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A Day Made For Allstar!

Columbus, Ga- What a Finals weekend we had! No finals is complete without the Allstars from around the league teaming up as teammates instead of opponents. From all of the competitions to the game itself, we had a ball. This day was filled with laughter, challenges, and alot of joking around between Commissioner Culliver and players as everyone was able to relax and just enjoy themselves for one day without any pressure.

The Allstar day started off with competitions. The day belonged to Alquan Mendenhall as he almost swept the competitions winning the 3 point, midrange and skills competitions. Had he been a few inches taller, he may have tried to give Denzel McDuffey, winner of the Slam Dunk competition a run for his money…

Now we get into the Allstar game, it was a thriller. This game was decided by 1 point 141-140. The Blue Allstars were the winners lead by Allstar Coach Adrianna Walker. Allstar MVP went to Vipers guard Zytavian Hill with 28 Points, who was followed close behind by Lancaster Thunder’s Daniel Pachec 26 points and Sean Rogers Jr with 24 points. The Red Allstars were led by Vipers Alquan Mendenhall who caught fire scoring 44 points of which 12 were from behind the arc, exhibiting why he’s known as the 3 Ball King. It was Lancaster’s Solomon Muhamad with 23 points and Vipers Cortez Chaney’s 22 points that assisted in making this game one that went to the final buzzer!!

Columbus Ga Vipers Crowned National Champions For A Second Consecutive Season

USA 🇺🇸 ~The “National Championship” Game was nothing shy of exciting! The #1 team from the Southeast Conference going head to head with the #1 team from the MidAtlantic Conference. Trained to Eat from Nashville, Tennessee and the Columbus Ga Vipers left it all on the court as they played with a common goal of winning the National Championship. At the half, the score was Vipers 43 TTE 37. As both teams took the floor in the 3rd quarter, the Vipers turned their in your face defense up a notch and took a commanding lead, ending the period 80 to 61. The 4th quarter belonged to Cortez “The Floor General” Chaney who had only 16 points over 3 periods, caught fire dropping 22 points in that period. Chaney’s offensive and defensive talent sealed the fate of TTE along with the rest of his Viper teammates. It was the Vipers 117 and Trained To Eat 92 that resulted In the Columbus Ga Vipers being named the PBA By A&T Sports Winter Champions. This championship made the Vipers Back to Back National Champions and closing out a Perfect Season! Cortez Chaney was named the Finals MVP ending the game with 38 points.

Remember If you want Pro- then you want the PBA by A&T Sports.

The PBA By A&T Sports “Fantastic Five”!!!

USA 🇺🇸 ~ 📢📢📢 We have finally made it to “Finals Week “Congratulations to the “Fantastic Five” & all of the Allstars who will be participating in games and events this week. Columbus Ga is waiting on you‼️ Here is the official schedule so you can get yourself ready ❤️The Fantastic Five Teams combined have unimaginable talent and skills. This is going to be one exciting 4 day final’s finale 🔥🔥🔥 Good luck in the finals as well as the Allstar game & competitions 🍀🍀

The upcoming Summer Season is quickly approaching so get your team registered now! New franchises can contact Commissioner Culliver at [email protected] for more information about the upcoming season. The league will play a 16 game schedule. Every filmed game is broadcasted Internationally with play by play commentary on PBATV. Download the app today or check us out on YouTube, Roku, Amazon Fire, Android, and Apple Store 🔥📺🏀🔥

And remember; If you want Pro- then you want the PBA by A&T Sports.

Players Of The Games Announced For November And December.

