Category: Basketball

  • PrimeTime Players win sixth ECBL title

    PrimeTime Players win sixth ECBL title

    Season 7 of the East Coast Basketball League came to a conclusion last weekend with two long-time foes meeting in the championship game. PrimeTime Players, the only champion the league has ever known, took on a surprising North Carolina Coyotes squad who won four straight to reach the championship game. The two teams played a thriller…

  • History made; Zombies win first-ever ECBL Mid-Atlantic title

    History made; Zombies win first-ever ECBL Mid-Atlantic title

    History was made in Springfield, Massachussetts on June 19 with the first-ever ECBL Mid-Atlantic championship game. It was a clash of the top two teams in the seven-team circuit with host Western Mass Zombies facing the Hub City Hogs. The game turned into an instant classic as the home team battled back to win in overtime…

  • ECBL Shockers on the move

    ECBL Shockers on the move

    First-year East Coast Basketball League club Plaistow Shockers are moving south. The team announced today their intention to relocate to the Hartford County region for 2022. The Shockers have called the Plaistow Community YMCA home since their formation in the summer of 2019. Formed in the summer of 2019 by Donovin Ford-Hayes, the Shockers began…

  • PrimeTime Players handle Thunder to win conference title

    PrimeTime Players handle Thunder to win conference title

    PrimeTime Players would not be denied last weekend. Facing the Carolina Thunder in the ECBL Southern Conference Final in a red hot gym at Fort Mill Community Center, the PrimeTime offense was clicking from the opening tip on their way to a 160-148 victory. In the opening frame the PTP shooting was as hot as…

  • NC Coyotes capture ECBL Mid-South title

    NC Coyotes capture ECBL Mid-South title

    Far from their best regular season, the North Carolina Coyotes can now call themselves ECBL Mid-South Conference champions. The Coyotes defeated Petersburg Cavaliers in the final 113-111 on Saturday earning themselves their first-ever league trophy. After a 5-7 campaign, the Coyotes (8-7) have found themselves riding high on a four-game win streak ahead of the ECBL…

  • Four teams still alive in pursuit of ECBL Mid-Atlantic title

    Four teams still alive in pursuit of ECBL Mid-Atlantic title

    Playoff action in the ECBL Mid-Atlantic resumes this weekend when the top two seeds each host a semifinal game. Winners will move on to the championship and a shot at advancing to the first-ever ECBL Super Cup. Top-seeded Western Mass Zombies (9-3) will host the Fredericksburg Grizzlies (7-8) at the South End Community Center in Springfield. Tip-off…