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Lyceum clamped down on defense and fended off Perpetual Help, 76-58, to stretch its winning run to an impressive six games Friday in the NCAA Season 93 men’s basketball tournament.
The Pirates turned a 34-35 deficit at the end of three quarters into a convincing victory as they remained ahead of the pack.
CJ Perez led the Pirates again with 19 points while MJ Ayaay added 12 points and nine rebounds.
“We just keep on play the same aggressiveness that we’re showing and stay hungry,” said Perez in Filipino.
Nigerian Prince Eze had a monster 21-point, 19-rebound effort but couldn’t prevent the Altas from falling to 2-3 card.
Meanwhile, San Beda defeated Jose Rizal U, 54-48, to stay at close second with a 5-1 record.
Clint Doliguez scored a career-high 22 points to be the only Red Lion with double-digit output.
Karl Bordon paced the Heavy Bombers, who dropped to 2-3, with 13 points even as Tey Teodoro was limited to just five. Celest Fl0res-Colina