1994 Pepsi Mega season

The 1994 Pepsi Mega season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1994 Pepsi Mega season
Head coachDerrick Pumaren
Yeng Guiao
Owner(s)Pepsi Philippines
All Filipino Cup results
Record3–7
(.300)
Place7th
Playoff finishN/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record2–9
(.182)
Place8th
Playoff finishN/A
Governors Cup results
Record15–9
(.625)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Pepsi Mega seasons

Off-season transactions
TRANSACTIONS
Dindo Pumaren Acquired from Purefoods when they traded lone draft pick Richie Ticzon
Elmer Cabahug Acquired from Purefoods, signed to a three-year pack by the Mega Bottlers
Dwight Lago Acquired from Purefoods in exchange for second rounds picks in 1995 and 1996
Rey Cuenco Acquired from Shell
Cadel Mosqueda Acquired from Swift

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
ROSTER # POS HT COLLEGE
Dwight Lago 2 Forward 6"2' De La Salle University
Romeo Lopez 3 Guard-Forward 6"1' Angeles University Foundation
Elmer Cabahug 4 Guard-Forward 5"11' University of Visayas
Eugene Quilban 7 Guard 5"7' San Sebastian College
Ludovico Valenciano 9 Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Saint La Salle
Dindo Pumaren 10 Guard 5"9' De La Salle University
Larry Villanil 14 Forward 6"1' University of Southern Philippines
Joey Santamaria 15 Center-Forward 6"3' De La Salle University
Rey Cuenco 18 Center-Forward 6"5' Gregorio Araneta University
Gido Babilonia 25 Center 6"6' University of Santo Tomas
Victor Pablo 33 Forward-Center 6"3' Far Eastern University
Cadel Mosqueda 84 & 88 Center-Forward 6"3' Arellano University
Kevin Holland Commissioner's Cup import 5 Forward-Center 6"5' DePaul University
Ronnie Coleman Governor's Cup import 24 Center 6"4' University of Southern California

Assistant coach: Gabby Velasco, replaced by Roehl Nadurata Team Manager: Steve Watson, replaced by Orly Castelo

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.
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