Posts by CJ Clarkson
UBA Title to Disciples
Black and gold confetti raining down upon him, Jermaine Barnes (6’5”-G/F-82, college: Point, GA) walked to the scorers table, shook his fists and extended three fingers. When he looked up, UBA Commissioner was waiting to shake his hand. A Championship classic and this time, it finally went the Disciples way. Barnes, the finals co-MVP, scored…
Read MoreTRBL season ends with PrimeTime
PrimeTime Players – Cary Invasion 123:103 PrimeTime Player celebrated the title in their first Tobacco Road Basketball League season. They overcame Cary Invasion in the championship game yesterday. Antonio Houston (6’5”-G/F-88, college: Catawba) erupted for 33 points in the victory. He was named the tournaments MVP. PrimeTime Players pulled ahead in the opening quarter. They…
Read MoreSecond Half Rally Carries SOU Past Evergreen
Southern Oregon shot 64 percent in the second half to rally from a halftime deficit and defeat The Evergreen State College, 91-79, in a Cascade Collegiate Conference men’s basketball game played Saturday night in CRC Gymnasium. The Raiders (10-3 overall, 3-0), ranked No. 10 in the latest NAIA Division II Top 25 poll, outscored the…
Read MoreDrive grab 2012 PBL title
Cent.Illinois D. – Rochester R. 101-80 (2-0). Perry Petty (6’1”-G-88, agency: SDJ Sports, college: UTPA) scored 21 points, hitting 8 of 11 shots from the field, to lead the Central Illinois Drive to a 101-80 victory and a 2-game sweep of Rochester to capture the Premier Basketball League title in their first year of existance.…
Read MoreSlam wins shootout, grabs 2012 IBL title
The Bellingham Slam rode a big second quarter effort to a 142-109 victory over the Portland Chinooks to claim the 2012 International Basketball League Championship on Sunday evening inside a raucous Whatcom Pavilion. Trailing 31-30 after a back-and-forth first quarter, the Slam posted 40 points in the second, with 23 coming from guard Morris Anderson…
Read More2012 IBA title to Soldiers
The top seeded Kankakee County Soldiers knocked off the third-seeded Albany Legends 150-116, the past weekend at the Genesis Convention Center, in Gary, Indiana, thus becoming Champions of the Independent Basketball Associations spring basketball season. The Soldiers claimed their second Championship of the year, as they were also the champions of the IBA winter season.…
Read MoreHYPE 2012 EBA Champs
Hudson Valley Hype hit a high note on their miracle season with a hard-fought 102 93 win over the defending EBA Champion Metropolitan All-Stars from Washington, DC. The Hype, who finished in last place in 2011 with a 1-11 record, started their 2012 campaign with a win and never looked back. They marched through their…
Read MoreBrian Graham and His New World Order
” Greetings from New York City. In a major move for minor league basketball I have formed The Federation Of American Professional Basketball (FAPB). I have noticed that there is major discrepancy and a kind of back alley way of operating within the subterranean dwellings of American minor league basketball. At times I have found…
Read MoreSouth Africa on top
The South African men’s U18 team has won an international tournament in Cape Town, in which the national U18 teams of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo also participated. South Africa won both games, 101-77 against Burundi and 88-67 against the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the latter also won against Burundi with 91-85.
Read MoreNiger wins tournament
Niger has won the “Channel 4” tournament in Freetown, Sierra Leone in which also the national teams of host Sierra Leone, Mauritania and Guinea Bissau participated. Home team favorite Sierra Leone lost 81-87 to Niger in the first game, while Guinea Bissau proved too strong for Mauritania (72-44). In the final Niger won with 75-70…
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