The Steel City Yellow Jackets are back for their fourth season of play in 2017/18 as they open things up with a battle against the West Virginia Warlocks tonight at 7 p.m. Many of the stars from last year's team are returning this season including veterans Tone Reddic and Gilmore Cummings as they look to make a fourth straight playoff run.
Professional basketball returns to the city of Pittsburgh for the fourth consecutive season as the Steel City Yellow Jackets of the American Basketball Association are back for their fourth season in 2017/18. The first three years has seen a lot of success as they have made the ABA playoffs in each of their first three seasons of competition.
Last season, they finished the regular season 15-8 and made it to the second round of the ABA playoffs where they fell to the West Michigan Lake Hawks. It was a great year for Steel City especially on the home front as they lost just four contests all season on their home court throughout the regular and post season. It was a great offensive season for Steel City as well as they regularly were scoring in the 100 point range throughout the season.
There were also some great individual performances in the 2016/17 season as the captains of the Steel City Yellow Jackets were able to shine on the court. Tone Reddic, who is in his fourth season with the team, led Steel City in scoring last season and was regularly scoring in the 40's. His best performance came in a 63 point performance last January as he led the Yellow Jackets to victory. For his effort, Reddic was named one of two Steel City Yellow Jacket ABA all-star representatives last season. Reddic and former Yellow Jacket Lawrence Baker represented the Steel City Yellow Jackets at last season's ABA all-star game.
The 2017/18 season brings a lot of new and exciting changes to the Steel City Yellow Jackets. The biggest change is the brand new facility located at 816 Climax Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. It will be the new permanent home of the Steel City Yellow Jackets as they look to continue their dominance on their home court. Also new this season, are some exciting new players on the court who are looking to contribute to this season's team and lead them back to the ABA playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
The 2017/18 season gets kicked off tonight at 7 p.m. as the Yellow Jackets do battle with ABA foe the West Virginia Warlocks. The Warlocks were formerly known as the West Virginia Wild Cats and played Steel City twice last season, losing both of those contests.
The Steel City Yellow Jackets enter the season as the 23rd ranked team in all of the ABA and are looking to continue to improve on that ranking as the season goes on. Last season, Steel City would get as high as the number 15 ranked team in the country and are looking to try and reach that top spot this season.
Tip-off for tonight's contest against the West Virginia Warlocks is scheduled for 7 p.m. The doors will open to fans at 6 p.m. with tickets costing $10 for adults and $5 for children. Come on out and catch the new season of Steel City Yellow Jackets basketball and Catch the Buzz.
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