1994 Sta. Lucia Realtors season
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| Head coach | Nat Canson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1994 Sta. Lucia Realtors season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Off-season transactions
| TRANSACTIONS |
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| Expedito Falcasantos Drafted rookie |
| Vidal Librada Drafted rookie |
| Ramon SingsonDrafted rookie |
| Romeo Dela Rosa Acquired from Shell when they traded Paul Alvarez |
| Victor Villarias Rookie free agent signed |
| Roberto Jabar Acquired from Pepsi Mega |
Summary
The Sta.Lucia Realtors pulled off a 111-108 victory over Tondeña 65 Rhum in the opening game of the league's 20th season on March 6. [1] The Realtors won five of their first six games in the All-Filipino Cup, they scored their fourth win against San Miguel on March 22 and handed the beermen their first loss in four games in a 103-93 victory as Jun Limpot scored 35 points. [2] Their fifth win came four days later in an out-of-town game in Sta.Cruz, Laguna, repeating over Tondeña 65 Rhum, 110-105. [3] Sta.Lucia placed fifth in the All-Filipino Cup, winning just once in the semifinal round after a 6-4 won-loss slate in the eliminations.
In the Commissioner's Cup, the Realtors couldn't search for the right import and came up with Christopher Ward, who was fresh out of college and was range against last year's best import awardee Ronnie Thompkins of Swift in his first and only game, scoring only 12 points in a losing cause. [4] Ward was replaced by Louis Ely, who lasted two games with the Realtors. When Lambert Shell, their import last season who led Sta.Lucia to a third-place finish became available, the Realtors hired him in place of Ely. Lambert Shell was also their import in the Governor's Cup and both conferences, the Realtors bombed out and failed to advance into the semifinal round.
Roster
| ROSTER | # | POS | HT | COLLEGE |
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| Expedito Falcasantos | 5 | Forward | 6"4' | Cebu Central Colleges |
| Vidal Librada | 9 | Center-Forward | 6"2' | University of San Jose Recoletos |
| Peter Jao | 11 | Guard-Forward | 5"11' | University of San Jose Recoletos |
| Romeo Dela Rosa | 12 | Forward | 6"2' | South Western University |
| Gerald Esplana | 14 | Guard | 6"0' | Far Eastern University |
| Roberto Jabar | 18 | Forward | 6"0' | South Western University |
| Boyet Fernandez | 19 | Guard | 5"9' | University of San Agustin |
| Victor Villarias | 21 | Guard-Forward | 6"1' | University of the East |
| Melchor Teves | 27 | Guard | 6"2' | San Sebastian College |
| Jack Tanuan | 41 | Center | 6"5' | Far Eastern University |
| Ramon Singson | 44 | Guard | 6"0' | University of Santo Tomas |
| Maximo Delantes | 50 | Forward-Center | 6"2' | University of the Visayas |
| Alejandro De Guzman | 62 | Forward | 6"2' | Far Eastern University |
| Zandro Limpot | 72 | Center-Forward | 6"5' | De La Salle University |
| Chris Ward Commissioner's Cup import | 00 | Forward | 6"5' | Texas Christian University |
| Louis Ely Commissioner's Cup import | 33 | Center-Forward | 6"5' | University of Wisconsin |
| Lambert Shell Commissioner's/Governor's Cup import | 42 | Guard-Forward | 6"2' | University of Bridgeport |
Assistant coaches: Adonis Tierra / Joshua Villapando Team Manager: Buddy Encarnado