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Premier Basketball League Announces 2012 Post Season Schedule
The Premier Basketball League is pleased to announce that playoff seeds and dates have been determined for the PBL’s 2012 post season. The Central Illinois Drive and Rochester RazorSharks have both claimed the number 1 seed position within their divisions with each team taking only one loss for their games already played. This was accomplished [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
3rd quarter dooms Steamers
The Scranton Wilkes Barre Steamers suffered their second straight loss Sunday afternoon at the Lackawanna Center to the Dayton Air Strikers 132-127. The Steamers took a 64-60 lead into intermission led by Kyle Robbins 8 for 8 performance in the first half.  Robbins finished 8 out of 9 from the floor and 16 points overall. The Air [...]
RazorSharks dominate the Steamers
The Rochester RazorSharks dominated the paint and the free throw line as they cruised past the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers 110-88 on a Saturday matinee at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. 90 of the RazorSharks’ 110 points came in the paint or on the free throw line. “It was an all-around team effort [...]
Steamers win thriller in OT
The Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers shook off  a slow start Saturday afternoon  in a 129-123 overtime thriller against the Lake Michigan Admirals at Lackawanna Center. Lake Michigan made it difficult for Scranton to score early with the length of 7”3 Center Shagari Alleyne who had 3 blocks just in the first quarter. Tychicus Snow paced the [...]
Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers win 3rd Straight
After a slow start Saturday afternoon at the Lackawanna University Center, the Steamers came from behind to defeat the Charleston Gunners with a final score of 127-118.  Vinnie Simpson nailed back to back threes late in the 1st quarter to spark the Steamers with a hot shooting performance.  The Steamers shot 57 percent from the floor.  Simpson finished [...]
Steamers pick up first win at home
The Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers picked up their first home win with a 107-97 victory over the Dayton Air Strikers at the Lackawanna University Center Friday night. Vinny Simpson led the way for the Steamers with 32 points and 11 assists. Derrion Griffin also had a double double performance with his combination of 16 points and [...]
Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers 120 – Lake Michigan Admirals 106
Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers 120 – Lake Michigan Admirals 106 Benton Harbor, MI – The Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers(1-2) took advantage of multiple Lake Michigan Admirals (0-1) turnovers to gain their PBL victory with a final score of 120-106 at Farnum Gymnasium at Benton Harbor. Lake Michigan led most of the first half, up by eight [...]