Phantom BC

{{Infobox basketball club

|name=Phantom BC

|founded={{start date and age|2025}}

|history=Phantom BC
2025–present

|color1=black

|color2=white

|color3=black

|logo =

|nickname = "Ghost Gang"

|league=Unrivaled

|arena = Wayfair Arena

|capacity =

|location=Miami, Florida{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Chris|title=Unrivaled unveils team names, branding|url= https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/10/24/unrivaled-team-branding? |website= Sports Business Journal |date=October 24, 2024}}

|manager=Adam Harrington (2025–present)

|captain=Satou Sabally (2025–present)

|ownership=Unrivaled

|season =

|position =

|sponsor =

|website= [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/phantom Website]

}}

Phantom Basketball Club, also known as Phantom BC, is an American three-on-three professional basketball team. They are a member of the Unrivaled basketball league, and made their debut in January 2025. The teams are based in Miami, Florida and Phantom is led by coach Adam Harrington.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Weatherspoon, Handy among Unrivaled coaches |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/42408827/unrivaled-coach-list-includes-teresa-weatherspoon-phil-handy |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

History

On October 24, 2024, the Unrivaled basketball league announced the names and logos of six teams joining its league, which are Laces BC, Lunar Owls BC, Mist BC, Phantom BC, Rose BC,and Vinyl BC. Phantom BC, along with the other five teams, will be based in Miami, Florida for the inaugural 2025 season. Six head coaches were later hired on November 15.{{cite web|last=Philippou|first=Alexa|title=Unrivaled coach list includes Teresa Weatherspoon, Phil Handy|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/42408827/unrivaled-coach-list-includes-teresa-weatherspoon-phil-handy|website=ESPN.com|date=November 15, 2024}}

Roster

On November 20, 2024, the six head coaches collaborated on balancing and choosing the rosters for the six teams.{{cite web |title=We Selected Our Basketball Club Rosters |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y965D3loQrg |time=15:40 |website=YouTube |date=November 20, 2024}} Phantom BC's roster was finalized with Marina Mabrey, Satou Sabally, Natasha Cloud, Brittney Griner, Katie Lou Samuelson, and Sabrina Ionescu as its players.{{Cite web |title=Unrivaled rosters 2024: Complete draft results, team-by-team picks for new basketball league |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tsn/news/unrivaled-live-draft-results-rosters/b9f07b7c5bb6696c958b7eab |date=2024-12-23 |access-date=2025-01-18 |work=Sporting News |language=en-us}}

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|+Phantom BC 2025 Roster{{Cite web |title=Official Phantom Basketball Club Website |url=https://www.unrivaled.basketball/phantom |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=www.unrivaled.basketball}}

! style=background:white colspan="6" align="center" |Players

Marina Mabrey

|Satou Sabally

|Natasha Cloud

|Brittney Griner

|Katie Lou Samuelson

|Sabrina Ionescu

=Relief players=

In pre-season training, Marina Mabrey sustained a right calf injury requiring a minimum of 2-weeks rest.{{Cite news |last=Andrews |first=Kendra |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Marina Mabrey (calf) to miss at least 2 weeks in Unrivaled |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/43444540/marina-mabrey-calf-miss-least-2-weeks-unrivaled |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117031619/https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/43444540/marina-mabrey-calf-miss-least-2-weeks-unrivaled |archive-date=January 17, 2025 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=ESPN}} In response, Phantom signed Natisha Hiedeman to a relief player contract on January 17.{{Cite news |last=Andrews |first=Kendra |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Unrivaled's Phantom sign Hiedeman to replace injured Mabrey |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/43454423/unrivaled-phantom-sign-hiedeman-replace-injured-mabrey |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122152953/https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/43454423/unrivaled-phantom-sign-hiedeman-replace-injured-mabrey |archive-date=January 22, 2025 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=ESPN}} Hiedeman was reassigned to the Laces on January 27.{{cite web|title=Phantom BC G Natisha Hiedeman Reassigned to Laces BC |url=https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/phantom-bc-g-natisha-hiedeman-reassigned-to-laces-bc-1vvwnj854c18 |website=Unrivaled |date=January 27, 2025 |access-date=January 27, 2025}} She rejoined Phantom on March 3 due to Sabrina Ionescu's exit from the league due to Ionescu's previously planned Asia tour with Nike.{{Cite web |last=Dalzell |first=Noa |date=2025-03-03 |title=Unrivaled announces extensive injury news, new player signing |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2025/3/3/24377075/unrivaled-injury-news-sabrina-ionescu-kate-martin-naz-hillmon-kahleah-copper-betnijah-laney-hamilton |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=SBNation.com |language=en}}{{cite magazine |first=Geoff |last=Magliocchetti |title=Liberty Stars Step Away From Unrivaled |url=https://www.si.com/nba/knicks/new-york-liberty/new-york-liberty-stars-step-away-unrivaled |work=Sports Illustrated |date=March 3, 2025 |access-date=March 15, 2025}}

