The best-of-three Finals series was extended to a third and deciding game, with both teams taking one game apiece. In the deciding third game, the Tigers began an 8-0 run before La Salle's Renren Ritualo scored a jumper, five minutes after tip-off. Three more successive baskets by the Archers tied the score, followed by a series of misses and turnovers by both teams. The Archers' Dino Aldeguer next scored a three-point play for a 9-4 La Salle count, with UST still leading, 17-15. La Salle's Willy Wilson then scored his own three-point play to pull his team ahead, 18-17.
