1993 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars season

1993 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars season
Head coachChot Reyes
General ManagerDomingo Panganiban
Owner(s)Purefoods Corporation
All Filipino Cup results
Record16–7
(69.6%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
Commissioner's Cup results
Record14–12
(53.8%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishRunner-up
Governor's Cup results
Record9–9
(50%)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars seasons
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The 1993 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It changed its team name to Purefoods Oodles Flavor Noodles in the Commissioner's Cup and returned to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the Governor's Cup.

Round Pick Player College
1 4 Dwight Lago La Salle
1 5 Benito Cheng Mapua
2 11 Olsen Racela Ateneo de Manila
2 14 Freddie Abuda University of Cebu

3rd PBA title

Coney Island won the All-Filipino Cup trophy by defeating the powerhouse San Miguel Beermen, four games to two, in the best-of-seven series. Coach Chot Reyes became the first rookie coach to steer his team to a title. The finals victory was the first by the Purefoods franchise over the Beermen in the championship series.

Runner-up finish

Purefoods lost their first two games in the Commissioner’s Cup with Anthony Dewayne Jones as their import.[1] Jones was replaced by Carey Scurry, who led the Oodles to eight wins out of nine games he played. Starting the semifinal round, the Oodles decided to replaced Scurry with Ronnie Grandison, who scored only nine points in his PBA debut as Purefoods lost to Swift, 88-90 on August 1. The Oodles had to beat Alaska in the last day of the semifinals to earn a playoff for a finals berth. The Oodles defeated the San Miguel Beermen, 119-101, in the knockout game and advance to the finals for the second time in the season. They lost their bid for a second straight championship when they bowed to Ronnie Thompkins-powered Swift Mighty Meaties in six games for the Commissioner's Cup title.

Awards

  • Alvin Patrimonio won his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy in three years.[2]
  • Jerry Codiñera and Alvin Patrimonio were named in the Mythical first team selection.

Roster

1993 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 5 & 6 Philippines King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda
F 6 & 5 Philippines Guanio, Joey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UP Diliman
F 8 Philippines Abuda, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Cebu
G/F 9 Philippines Cabahug, Boy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas
G 10 Philippines Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G/F 12 Philippines Capacio, Glenn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
C 14 Philippines Ramas, Kevin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Mapúa
F 15 Philippines Lago, Dwight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
F 16 Philippines Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 17 Philippines Racela, Olsen 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo
F 18 Philippines Cheng, Benny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 22 Philippines Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda
C 44 Philippines Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Transactions

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Abe King Off-season Presto
Frankie Lim Off-season Alaska

Recruited imports

Name Tournament No. Pos. Ht. College Duration
Anthony Jones Commissioner's Cup 2 Center-Forward 6”5’ Oral Roberts University June 15–20
Carey Scurry 7 Center-Forward 6”7’ Long Island University June 25 to July 27
Ronnie Grandison 21 Forward-Center 6”6’ University of New Orleans August 1 to September 7
Tharon Mayes Governors Cup 25 Guard-Forward 6”3’ Florida State University September 28 to November 28

Win–loss record

Season Rank GP Win Lost Pct.
3rd Overall 67 39 28 0.582

References

  1. ^ "Swift five eyes top". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Patrimonio named MVP anew". Manila Standard.