USA 🇺🇸~ The PBA by A&T Sports is ending 2023 by recognizing players from each week of the season that have impacted their team during a win 🏆 These players had an instrumental role in helping their team secure a victory ✔️ Denzel McDuffey SR led the pack for the Mississippi Raptors dropping an impressive double double with 20 Points 24 rebounds 4 assists & 2 steals in their 11/19 victory over the River Region Generals 🔥 Cortez Chaney commanded the floor for the Columbus Ga Vipers dropping a red hot stat line with 30 Points 9 rebounds 8 assists & 7 steals in their 11/18 victory over the Dothan Snipers 🔥 George Stanberry for Trained To Eat has remained consistent in holding it down for his team. With his 3rd Player Of The Game he racked up 43 Points 7 rebounds & 4 assists in their 12/2 victory over the Lancaster Thunder🔥 Cortez Chaney has picked up his 3rd Player of the game. The floor general of the Columbus Ga Vipers dropped a red hot stat line with 24 Points 10 rebounds 9 assists & 1 steal in their 12/2 victory over the Mississippi Raptors 🔥 One assist away from a triple double ☄️ Cameron Woodall for the Mississippi Raptors has now joined the Player Of The Game circle by racking up 28 Points 9 rebounds & 3 assists in their 12/16 victory over the Dothan Snipers 🔥 Yurmon Barnes of the Columbus Ga Vipers has joined the Player Of The Game alumni by racking up 27 Points 17 rebounds & 4 assists in their 12/10 victory over the River Region Generals 🔥

As the year ends the PBA announces the standings for both the Southeast and MidAlantic Regions. Going into the new year the Southeast is led by the current reigning champions the Columbus Ga Vipers whom remain undefeated and followed by the Mississippi Raptors who have only taken a loss by the Vipers. In the Midatlantic, Trained to Eat is leading the pack and are currently undefeated as well. The talented Lancaster Thunder are closely following as they have only taken a loss at the hands of Trained To Eat. Continue to follow the PBA and all of its teams and players on Facebook and Instagram as well as here on our website.

The 2023-24 Winter Season is Here!!!

It’s that time!!! Winter season opening day for the Pro Basketball Association is less than two weeks away! Teams have released schedules and rosters are coming in daily. Follow your favorite teams and look for updates here and on all of the PBA By A&T Sports social media pages.

The reigning National Champions, the Columbus Ga Vipers are returning to defend their title. Allstar and league MVP Cornelius Thomas stated “I’m coming back for it all again, including Back to Back championships”. With newly added teams such as DC Crank (Maryland), Mississippi Raptors, PA Lightning and the Nova Bulls in Virginia, this season looks to be very exciting and competitive. So be on the look out for new emerging star players and teams.

New franchises interested in joining the PBA can contact Commissioner Culliver at [email protected] for more information about the upcoming season. The league will play a 12 game regular season between November 4, 2023 and March 10, 2024. Be sure to check out the league’s website www.pbaplayers.com

Every game is broadcasted Internationally with play by play commentary on PBATV. Download the app today or check us out on YouTube, Roku, Amazon Fire, Android, and Apple Store 🔥📺🏀🔥

And remember; If you want Pro. You want the PBA by A&T Sports.

Summer 2022 PBA by 1891 Awards Ceremony

Arlington, TX – The Summer 2022 PBA by 1891 season featured over 500 players Nationwide and several were featured in the Awards Ceremony this past Sunday. Player of the Year 6’5 SG Quintarius Porter (Mississippi Hawks) was among the league leaders in the Nation in Scoring, Rebounding, FG%, and 3P shooting. Final 4 MVP Wolf Rabb (Fort Worth F.I.R.M.) was also featured on the 1st Team All-PBA and the do everything 6’5 PG can spend time at all 5 positions on the floor and fills up the box score in Scoring, Assists, Rebounds, Shooting percentage, and is known as a stout defender. Rabb also won Final 4 MVP helping the F.I.R.M. repeat as Champions. Cortez Chaney (Georgia Vipers) is a 6’3 guard that following a trend here in the awards, does a little bit of everything really well. He can score, play make, was among the league leaders in assists and steals. He’s a big part of the reason why Georgia has won two consecutive Southeast championships. His partner on the wing is Cornelius Thomas (Georgia Vipers). Thomas led the Nation in field goals made and was among the leaders in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage. George Stanberry (TTE) is an absolute scoring machine. Inside – outside, just over half court, hand in his face, on the move, knock down scorer!

2nd Team All-PBA: Lamar Morinia (Bluetails), Eddie Sims (Just Hoops), Jonathan Milligan (Just Hoops), Treyvon Butler (Sternmen), and Reuben Berry (Blazers).

3rd Team All-PBA: Anthony Jackson (Blazers), Jaylin Robinson (Snipers), Steven McDonald (Just Hoops), Lavelle Smith (Reign), Darrell White (Vipers).

