals defending their first UAAP men's basketball championship: it was the first UAAP finals series for the Ateneo–La Salle rivalry that originated in the NCAA (Philippines).