South Carolina Warriors
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| Founded | 2011 |
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| League | American Basketball Association |
| Team history | South Carolina Warriors (2011-present) |
| Based in | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Arena | Carolina Forest Recreation Center |
| Colors |
Blue, Purple, Black, Gray |
| Owner(s) | Leonard R. Watts and J. Marshall Biddle |
| Head coach | John Kefalas |
| Championships | 0 |
| Division titles | 1 |
| Cheerleaders | Warrior Girls |
| Dancers | Lady Warriors Dance Team |
| Mascot | Wags The Warrior Dog |
| Website | http://www.scwarriorsbasketball.com/ |
The South Carolina Warriors were a Semi-professional basketball team based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and an expansion franchise team of the American Basketball Association in the Mid-Atlantic Conference which began play in the 2011-12 season.
In early August 2011, The American Basketball Association (ABA) announced that it has added an expansion team in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the upcoming 2011-2012 season, the South Carolina Warriors. The South Carolina Warriors would be owned by Indianapolis-based Platinum Entertainment Group LLC/Dymond Recodz (PEG) and would have its first home game at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
On November 24, 2011, the team announced that starting December 3, 2011, all of the team's home games would be played at the Little River Recreation Center.
On February 25, 2012, The Warriors, which were owned and operated by Tony Bennett, who is based in Indiana, through two different companies, was sold to a couple local investors.
In their inaugural season, The Warriors won every game in the regular season, then beat the Carolina Cheetahs in the playoffs, Lynchburg Legends in the Mid Atlantic Championship, Connecticut Topballers in the ABA Elite Eight, the North Dallas Vandals and Jacksonville Giants for a 29-0 record before losing 2-0 in a best-of-three series to the Jacksonville Giants in the ABA finals.
On October 28, 2012, it was announced that the Warriors have new owners, local businessmen Leonard R. Watts and J. Marshall Biddle. John Kefalas was promoted from being an assistant to head coach after Chris Beard, the head coach for the inaugural season, left to pursue other coaching opportunities. Beard is now the head coach at Texas Tech University. Kefalas, a veteran, was an assistant at Coastal Carolina under Pete Strickland.
* All home games are in bold and are played at the Carolina Forest Recreational Center.
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