1995 Sta. Lucia Realtors season

1995 Sta. Lucia Realtors Nat Canson All Filipino Cup 11 9 3rd Semifinals Commissioner's Cup 12 8 3rd Semifinals Governor's Cup 4 6 6th N/A Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation 1994 1996 The 1995 Sta. Lucia Realtors season was the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks RoundPickPlayerCollege11 Dennis Espino UST3 Ferdinand Pastor Cebu Doctors4 Jose Francisco FEU Occurrences During the off-season, the Sta.Lucia Realtors match the P 28.8 million, five-year offer sheet by Pepsi Mega to Jun Limpot, making the former La Salle Green Archer the highest paid local player in the PBA. Sta.Lucia was fined by the PBA office for the below-par showing of the team in the last day of the eliminations of the All-Filipino Cup on April 7 wherein the Realtors lost to Alaska Milkmen which ousted three other teams hoping to create a four-way tie for the fifth and last semifinals berth had Sta.Lucia won.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4359%2C1154861 Alaska sacks SLR, seals semifinal slate Manila Standardhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIwmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6674%2C1853705 Sta.Lucia to appeal fine Manila Standard Summary On March 24, top draft pick Dennis Espino finally debut in leading the Realtors to a 95–91 win over San Miguel in the out-of-town game in Tuguegarao. Sta.Lucia enters the semifinal round with five wins and five losses, the Realtors were a win away from earning a finals playoff berth via win five games in the semifinals but they lost to Purefoods, 90–92, in their last game on April 30 and were booted out from the finals race. Sta.Lucia placed third with a two-game sweep over Purefoods in their best-of-three series. After original choice Clifford Reed was sent home and never got a chance to play in the Commissioners Cup, Antoine Davison came as a late replacement and played poorly, scoring only 14 points despite the Realtors winning over Alaska in overtime, 101–97, in their first game on June 11, Davison lasted just one game and was replaced by Sam Mack, who also played only one game and left, leaving the Realtors importless in their next two games.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jq8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4256%2C2393714 Sta.Lucia, San Miguel prevail to crowd Sunkist on top Manila Standard Sta.Lucia finally got the right import in Frederick Pea and since his arrival, the Realtors won six straight games to finish second with eight wins and two losses, a game behind Sunkist after the eliminations. Sta.Lucia were tied with Alaska at 10 wins and five loss after the quarterfinal round. Both teams were seeded number two and three and will play against each other in the best-of-five semifinals. The Realtors were swept in three games by the Milkmen. Sta.Lucia placed third with another two-game sweep over Purefoods in their series for third place. Coach Nat Canson brought in former North Carolina State's Kelsey Weems as their import but Weems left even before the Governors Cup started after he figured in a spat with Gerald Esplana. Coming in was Robert Francis Allen, a Canadian national player whose stint in the PBA was his first overseas assignment. The Realtors were four wins and five losses going into their last game in the eliminations on November 10, hoping to create at least a tie for the fifth semifinals berth if San Miguel losses in the second game of the doubleheader, but Sta.Lucia were upset and eliminated by also-ran Pepsi Mega, 91–97, with Robert Allen skipping the game due to an injury.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EJMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3605%2C1585366 Pepsi clears way for Beermen Manila Standard Roster Sta. Lucia Realtors 1995 #006401 #FFFFFF #FF9900 #FFFFFF 3 Chris Jackson basketball GF 6 4 San Bernardino Valley USA 8 Roberto Jabar F 6 2 SWU PHI 9 Ludovico Valenciano GF 6 1 USLS PHI 10 Boyet Fernandez G 5 8 San Agustin PHI 11 Ferdinand Pastor G 6 1 Cebu Doctors PHI 12 Jose Francisco basketball F 6 1 FEU PHI 13 Johnedel Cardel F 6 0 De La Salle PHI 14 Gerry Esplana G 5 11 FEU PHI 15 Expedito Falcasantos F 6 4 Cebu PHI 16 Dennis Espino C 6 6 UST PHI 27 Melchor Teves G 6 3 San Sebastian PHI 57 Romeo Dela Rosa F 6 2 SWU PHI 62 Alejandro De Guzman F 6 3 FEU PHI 72 Jun Limpot C 6 5 De La Salle PHI PHI Nat Canson PHI Ricardo Cui PHI Adonis Tierra PHI Buddy Encarnado Transactions Additions Player Signed Former team Johnedel Cardel Off-season Alaska Ludovico Valenciano Off-season Pepsi Trades Off-seasonTo Purefoods Jack TanuanTo Sta. Lucia Chris Jackson 4th overall pick from Purefoods Recruited imports IMPORTConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.CollegeDurationAntoine DavisonCommissioner's Cup 2 Forward-Center 6"5'Pfeiffer College June 11 (one game)Sam Mack 23 Forward 6"6'University of Houston June 16 (one game)Frederick Pea 5 Forward 6"6'USF June 27 to August 27Robert AllenGovernors' Cup 44 Guard 6"1'UTPA October 1 to November 10 References Sta. Lucia Category:Sta. Lucia Realtors seasons