NCAA: Perpetual stuns Lyceum with Prinze Eze's timely follow-up

(UPDATED) Perpetual Help relied on Prinze Eze's late tip-in as it stunned Lyceum of the Philippines University, 83-81, on Friday and foiled a sweep in the 94th NCAA basketball tournament at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

With the game tied at 81-all, Eze caught the three-point attempt by teammate Tonton Peralta that hit nothing but air.

He tapped the ball back to the basket just as the final buzzer sounded, and the Altas snared their seventh win against five defeats.

With the win, Perpetual kept their Final Four hopes alive.

They also denied the Pirates a sweep for the second straight season and dropped to their first setback after 12 straight victories.

While Eze hit the biggest shot of all, it was Edgar Charcos who paved the way for it as he scored four points in a row to tie the showdown at 81.

Charcos, on his second game after missing three due to a knee injury, finished with 20 points.

The scores:

UPHSD (83) - Eze 25, Charcos 20, Coronel 11, Aurin 10, Jimenez 8, Peralta 7, Magalino 2, Cuevas 0, Pasia 0.

LPU (81) - Marcelino JC. 16, Nzeusseu 14, Ayaay 13, Perez 11, Pretta 9, Santos 6, Caduyac 5, Valdez 4, Marcelino JV. 3, Ibañez 0, Yong 0, Serrano 0, Tansingco 0.

Quarterscores: 19-20, 39-43, 60-68, 83-81

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