2023–24 Plymouth City Patriots season

2023–24 Plymouth City Patriots season
2023–24 Plymouth City Patriots season
Head coach	Paul James
Captain	Elvisi Dusha
Arena	Plymouth Pavilions
BBL results
	Stats at BBL.org.uk
	All statistics correct as of 22 October 2023.

The 2023–24 Plymouth City Patriots season is the 3rd season of the franchise in the British Basketball League (BBL).

Players

Squad information

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Plymouth City Patriots roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F	2	Johnson, D'Andre	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	25 – (1998-05-19)19 May 1998
F	3	Wiley, Jacob	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	25 – (1998-09-16)16 September 1998
F/C	5	Yassi-Pepin, Charles	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		26 – (1997-07-26)26 July 1997
SG	9	Faulkner, Mason	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	25 – (1998-06-11)11 June 1998
SG	10	Lomeka, Briceny (TW)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	11	Johnson, Taylor	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	28 – (1994-10-29)29 October 1994
PG	12	Dusha, Elvisi (C)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	29 – (1994-07-15)15 July 1994
SF	13	Hart, Joseph	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	27 – (1996-01-10)10 January 1996
SF	15	Atwood, T.J.	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	25 – (1997-11-04)4 November 1997
PG	17	Dang-Akodo, Jules	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	27 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996
F	24	White, Will (TW)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
F/C		Levi, Spencer	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	24 – (1999-04-11)11 April 1999

Head coach

Paul James

Assistant coach(es)

Will Hopper

Legend

(C) Team captain
(TW) Two-way affiliate player with
Plymouth Marjon University
Injured

Roster

Updated: 23 October 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Spencer Levi	Charles Yassi-Pepin
PF	Jacob Wiley	D'Andre Johnson	Will White
SF	T.J. Atwood	Joseph Hart
SG	Mason Faulkner	Elvisi Dusha	Briceny Lomeka
PG	Taylor Johnson	Jules Dang-Akodo

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Date	Source
11	G	Taylor Johnson	28	Hemel Storm	19 July 2023	[1]
9	SG	Mason Faulkner	25	Free Agent	19 July 2023	[2]
2	F	D'Andre Johnson	25	Free Agent	25 July 2023	[3]
4	PF	Mekhii Noble	24	Florida Tech Panthers	29 July 2023	[4]
15	SF	T.J. Atwood	25	Iskra Svit	31 July 2023	[5]
3	F	Jacob Wiley	25	N.E. Megaridos	20 August 2023	[6]
5	F/C	Charles Yassi-Pepin	26	Free Agent	14 September 2023	[7]
	F/C	Spencer Levi	24	BC Vienna	23 October 2023	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Date	Source
11	PG	Ty Gadsden	27	Free Agent	May 2023
22	F/C	Rashad Hassan	34	Free Agent	May 2023
2	F	James Hawthorne Jr.	26	Free Agent	May 2023
13	F	Otas Iyekekpolor	27	Free Agent	May 2023
15	C	Samuel Keita	23	Free Agent	May 2023
9	G	Patrick Lanipekun	24	CB Aridane	5 August 2023	[9]
1	SF	Ralph Bissainthe	24	KK Alkar	16 September 2023	[10]
0	SG	Isa Brandon	26	Solent Kestrels	16 September 2023	[11]
4	PF	Mekhii Noble	24	Free Agent	18 October 2023	[12]

Pre-season and friendlies

1 September 2023	Surrey Scorchers	93–97	Plymouth City Patriots	Guildford
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–33, 27–19, 21–32, 21–13
				Arena: Surrey Sports Park Attendance: not available

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
BBL Championship	15 September 2023	20 April 2024	Round 1					!—
BBL Trophy	7 January 2024	20 January 2024						!—
BBL Playoffs								!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

BBL Championship

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions	10	10	0	956	787	+169	20	Playoffs
2	Bristol Flyers	9	6	3	753	702	+51	12
3	Cheshire Phoenix	8	5	3	697	669	+28	10
4	Leicester Riders	8	5	3	713	699	+14	10
5	Sheffield Sharks	10	5	5	777	743	+34	10
6	Caledonia Gladiators	6	4	2	512	513	−1	8
7	Newcastle Eagles	8	3	5	656	700	−44	6
8	Manchester Giants	8	2	6	641	731	−90	4

9	Surrey Scorchers	8	1	7	636	681	−45	2
10	Plymouth City Patriots	9	1	8	657	773	−116	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: BBC Sport

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place

2023–24 BBL Championship
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Team ╲ Round
Bristol Flyers	4	4	8	4	3	2
Caledonia Gladiators	3	6	6	6	6	4
Cheshire Phoenix	1	3	5	3	5	3
Leicester Riders	10	7	3	2	2	5
London Lions	2	1	1	1	1	1
Manchester Giants	8	10	7	8	8	8
Newcastle Eagles	5	2	2	7	7	7
Plymouth City Patriots	7	9	9	9	9	10
Sheffield Sharks	6	5	4	5	4	6
Surrey Scorchers	9	8	10	10	10	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: BBL.org.uk

