LETRAN is looking to appeal Fran Yu's case before the NCAA Management Committee.
Sources close to the situation bared that the Knights, led by their representative Fr. Vic Calvo, will argue the severity of the penalty against the senior guard.
Yu was ejected midway through the second quarter of Game Two of the NCAA Season 98 seniors basketball finals on Sunday for elbowing St. Benilde forward Mark Sangco.
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He was slapped with a disqualifying foul which merited an automatic one-game suspension — which means he will be out when the Knights play the Blazers in Game Three on Sunday at Ynares Center in Antipolo.
Missing for the Knights in Game Two were Kobe Monje, who was also handed a disqualifying foul in Game One, and Kyle Tolentino, who was handed a one-game ban for an uncalled landing spot foul on Blazers shooter Migs Oczon.
NCAA basketball commissioner Tonichi Pujante has only rescinded one suspension this season, the one-game ban on San Sebastian coach Egay Macaraya, who was handed a disqualifying foul in the eliminations.
Brent Paraiso, meanwhile, got away with a warning after for disrespecting the officials after TV cameras caught him joining the crowd hurling expletives to the referees in the aftermath of Yu's ejection.
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