Mid-Michigan Destroyers

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Mid-Michigan Destroyers
Small Destroyer Logo.png
Founded2009
League Premier Basketball League
Team historyMid-Michigan Destroyers (2009)
Based in Bay City, Michigan
Arena Bay City Western High School gymnasium
ColorsLake blue, battleship grey, white
PresidentJere Shockey
Head coachTJ Newsham [1]
Championships0
Division titles0

The Mid-Michigan Destroyers were a franchise in the Premier Basketball League which began play in the 2009 season. Based in Bay City, they trained at the JJKN Hoops Training Center (formerly the historic St. Joe's Gymnasium) but played at the Bay City Western high school gymnasium. [2]

Premier Basketball League sports league

The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, was an American professional men's basketball minor league that began play in January 2008. The league folded after the 2017 season, with The Basketball League as a successor league. In the past, there have been teams also in Canada and Puerto Rico. The league season operated from January to April.

Bay City, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Bay City is a city in Bay County, Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area. The city, along with nearby Midland and Saginaw, form the Greater Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan, which has more recently been called the Great Lakes Bay Region.

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The Destroyers tried to form strong rivalries with their fellow PBL teams in Michigan, the Detroit Panthers and the Battle Creek Knights, however two thirds of the way through their inaugural season, there was a split among the members of the ownership group and the team suspended operations for at least 2009, if not permanently. [3] The league also said the remaining Mid-Michigan games on the schedule would be filled by the remaining teams in the league. [4]

Detroit Panthers (PBL) American minor-league basketball team

The Detroit Panthers were an American minor-league basketball team in the Premier Basketball League. Formerly a member of the American Basketball Association, the team was previously known as the Detroit Dogs and the Detroit Wheels. The Panthers were one of the charter franchises of the ABA and won the league's first championship as the Detroit Dogs.

2009 Season Schedule

DateOpponent Home/Away ScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
January 3 Detroit Panthers Away109-114 Odgra Bobo (31) Luke Lloyd (18) Troy Coleman (4) Groves High School 0-1
January 10Detroit PanthersHome107-102Troy Coleman (20)Luke Lloyd (11) Oscar Sanders (4) Western High School 0-2
January 11 Augusta Groove Home145-129Odgra Bobo (35)Luke Lloyd (13)Luke Lloyd (8)Western High School0-3
January 23 Chicago Throwbacks Home105-116Marcus Skinner (28)Luke Lloyd (15)Luke Lloyd (4)Western High School1-3
January 24 Battle Creek Knights Home120-116Odgra Bobo (30)Luke Lloyd (15)Troy Coleman (5)Western High School1-4
January 26Chicago ThrowbacksAway117-104 Chuck Reed (34)Luke Lloyd (20)Luke Lloyd (7)Attack Athletics2-4
January 29 Rochester Razorsharks Home119-82Odgra Bobo (26)Luke Lloyd (6) Eugene Seals (1)Western High School2-5
January 31Augusta GrooveAway119-125Oscar Sanders & Odgra Bobo (26)Luke Lloyd (19)Luke Lloyd (2) Richmond Academy 2-6
February 7Rochester RazorsharksAway86-141Odgra Bobo (28) Melvin White (12) Kendrick Cornelius (4) Blue Cross Arena 2-7
February 13Chicago ThrowbacksAway108-121Odgra Bobo (24)Luke Lloyd (14)Luke Lloyd (5)Attack Athletics2-8
February 19Battle Creek KnightsAway111-131Odgra Bobo (25)Melvin White & Anthony Stewart (10) Antonio Jones, Justin Blevins, Kendrick Cornelius & Odgra Bobo (2) Kellogg Arena 2-9
February 21Rochester RazorsharksAway110-123Odgra Bobo (28)Anthony Stewart & Odgra Bobo (7)Kendrick Cornelius (5)Blue Cross Arena2-10
February 22Detroit PanthersHome118-103Odgra Bobo (18) Frank Cojcaj (7)Odgra Bobo (5)Western High School2-11

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References

  1. ↑ "Destroyers Name Coaching Staff". Our Sports Central. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  2. ↑ Leveling, Marlo (2008-11-24). "Mid-Michigan Destroyers Announce Coaching Staff, Draft Picks And Venue!". MyBayCity.com. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  3. ↑ Pucko, Bill (2009-02-25). "PBL Loses Another Team". RNews.com. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  4. ↑ "PBL Grants Mid-Michigan a Suspension of Operations". Our Sports Central. 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-02-25.


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