1994 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season

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1994   Pepsi Mega Bottlers season
Head coach Derrick Pumaren
Yeng Guiao
General Manager
  • Steve Watson
  • Orly Castelo (Governors Cup)
Owner(s) Pepsi Philippines
All Filipino Cup results
Record37
(30%)
Place7th
Playoff finishN/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record29
(18.2%)
Place8th
Playoff finishN/A
Governors Cup results
Record159
(62.5%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Pepsi Mega Bottlers seasons
  1993
1995  

The 1994 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season was the fifth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerCollege
14 Richie Ticzon Ateneo de Manila

Occurrences

Former Swift coach Yeng Guiao becomes Pepsi Mega's third head coach starting the Governors Cup, Guiao replaces Derrick Pumaren, who went over to the RFM franchise as both teams swapped coaches.

Notable dates

September 27: Gido Babilonia sink a bankshot with 3.7 seconds left to lift Pepsi Mega to a 117-116 win over Sta.Lucia as the Bottlers finally win its first game in the conference after four long years at the start of the Governors Cup. The last time Pepsi won a first game was in the first conference of their maiden season in 1990 against then-fellow expansion team Pop Cola. [1]

October 18: Pepsi Mega trounced Sta.Lucia, 104-96, for its sixth win in eight starts and the victory formalized their entry into the semifinals. [2]

October 29: Elmer Cabahug drilled in a running three-pointer as time ran out to lift Pepsi Mega to a stunning 110-109 victory over defending champion San Miguel Beermen that reeled off the semifinal round of the PBA Governors Cup in Iloilo City. [3]

Award

Ronnie Coleman was voted the Governor's Cup Best Import, leading the Mega Bottlers to a third-place finish in the season-ending conference.

Roster

1994 Pepsi Mega Bottlers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
F 2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dwight Lago 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle
G/F 3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Romeo Lopez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Angeles
G/F 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Boy Cabahug 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas
G 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eugene Quilban 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) San Sebastian
G/F 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Naning Valenciano 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) USLS
G 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dindo Pumaren 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
F 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Larry Villanil 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USPF
F/C 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Joey Santamaria 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
C 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Rey Cuenco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle Araneta
C 25 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gido Babilonia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST
F/C 33 Flag of the Philippines.svg Victor Pablo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern
F/C 84 & 88 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cadel Mosqueda 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Arellano
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Transactions

Trades

Off-seasonTo Coney Island
Richie Ticzon Pepsi's draft pick
To Pepsi
Dindo Pumaren

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer team
Boy Cabahug Off-seasonPurefoods
Dwight LagoOff-seasonPurefoods
Rey Cuenco Off-seasonShell
Cadel MosquedaOff-seasonSwift

Recruited imports

NameTournamentNo.Pos.Ht.CollegeDuration
Kevin Holland Commissioner's Cup5Forward-Center6"5' DePaul University June 17 to July 31
Ronnie Coleman Governors Cup24Center6"4' University of Southern California September 27 to December 16

References

  1. "Big win for Pepsi, Yeng". Manila Standard.
  2. "Pepsi raps Sta.Lucia, makes it to semis". Manila Standard.
  3. "Cabahug triple lifts Pepsi past SMB in Iloilo". Manila Standard.