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(UPDATE) Bright Akhuetie returned to the floor early in the fourth quarter after being stretchered out in the third in Game 1 of the UAAP Season 81 men's basketball finals on Saturday.

He re-entered the game at the 7:04 mark of the fourth.

The game was halted 6:31 left in the third after Akhuetie hurt his knee in an apparent accidental collision with Ateneo's Angelo Kouame.

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A few minutes after being treated in the dugout, Akhuetie went back to the court.

He sat on the bench with a bag of ice applied on his left knee.

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As per UP's team doctor, the medical staff is still assessing the injury. He said it was a hyperextended left knee

The video was shot by ABS-CBN News' George Cavelo. -- With a report from Karl Cedric Basco, ABS-CBN News

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