The South Carolina All-Stars after five seasons in Greenville, SC and having played in the UMBL, TRBL, and now the ECBL seem to have things coming together going into its second season in the ECBL. The team is now ran by Derrell Beason (6'0''-PG) and Justin Houser (6'9''-F), two players who played for former owner/coach Larry Davis, who decided to step away from the team at the completion of the 2015 season.
Last season Beason was a ECBL All-Star. Before joining the SC All-Stars last season he had led the Palmetto Flight to the conference championship in the TRBL as a player/coach in their first season.
This season Beason will again hold both roles while also being co-General Manager with Houser as they're looking to build on last season success and try to advance to the ECBL Championship on June 25. The team played their first five seasons at Greenville First Baptist Church, but with the addition of the SC Upstate Redhawks to the Greenville area the team decided it was a great time to move the team to Spartanburg where most of the players are from.
The All-Stars will play their home games in 2016 at Cleveland Chapel Baptist Church and will feature former all-league players Omar Sanders (6'7''-F-90, college: S.Carolina St.), Darryl Evans (6'0''-G-87, college: Furman), along with Beason.
Cavs fend off Florence Wildcats 114-107 despite 60 points from Quincy Washington - 28 days ago
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There were 11 names listed on the Petersburg Cavaliers' roster. When the final buzzer sounded, all 11 names had points next to them. Six had double-digits. 'That's what's supposed to happen,' Cavaliers head coach Kyle Dixon said after the game. 'We're not a team of just one player. We're a team, so any given time, anybody can get out there and do something crazy.' That total team effort, highlighted by a clutch performance late in the fourth quarter from six-foot-eight TJ T.J. Granger (6'... [read more]
There were 11 names listed on the Petersburg Cavaliers' roster. When the final buzzer sounded, all 11 names had points next to them. Six had double-digits. 'That's what's supposed to happen,' Cavaliers head coach Kyle Dixon said after the game. 'We're not a team of just one player. We're a team, so any given time, anybody can get out there and do something crazy.' That total team effort, highlighted by a clutch performance late in the fourth quarter from six-foot-eight TJ T.J. Granger (6'8''-F/C-90, college: N.C.Central), helped the Cavaliers fend off a spectacular performance from Quincy Washington (6'5''-G, college: Charleston) and his Florence Wildcats 114-107 for the Cavs' first win of the season. 'We're about to go on a win streak,' T.J. Granger said. 'We've got our L's behind us, so focus on the positive now.' With Saturday's victory, the Cavaliers halted a three-game losing skid to open the season. 'It's about time,' Dixon said. 'We worked so hard in practice this week, we watched so much film.' Washington led the Wildcats' bid to try and take away the win in the closing stages as he feasted from both the field on 16 shots, including five three-pointers, and from the free throw line with a laser-accurate 23 made free throws on 24 attempts. Washington went down hard with 47 seconds to play in the fourth quarter, but he came back in before game's end with a bandage above his left eye and still made baskets. He finished the game with 60 points. 'Every game he comes out and gives it his all, man - that's why he's the leading scorer in this league and was the leading scorer last year,' Wildcats head coach John Galbreath said of Washington. 'He gives us his all all 48 minutes of the game.' Buckets from the six-foot-six standout helped propel his Wildcats back into the mix after the Cavaliers took a 50-37 lead at halftime. He received help from three-pointers made by Nathaniel Thomas III and Da'Calvin Wright (5'11''-PG) to tip the lead to the Wildcats early in the fourth quarter, and then Washington traded baskets with players from the Cavaliers, including Robert Pinkston and Mike Jones, to keep the Wildcats fighting for the lead. But T.J. Granger found momentum in the paint with less than two minutes to play, hitting three buckets before finding his way to the free throw line. 'Just trying to help out as much as I can and trying to make free throws,' T.J. Granger said. He went three-from-10 from the line, but he sank two of those three late in the stretch to set up the Cavaliers to put the game away. As for Washington, T.J. Granger said they were 'just making sure he didn't have another 60 points.' 'He's a tough competitor,' T.J. Granger said. Pinkston led the way for the Cavaliers with 23 points. Joining him in double-digits on his team were Jahmel Simms with 18 points, T.J. Granger with 17, Matt Murphy (6'8''-C-93) with 11 and Jones and RJ Moses with 10 apiece. 'We had fun this time,' T.J. Granger said. 'We talked more, we got after it more, just played a whole lot better.' The Cavaliers were playing without Elijah Moore (5'10''-PG), who's been one of their top scorers in the first three games and had a prior engagement that was scheduled before the season started; but Dixon noted: 'We had a lot of people step up.' Dixon pointed to the play of Trevor Williams (5'11''-PG), who hit a key free throw in the fourth quarter that was followed by two from the line from Pinkston off of an offensive rebound to seal the victory for Petersburg. Williams got hot with three buckets in the second quarter to help the Cavaliers take a double-digit lead into the second half. He also played strong defense. 'He wasn't having the season he wanted,' Dixon said, 'but...he kept going at it, stuck to it, and look what he did: a difference maker. Helped us win the game today.' Dixon added that Mike Jones played 'excellent defense' on Washington in the beginning, but got into foul trouble before contributing five points in the fourth quarter. Galbreath said it was an exciting game all the way to the end. 'We came down, we were undermanned, some of our players couldn't make it today,' Galbreath said, 'but it still ended up being a good game.' Petersburg (1-3) now gets a bye week before playing back-to-back games on the road in the first two weeks of April. The Cavaliers' next home game will be Saturday, April 21 at Petersburg High School, 5 p.m. versus the North Carolina Coyotes. 'We're going to work on some things, get better,' Dixon said, 'and then hopefully we can finish the season as strong as we started this game...the best thing we can do right now is stay together, keep playing together.'