Honorable Mention: Jelon Hornbeak (F.I.R.M.) Malik Montoya (Vets), Chasten King (F.I.R.M.), Chris Robinson (Rockets), Tre Jackson (Snipers), Jordan Neal (Snipers), Travis Sprigg (Bullies, Vets), Jaron Washington Thomas (Knights), Seth Warfield (Bluetails), Da’Quan Forrest (Hawks), Jamarcus Nunnally (Snipers).

Coaches of the Year: Don Waters (F.I.R.M.), Brian Brown (Bluetails), Angela Culliver (Vipers), Eaton Wade (Vets)

Final 4 MVP: Wolf Rabb

F.I.R.M. become the two-time defending Champions, defeat New Mexico

Arlington, TX – The Fort Worth F.I.R.M. have been on a mission for 2 years. The 2021 PBA Champion went undefeated in 2022 and proved their value once again when it counted most in the Final 4. New Mexico having come off an impressive victory over Georgia came into the game riding their explosive 2-man game with Lamar Morinia and Devon Williams. The F.I.R.M. countered with veteran leader Wolf Rabb, shooters in Jelon Hornbeak and Chasten King, and pick and pop big man JR Duffy along with the high flying, shot blocking, big man Damontrae McFarland. Rabb just seemed to be able to control the game from the onset. At 6’5 and 225lbs he’s a little bit of a mismatch for most point guards and he’s savvy with it. He just knows how to use his body and create angles, and get into a pick and roll game with the post in an elbow series that the F.I.R.M. runs really effectively. He was effective getting into the paint against smaller guards that are a second late on the ball screen action or backing out and creating space for a switch mismatch, or finding the perfect timing for the pocket pass that was allowing his bigs to finish high percentage shots right at the goal. It’s not that the Bluetails couldn’t score. Sure they started off slowly but they always do. It was the percentage from the field they were allowing that really seemed to doom their chances for a second half comeback. Inevitably the F.I.R.M. did what the F.I.R.M. do defeating New Mexico 102-88 and earning the PBA Championship in the process. Wolf Rabb was named Final 4 MVP.

New Mexico advances to Championship Game defeating Georgia

Arlington, TX – New Mexico Bluetails and Georgia Vipers both came into the Nationals having won their divisions, the Southwest and the Southeast respectively. Both organizations having only experienced one loss over the course of the season. The two teams proved to be fairly evenly matched throughout this one. Georgia was up early and seemed to be ready to break away late in the first half but the Bluetails got a little momentum starting to buckle down a little bit at the defensive end and then going to a combination of Guard Lamar Morinia and Forward Devon Williams to help get them back in the game just before halftime. For the Vipers, who had rode the electric play of Guard Cortez Chaney and Swing forward Cornelius Thomas en-route to this opportunity, they just lost momentum and were frustrated attacking the basket in the second half. The set defense of the Bluetails with a little more size and length inside proved to be the difference as Williams was a difficult matchup on both ends, serving as an effective secondary scoring option on one end and also helping to form that wall on the defensive end as well. Bluetails advance defeating Georgia in this one 97-86.

F.I.R.M. defeat PNW Vets to advance to PBA by 1891 Championship Game

Arlington, TX – The defending champion Fort Worth F.I.R.M. handled business on Saturday evening getting out early on the PNW Vets and maintaining the advantage to come away with the victory. For the Northwest champion Vets, they had a lot of momentum behind them coming into this game. Fresh off a Division final against Base Hill Bullies that put an exclamation mark on their one loss season, PNW came to the Dallas area as the 4 seed in the PBA. Guys like Malik Montoya at guard, Kwame Bates on the wing, and James Edwards inside had the Seattle/Tacoma area Vets advancing from the Northwest. For the defending champion F.I.R.M. they got out early and often behind eventual Final 4 MVP G/F Wolf Rabb, Guard Chasten King, and sharpshooting combo guard Jelon Hornbeak. Final score F.I.R.M. 100 Vets 71

Texas Roughriders join the PBA

Austin, TX – The Pro Basketball Association is pleased to announce a market has been awarded to the Texas Roughriders. Team ownership is no stranger to minor league basketball having owned another franchise in a different league. The Texas Roughriders Management Group will play in the Austin area.

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