Both La Salle and Perpetual finished tied at 4-2 in Group A, but the Green Archers advanced to the quarterfinals due to a superior quotient.
Juneric Baloria exploded for 43 points as the Altas came back from 16 points down in the fourth quarter, 57-73, to upset the Archers. But the effort went for naught as the Altas needed to win by at least five points to advance to the next round.
The Tamaraws, who topped Group B at 6-0, came out firing early as Mike Tolomia sizzled with 26 points built on a 9-of-14 shooting clip, including a perfect 4-of-4 from three-point range, aside from dishing out 10 assists.
Mac Belo and Roger Pogoy also got into the scoring mix to help lift the Tamaraws past the Red Lions.
The knockout quarterfinals get going tomorrow with Cebu’s Southwestern University (5-1) battling Jose Rizal University (4-2) at 2 p.m. Group C topnotcher Centro Escolar University (6-0) tackles Lyceum (4-2) at 4 p.m.
The scores:
First Game
FEU 89—Tolomia 26, Belo 14, Pogoy 10, Jose 8, David 7, Iñigo 6, Ru. Escoto 5, Cruz 4, Hargrove 4, Tamsi 3, Ri. Escoto 2, Dennison 0, Denila 0, Lee Yu 0, Ugsang 0, Delfinado 0.
SAN BEDA 79—Adeogun 21, Koga 15, Tongco 10, Dela Cruz 8, Mocon 6, D. Semerad 6, Ludovice 5, Amer 4, Pascual 4, Mendoza 0, Abatayo 0, Cabanag 0, Solera 0.
Quarters: 24-13, 48-35, 71-55, 89-79