Carolina Thunder hold off SC Upstate for 2-0 start - 1 month ago
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The Carolina Thunder came into the second game of the season looking to show off their versatility. Playing in his first ECBL game of the season B.J. Tyson (6'3''-G-94) came in and showed flashes of dominance. BJ scored a game high 31pts and proving he is a force to be reckoned with. BJ left the fans in awe. The hot shooting of Alex Brown (24pts) and B.J. Tyson allowed Thunder to open to a 38-22 lead. However, in the second quarter led by the play making of owner Jaquin Hawthorne with hel... [read more]
The Carolina Thunder came into the second game of the season looking to show off their versatility. Playing in his first ECBL game of the season B.J. Tyson (6'3''-G-94) came in and showed flashes of dominance. BJ scored a game high 31pts and proving he is a force to be reckoned with. BJ left the fans in awe. The hot shooting of Alex Brown (24pts) and B.J. Tyson allowed Thunder to open to a 38-22 lead. However, in the second quarter led by the play making of owner Jaquin Hawthorne with help from Xavier Kelly (G), the Redhawks was able to cut into the lead with the score being 62-56. In the third quarter the Redhawks took the lead and went up by as many as 13pts. During the run Demetrius Rabb, Demetrius Blakely (G), and Xavier Kelly played a significant role. In the end the tandem of Patrell Rogers and Trey James (6'6''-F) proved too much for Redhawks to overcome. Rogers scored all 22 of his points in the second half. James was a monster on the boards grabbing a game high 22 rebounds to go along with 14 points. Other top scorers for the Redhawks was Demetrius Rabb with 19pts 11rebs, Xavier Kelly 28pts (5 3pt). The Thunder next game is against the reigning defending champions Primetime Players in a rematch of the championship game. The Redhawks are set to have a week off before facing Florence Wildcats.
PrimeTime Players push record to 3-0 with 173-127 win over Allstars - 1 month ago
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March 17th Spartanburg SC - The PrimeTime Lkayers traveled to Spartanburg SC to take in the SC Allstars in their home debut at the Cornerstine Church Gymnasium on Saturday. The visiting PrimeTime Players took control early as Dijuan Harris (5'9''-PG-86, college: Charlotte) and Chris Moore (6'2''-PG-86, college: Charleston So.) exploded for 36 first quarter points to help give them a 53-27 lead at the end of the first quarter. The second and third quarter the teams played even with PJ Heat... [read more]
March 17th Spartanburg SC - The PrimeTime Lkayers traveled to Spartanburg SC to take in the SC Allstars in their home debut at the Cornerstine Church Gymnasium on Saturday. The visiting PrimeTime Players took control early as Dijuan Harris (5'9''-PG-86, college: Charlotte) and Chris Moore (6'2''-PG-86, college: Charleston So.) exploded for 36 first quarter points to help give them a 53-27 lead at the end of the first quarter. The second and third quarter the teams played even with PJ Heath scoring 24 of his 32 points over that time and also added 13 of his team high 23 rebounds helping PrimeTime maintaining a 124-93 lead going into the fourth. The fourth Quarter the Allstars made a final push as they were able to cut the lead down to 21 before Chris Moore took over with another huge quarter by scoring 28 of his ECBL league record 67 points in leading PrimeTime to a 173-127 road victory. PrimeTime Players - Chris Moore 67pts 12 assists 8rbs, PJ Heath 32pts 23rbs, Dijuan Harris 32pts 17 assists, Terell Smith (6'3''-G-85, college: Limestone) 33pts 11rbs, Victor Street (5'11''-PG-88, college: Erskine) 9pts 8rbs
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