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. Further offensive incursions ballooned La Salle's lead to 19 in the fourth quarter that sealed the victory for the Green Archers. La Salle will possess the twice-to-beat advantage against Ateneo in their semifinal series. Bracket After La Salle's two ineligible players were discovered after UAAP Season 68, all of their games from Season 66-68 were forfeited. Prior to the forfeiture, La Salle returned their Season 67 championship trophy and their Season 68 runner-up trophy. The UAAP Board subsequently awarded the trophy to FEU in 2006. Semifinals FEU and La Salle have the twice-to-beat advantage, with them only have to win once, while the opponents twice, to progress. FEU vs. UE With UE up 44–33 at halftime, FEU had a 17–7 run in the third quarter to lead the game 50–48. In the fourth quarter, the Tamaraws had another 12–2 run to lead by 12 points. UE's Paolo Hubalde led an 8–2 run that cut FEU's lead to six, but the Red Warriors turned the ball over three times in the final minutes. Dennis Miranda had a game-high 19 points to lead the Tamaraws to their second-consecutive finals berth. La Salle vs. Ateneo At the first half, La Salle led by two points 30–28. Jerwin Gaco and JV Casio padded La Salle's lead to 14 points to close the third quarter. Mark Cardona scored a three-point shot and earned La Salle an insurmountable 18-point lead. Magnum Membrere will convert two consecutive three-point shots to cut the lead to ten with less than two minutes remaining but La Salle would hold on and meet defending champions FEU in the finals. Finals This is a best-of-three playoff. Game 1 La Salle led 24–10 after the first quarter with Ryan Araña and Mark Cardona leading the effort. The Green Archers increased their lead to 19 points in the third quarter when FEU's RJ Rizada and Arwind Santos unsuccessfully led a late-game run to undermine the rout. La Salle held on to lead the series, with Cardona having 15 points and Araña scoring a game-high of 16 points; Santos had a double-double performance of 14 points and 12 rebounds and teammates Rizada and Dennis Miranda scored 10 points in