1996 Sunkist Orange Bottlers season

1996 Sunkist Orange Bottlers Derrick Pumaren All Filipino Cup 4 10 7th N/A Commissioner's Cup 5 6 6th N/A Governor's Cup 6 7 5th Quarterfinals RFM Corporation Elmer Yanga 1995 1997 The 1996 Sunkist Orange Bottlers season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). They were known as the Sunkist Orange Juicers in the All-Filipino Cup. Draft picks RoundPickPlayerCollege18 Joselito Rodriguez UNO-R Occurrences Tony Harris came back as their import in the Governor's Cup, but the Hurricane could only play three games after Sunkist lost two straight matches to Shell and Purefoods. The coaching staff decided to replace Harris with new import Lester Neal. Notable dates March 12: Vergel Meneses unloaded 14 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and led a breakaway by Sunkist in the last eight minutes as the defending All-Filipino Cup champions pulled off a 93-84 victory over San Miguel Beermen and evened up their won-loss record to three wins and three losses.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k58VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6140%2C2041610 Meneses stars as Sunkist blasts San Miguel Manila Standard June 21: Marques Bragg banged in a three-point play off Ronnie Thompkins with 14.5 seconds left to snap the final tie and Sunkist recovered from an early 16-point deficit to scuttle Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, 97-93. It was the Orange Bottlers first win in three games in the Commissioners Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g6EVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3723%2C3453221 Bragg stars as Sunkist squeakes past Purefoods Manila Standard September 29: Alvin Teng put back a miss by Tony Harris with 4.7 seconds left to lift Sunkist to a thrilling 93-91 victory over defending champion Alaska Milkmen at the start of the Governors Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b5QVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3770%2C4477400 Sunkist, SMB take Governor's Cup openers Manila Standard Roster Sunkist Orange Bottlers 1996 1 Manny Victorino C 6 5 JRU PHI Siot Tanquingcen G 5 9 UST PHI 4 Bonel Balingit C 6 9 Visayas PHI 5 Jack Santiago G 5 9 Mapua PHI 6 & 19 Kenneth Duremdes F 6 3 Adamson PHI 9 Boybits Victoria G 5 11 San Beda PHI 10 Alvin Teng FC 6 4 Arellano PHI 11 & 6 Ato Agustin G 5 11 Lyceum PHI 14 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 18 Vergel Meneses F 6 3 JRU PHI 23 Ricardo Marata Ric-Ric Marata G 5 9 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 24 Eric Reyes basketball F 6 4 Ateneo PHI 35 Zaldy Realubit C 6 6 USJ-R PHI 43 Alejandro Paguinto C 6 4 FEU PHI 64 Marcelino Morelos F 6 2 UE PHI PHI Derrick Pumaren PHI Gabby Velasco PHI Arturo Valenzona PHI Hector Calma PHI Elmer Yanga Transactions Additions NameDeal InformationFormer team Gerardo Santiago Rookie free agent N/A Siot Tanquingcen Rookie free agent N/A Manny Victorino Signed to a short-term contract late in the season to fill the spot of the injured Bonel Balingit Purefoods (1994) Trades Off-season To PepsiYoyoy Villamin To SunkistAlvin Teng April 1, 1996 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zJROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5603%2C273116 Asaytono now a Beerman Manila Standard To San Miguel Beermen#25 Nelson Asaytono To SunkistAto Agustin, Mar Morelos Recruited imports TournamentNameNumberPositionUniversity/collegeDurationCommissioner's CupMarques Bragg 33 Center-ForwardProvidence College June 14 to July 30Governors' CupTony Harris 22 Guard-ForwardUniversity of New Orleans September 29 to October 6Lester Neal 44 ForwardArizona State October 11 to November 24 References Category:Pop Cola Panthers seasons Sunkist