The Charleston Gunners were a
Premier Basketball League team based in
Charleston, West Virginia. The Gunners played their home games on the campus of
West Virginia University Institute of Technology in
Montgomery.
The Gunners were named to honor Charleston's former
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA), originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association, was a men's professional basketball m ...
team of the same name which moved from
Sarasota, Florida
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(where they were called the Sarasota Stingers) in 1986, remaining in Charleston until moving to
Columbus, Ohio
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in 1989, becoming the
Columbus Horizon.
On January 26, 2012, the Charleston Gunners were released from the league due to failure to Adhere League Standards. They played only 4 games before they were released.
External links
Charleston Gunners official website
Former Premier Basketball League teams
Basketball teams in West Virginia
Basketball teams established in 2011
2011 establishments in West Virginia
Sports in Charleston, West Virginia
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