Matches

15 September 2023 1	Bristol Flyers	82–65	Plymouth City Patriots	Bristol
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 18–10, 23–12, 20–28
YouTube	Pts: Greene 23 Rebs: Greene 10 Asts: Johnson 6	boxscore report	Pts: Atwood, T. Johnson 17 Rebs: T. Johnson, Noble 7 Asts: Dusha 8	Arena: SGS College Arena Attendance: 770 Referees: Gavin Williams, Joe Hodgson, Tahir Akar

22 September 2023 2	Leicester Riders	88–81	Plymouth City Patriots	Leicester
19:45	Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 25–35, 16–13, 29–16
YouTube	Pts: Lall 14 Rebs: Holmes, Thomas 6 Asts: Mackenzie, Pinson 5	boxscore report	Pts: Atwood, Faulkner 20 Rebs: Atwood 7 Asts: Faulkner 5	Arena: Morningside Arena Attendance: 880 Referees: Paul Unsworth, Steve Ellis, Kevin Kinsella

29 September 2023 3	Plymouth City Patriots	73–77	Manchester Giants	Plymouth
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 8–20, 20–21, 21–20
YouTube	Pts: Faulkner 20 Rebs: Atwood 9 Asts: T. Johnson 6	boxscore report	Pts: Anderson 19 Rebs: Stampley 11 Asts: Harris 5	Arena: Plymouth Pavilions Attendance: not available Referees: Gavin Williams, Ian Spearman, Alexandra Belkner

1 October 2023 3	Plymouth City Patriots	92–87	Sheffield Sharks	Plymouth
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 28–11, 22–30, 24–28
YouTube	Pts: Faulkner 24 Rebs: Atwood 8 Asts: Dang-Akodo 5	boxscore report	Pts: Eytle-Rock 20 Rebs: Adekoya, Nichols 6 Asts: Adekoya 5	Arena: Plymouth Pavilions Attendance: not available Referees: Gavin Williams, David Griffin, Harvey West

BBL Trophy

Group Stage

7 January 2024	Plymouth City Patriots	vs.	Caledonia Gladiators	Plymouth
18:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
YouTube				Arena: Plymouth Pavilions

13 January 2024	Plymouth City Patriots	vs.	Surrey Scorchers	Plymouth
20:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
YouTube				Arena: Plymouth Pavilions

14 January 2024	Cheshire Phoenix	vs.	Plymouth City Patriots	Ellesmere Port
18:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
YouTube				Arena: Cheshire Oaks Arena

20 January 2024	Sheffield Sharks	vs.	Plymouth City Patriots	Sheffield
20:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
YouTube				Arena: Canon Medical Arena

References

"Taylor Johnson becomes the latest to sign for the 23/24 season". Plymouth City Patriots. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Louisville guard Mason Faulkner joins the Patriots". Plymouth City Patriots. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Plymouth City Patriots announce fifth summer signing, D'Andre Johnson". British Basketball League. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Mekhii Noble Signs with Plymouth City Patriots". Florida Tech Sports. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Plymouth Patriots ink TJ Atwood, ex Iskra Svit". EuroBasket.com. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Plymouth City Patriots acquire American forward Jacob Wiley". British Basketball League. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"London born big man Charles Yassi-Pepin joins the Plymouth City Patriots for the British basketball league season". Plymouth City Patriots. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Big man Spencer Levi is now a Patriot!". Twitter. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
"Patrick Babatunde Lanipekun, un exterior para el CB Aridane". BasketMania Tenerife (in Spanish). 5 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Alkar inks Ralph Bissainthe, ex Plymouth P." EuroBasket.com. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Kestrels Family please welcome your 2023-24 NBL Division 2 Mens squad". Twitter. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
"Mekhii Noble to leave Patriots due to medical grounds". Plymouth City Patriots. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

External links

Official website

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[Taylor_Johnson_becomes_the_latest_to_sign_for_the_23/24_season-1] "Taylor Johnson becomes the latest to sign for the 23/24 season". Plymouth City Patriots. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[Louisville_guard_Mason_Faulkner_joins_the_Patriots-2] "Louisville guard Mason Faulkner joins the Patriots". Plymouth City Patriots. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[Plymouth_City_Patriots_announce_fifth_summer_signing,_D’Andre_Johnson-3] "Plymouth City Patriots announce fifth summer signing, D'Andre Johnson". British Basketball League. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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[Alkar_inks_Ralph_Bissainthe,_ex_Plymouth_P.-10] "Alkar inks Ralph Bissainthe, ex Plymouth P." EuroBasket.com. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[Kestrels_Family_please_welcome_your_2023-24_NBL_Division_2_Mens_squad-11] "Kestrels Family please welcome your 2023-24 NBL Division 2 Mens squad". Twitter. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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