Basilan Peace Riders
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The Basilan Peace Riders, also known as the Basilan-BRT Peace Riders for sponsorship reasons, were a Filipino professional basketball team based in the province of Basilan. The team last competed in the Pilipinas Super League (PSL) and played their home games at Lamitan Capitol Gym in Lamitan.
Basilan Peace Riders | |
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League | MPBL (2018–2021) VisMin (2021–2022) PSL (2021–2022) |
Founded | 2018; 6 years ago (2018) |
History | Basilan Steel 2018–2021 Basilan-BRT Peace Riders 2021–2022 |
Arena | Lamitan Capitol Gym |
Location | Basilan |
Team colors | |
Main sponsor | BRT Sumisip |
Championships | VisMin: 1 (2021 – 1st) |
The team began play in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) in the 2018–19 season as part of the league's national expansion. The name "Steel" is based on the fact that Basilan comes from the word besih, meaning steel.
They have also played in the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, where they won their only league championship. They also won in the 2021 MPBL Invitational.