Looks like clear foul by Alas on Pascual.
No protest from Baste?
A very clear foul on Kevin Alas indeed ...... the refs blew it (no pun intended).
I dont think there was a formal protest from BASTE ...... but NCAA Commish Joe Lipa jumped the gun and immediately conferred with the technical committee and declared that there was no foul.
" ..... Lipa talked to the referees together with referees supervisor Romy Guevarra and technical committee member Bai Cristobal, the officials explained that Pascual had extended one leg to initiate contact with Alas on the play - the reason they decided not to blow their whistles." IMO, Lipa and company got it wrong ..... Pascual may have intended to extend his leg to initiate the contact -
if it was so, the videos clearly show that his motion didn't even make it halfway through. In fact, Kevin Alas' hit was more pronounced, that it sent Pascual going back all the way to the floor (!)
Also, if it was Pascual extending his leg on his three-point shot (many players of old used to do this, Jarencio, Caidic, etc) ...... then the refs should have called it as an offensive foul.
Like I said, the refs blew it by not blowing the whistle ...... sayang for BASTE.