2025 schedule

=Regular season=

{{Game log start|style=background:white |title= 2025 Phantom BC
Total: 4–10 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–6)}}

{{Game log section start|style=background:black |title={{color|white|January: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2)}}| Game| Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |Record| hide=y}}

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 1

| January 18

| Laces BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/cy9e2nxmf95w L 48–86]

| Sabrina Ionescu (18)

| Satou Sabally (7)

| Tied – 4 players (2)

| rowspan=2|Wayfair Arena

| 0–1

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 2

| January 20

| @ Vinyl BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/m9sh1b3jm0p1 L 69–84]

| Sabrina Ionescu (14)

| Sabrina Ionescu (7)

| Sabrina Ionescu (6)

| 0–2

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 3

| January 24

| Mist BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/6vgjcmphd6wm W 74–69]

| Griner & Sabally (29)

| Brittney Griner (9)

| Natasha Cloud (9)

| Wayfair Arena

| 1–2

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 4

| January 25

| @ Lunar Owls BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/o2o27kwyy1z5 L 58–82]

| Satou Sabally (19)

| Satou Sabally (9)

| Natasha Cloud (6)

| Wayfair Arena

| 1–3

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 5

| January 31

| Rose BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/zfxe4imyud75 W 75–63]

| Sabrina Ionescu (32)

| Sabrina Ionescu (9)

| Sabrina Ionescu (8)

| Wayfair Arena

| 2–3

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|style=background:black |title={{color|white|February: 1–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–3)}}| Game| Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location | Record | hide=y}}

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 6

| February 3

| @ Mist BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/ez47fwm7a025 L 61–64]

| Satou Sabally (22)

| Cloud & Griner (8)

| Sabrina Ionescu (9)

| rowspan=3| Wayfair Arena

| 2–4

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 7

| February 7

| Lunar Owls BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/t4qkedtx86as L 76–94]

| Brittney Griner (23)

| Satou Sabally (7)

| rowspan=2| Natasha Cloud (8)

| 2–5

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 8

| February 18

| @ Laces BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/i8dadcvtugiq L 68–75]

| Sabrina Ionescu (16)

| Sabrina Ionescu (13)

| 2–6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 9

| February 22

| Vinyl BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/lrsm6npgthbs W 79-72]

| Ionescu & Griner (22)

| Sabrina Ionescu (9)

| Sabally & Cloud (4)

| Wayfair Arena

| 3-6

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 10

| February 24

| @ Rose BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/m92ditkrpg6g L 59-71]

| Satou Sabally (17)

| Natasha Cloud (6)

| Natasha Cloud (5)

| rowspan=2| Wayfair Arena

| 3-7

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 11

| February 28

| Mist BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/hkj9hfyr4qo6 L 62-88]

| Brittney Griner (24)

| Sabrina Ionescu (8)

| Ionescu & Cloud (4)

| 3-8

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|style=background:black |title={{color|white|March: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)}}| Game| Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |Record| hide=y}}

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 12

| March 3

| @ Lunar Owls BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/lx6351tnkhnu L 79-92]

| Satou Sabally (21)

| Sabally & Griner (7)

| Brittney Griner (7)

| rowspan=2| Wayfair Arena

| 3-9

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 13

| March 7

| Laces BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/f3cv3sdbrtmw L 59-73]

| Griner & Cloud (13)

| Griner (6)

| Tied - 3 players (2)

| 3-10

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 14

| March 8

| @ Vinyl BC

| [https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/pd433x3z9okv W 80-74]

| Marina Mabrey (26)

| Sabally & Griner (7)

| Tied - 3 players (4)

| Wayfair Arena

| 4-10

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log end}}

2025

On March 3rd, Brittney Griner recorded the first dunk in Unrivaled history in Phantom's game against Lunar Owls BC.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=Brittney Griner Notes 'Historic Moment' of Unrivaled Dunk to WNBA Legend Lisa Leslie |url=https://www.si.com/onsi/womens-fastbreak/news/brittney-griner-notes-historic-moment-of-unrivaled-dunk-to-wnba-legend-lisa-leslie-01jnfp4gbstj |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Women's Fastbreak On SI |language=en-US}}

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