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St. Louis Faces Three Tough Tests This Weekend
St. Louis, MO, 3/23/2012 – One week removed from two disappointing losses, the St. Louis Phoenix return to action with three games this weekend. Tonight they travel to Bloomington to take on the Central Illinois Drive, the first place team in the PBL’s Central Division. The Phoenix then head to Chicago face the Muscle tomorrow [...]
Drive to play final regular season home games Friday and Saturday
Bloomington, IL, 3/21/12 – The Central Division Champion Central Illinois Drive, presented by Sonic, will finish their home regular season this weekend. On Friday night at 7:05 they will take on the 3-11 St. Louis Phoenix. Then on Saturday afternoon at 1:05 the Drive will play the 3-12 Indiana Diesels. The Drive are 16-1 on [...]
Premier Basketball League Announces February 2012 Awards
(Chicago, IL – 3/15/12) – After the completion of the second month of PBL Basketball as we’re now in the middle of the PBL’s regular seasons, the league is pleased to recognize the following awards: The PBL’s Player of the Month for February 2012 – Marcel Anderson, Guard, Chicago Muscle In his first season with [...]
Sauk Valley Prevails 102-100 over St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, 3/18/2012 – The Sauk Valley Predators defeated the St. Louis Phoenix 102-100 Sunday afternoon in PBL Central Division action. Overcoming an early deficit, the Predators stormed out to a large lead in the third quarter and fended off a late Phoenix charge to preserve the victory. Sauk Valley improves to 11-6 while [...]
RazorSharks defeat Scranton
Five Rochester RazorSharks scored in double digits and three of them finished with double-doubles as the team went on the road and defeated the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers 124-106 on a St. Patrick’s Day night game. Jerice Crouch finished with a game-high 26 points, Jamaal Davis had a game-high 10 rebounds, and Tasheed Carr’s 12 assists [...]
Drive power past Indiana Diesels 133-81, move to 16-1
Bloomington, IL, 3/17/12 – The Central Division Champion Central Illinois Drive, presented by Sonic, beat the Indiana Diesels 133-81 Saturday afternoon. The 52 point differential was the largest for the Drive this season. They move to 16-1 on the season and are currently tied with the Rochester RazorSharks for best record in the PBL. Jemal [...]
2012 PBL Playoff Ticket Sales kick off today for the Central Illinois Drive!
Bloomington, IL, 3/16/12 – The Central Division Champion Central Illinois Drive, presented by Sonic, already clinched their first ever Central Division Championship a couple weeks ago and are headed to the 2012 PBL Playoffs. In their first season the Drive have a legitimate chance to win a championship. So far this season the Drive have [...]
Drive sign former Kansas Jayhawk Jeff Graves
Bloomington, IL, 3/16/12 – The Central Division Champion Central Illinois Drive, presented by Sonic, have signed former University of Kansas forward Jeff Graves. Graves was born just outside of Kansas City, MO and played for the Jayhawks during the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. The previous two years he attended Iowa Western. In 2003 Kansas made [...]
Phoenix Ready for Important Home and Home Series against Sauk Valley
St. Louis, MO, 3/17/2012 – After a setback last weekend, the St. Louis Phoenix look to regroup this evening when the battle the Sauk Valley Predators. Today’s game is the first of 2 back-to-back contests between the two teams. Tomorrow St. Louis hosts a 4 p.m. tilt at Soldan International Studies High School Arena. The [...]
Steamers Streak Ends at 3
The Scranton Wilkes Barre Steamers win streak came to an end Friday night at The Lackawanna Union Center to the Lake Michigan Admirals 129-117. Ty Snow quickness made things difficult for the Steamers early and often. Snow finished 8 points but lead all players with a game high 15 assists. Pete Trammel scored 21 points [...]