1994 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season

1994 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season
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
Record	3–7 ; (30%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	2–9 ; (18.2%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	N/A
Governors Cup results
Record	15–9 ; (62.5%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
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).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	College
1	4	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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	From
F	2	Lago, Dwight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	De La Salle
G/F	3	Lopez, Romeo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Angeles
G/F	4	Cabahug, Boy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Visayas
G	7	Quilban, Eugene	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	San Sebastian
G/F	9	Valenciano, Naning	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	USLS
G	10	Pumaren, Dindo	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	De La Salle
F	14	Villanil, Larry	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	USPF
F/C	15	Santamaria, Joey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	De La Salle
C	18	Cuenco, Rey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	De La Salle Araneta
C	25	Babilonia, Gido	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	UST
F/C	33	Pablo, Victor	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Far Eastern
F/C	84 & 88	Mosqueda, Cadel	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Arellano

Head coach

Yeng Guiao

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

To Coney Island

Richie Ticzon ^{Pepsi's draft pick}

To Pepsi

Dindo Pumaren

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Boy Cabahug	Off-season	Purefoods
Dwight Lago	Off-season	Purefoods
Rey Cuenco	Off-season	Shell
Cadel Mosqueda	Off-season	Swift

Recruited imports

Name	Tournament	No.	Pos.	Ht.	College	Duration
Kevin Holland	Commissioner's Cup	5	Forward-Center	6"5'	DePaul University	June 17 to July 31
Ronnie Coleman	Governors Cup	24	Center	6"4'	University of Southern California	September 27 to December 16

References

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

[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.

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