# 2021–22 Plymouth City Patriots season

The 2021–22 Plymouth City Patriots season was the first season of the franchise and the team's first appearance in the British Basketball League (BBL).
It was the first season under head coach Paul James.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Rashad Hassan | Deji Adekunle | |
| PF | Joseph Hart | Cameron King | |
| SF | Rowell Graham-Bell | Isaiah Walker | Liam Langridge-Barker |
| SG | Troy Simons | Denzel Ubiaro | Daniel Fawell-Molloy |
| PG | Antonio Williams | Elvisi Dusha | |

### Transactions
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Date |
| 10 | G | Denzel Ubiaro | 24 | Plymouth Raiders | 27 August 2021 |
| 22 | C | Kingsley Okoroh | 26 | London Lions | 2 September 2021 |
| 7 | SG | Liam Carpenter | 25 | Lokomotive Bernau | 6 September 2021 |
| 0 | PF | Cameron King | 25 | Quintanar | 6 September 2021 |
| 13 | G/F | Joseph Hart | 27 | SBB Wolmirstedt | 8 September 2021 |
| 1 | PF | Shawn Shelton | 26 | Culleredo | 8 September 2021 |
| 12 | PG | Elvisi Dusha | 27 | Plymouth Raiders | 13 September 2021 |
| 4 | C | Deji Adekunle | 29 | Oaklands Wolves | 2 October 2021 |
| 1 | SG | Kofi Josephs | 30 | Free Agent | 4 November 2021 |
| 21 | SF | Rowell Graham-Bell | 27 | Basketball Löwen Erfurt | 4 November 2021 |
| 6 | PG | Antonio Williams | 24 | Ottawa BlackJacks | 16 December 2021 |
| 22 | F/C | Rashad Hassan | 32 | Free Agent | 17 December 2021 |
| 9 | SG | Troy Simons | 25 | Kharkivski Sokoly | 1 March 2022 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Date |
| 1 | PF | Shawn Shelton | 26 | Free Agent | 3 November 2021 |
| 7 | SG | Liam Carpenter | 25 | Free Agent | 10 December 2021 |
| 22 | C | Kingsley Okoroh | 26 | Free Agent | 10 December 2021 |
| 1 | SG | Kofi Josephs | 30 | Free Agent | 2 March 2022 |

## Competitions

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| BBL Championship | 9 November 2021 | 24 April 2022 | Round 1 | 8th | 27 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 2,176 | 2,319 | −143 | 044.44 |
| BBL Cup | 25 September 2021 | 27 October 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 513 | 693 | −180 | 000.00 |
| BBL Trophy | 17 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 154 | +36 | 050.00 |
| BBL Playoffs | 29 April 2022 | 1 May 2022 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 190 | 158 | +32 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 3,069 | 3,324 | −255 | 033.33 |
Source: Competitions

## BBL Championship
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Cheshire Phoenix | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2272 | 2280 | −8 | 26 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Glasgow Rocks | 27 | 12 | 15 | 2415 | 2471 | −56 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Plymouth City Patriots | 27 | 12 | 15 | 2176 | 2319 | −143 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Newcastle Eagles | 27 | 10 | 17 | 2313 | 2422 | −109 | 20 | |
| 10 | Surrey Scorchers | 27 | 2 | 25 | 1959 | 2457 | −498 | 4 | |

### Ladder progression

* Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight.
* Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
* Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
2021–22 BBL Championship vte :
| Team vte | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Bristol Flyers | – | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Cheshire Phoenix | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Glasgow Rocks | – | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Leicester Riders | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| London Lions | – | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Manchester Giants | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Newcastle Eagles | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Plymouth City Patriots | – | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Sheffield Sharks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Surrey Scorchers | – | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### Matches
## BBL playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Leicester Riders | 86 | 88 | 174 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Plymouth City Patriots | 71 | 87 | 158 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Plymouth City Patriots | 71 | 87 | 158 | 1 | Leicester Riders | 105 | 104 | 209 | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Glasgow Rocks | 84 | 78 | 162 | | | |
| 2 | Sheffield Sharks | 83 | 72 | 155 | 7 | Glasgow Rocks | 84 | 78 | 162 | | | |
| 7 | Glasgow Rocks | 76 | 96 | 172 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Glasgow Rocks | 76 | 96 | 172 | | | | | | 1 | Leicester Riders | 78 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | London Lions | 75 |
| 3 | London Lions | 85 | 95 | 180 | | | | | | | | | 3 | London Lions | 75 |
| 7 | Cheshire Phoenix | 69 | 97 | 166 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cheshire Phoenix | 69 | 97 | 166 | 3 | London Lions | 85 | 91 | 176 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Bristol Flyers | 83 | 73 | 156 | | | |
| 4 | Bristol Flyers | 79 | 94 | 173 | 4 | Bristol Flyers | 83 | 73 | 156 | | | |
| 5 | Manchester Giants | 91 | 80 | 171 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-Finals
## BBL Cup
### South Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | London Lions | 8 | 7 | 1 | 722 | 622 | +100 | 14 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Leicester Riders | 8 | 6 | 2 | 715 | 616 | +99 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Bristol Flyers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 649 | 653 | −4 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Surrey Scorchers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 639 | 654 | −15 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Plymouth City Patriots | 8 | 0 | 8 | 513 | 693 | −180 | 0 | |

## Statistics
### BBL Championship

| Player | GP | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Deji Adekunle | 25 | 10.8 | 40.9% | 0% | 61.1% | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Tobias Aigner | 1 | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Carpenter | 6 | 23 | 56.7% | 15.4% | 66.7% | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| Elvisi Dusha | 22 | 25.6 | 33.3% | 36.5% | 66.7% | 2.9 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Daniel Fawell-Molloy | 6 | 1.8 | 0% | 33.3% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Rowell Graham-Bell | 24 | 28 | 49.6% | 33.3% | 71% | 7.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 14.8 |
| Joseph Hart | 26 | 30.7 | 43.6% | 36.2% | 73.9% | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Rashad Hassan | 21 | 30.3 | 62.4% | 0% | 58.2% | 7.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 17.3 |
| Kofi Josephs | 12 | 31.8 | 48.8% | 34% | 84% | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0 | 20.8 |
| Cameron King | 23 | 15.9 | 39.2% | 0% | 76.9% | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Liam Langridge-Barker | 4 | 10.7 | 100% | 33.3% | 0% | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| Kingsley Okoroh | 5 | 24.3 | 50% | 0% | 57.1% | 5.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 |
| Troy Simons | 9 | 29 | 60.5% | 36.1% | 75% | 3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0 | 14.1 |
| Denzel Ubiaro | 20 | 25 | 44.4% | 23.1% | 68.9% | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| Isaiah Walker | 12 | 4.8 | 100% | 16.7% | 0% | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Antonio Williams | 19 | 34.3 | 55.5% | 27.5% | 71.6% | 4.3 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 18.6 |
Source: British Basketball League

### All Competitions

Statistics for all competitions including BBL Championship, BBL Cup, BBL Trophy and BBL Playoffs.
| Player | GP | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Deji Adekunle | 34 | 13.79 | 39.1% | 0% | 59.4% | 2.94 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 3.09 |
| Tobias Aigner | 1 | 5.03 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Carpenter | 14 | 23.49 | 46.5% | 20.6% | 70.0% | 1.86 | 2.21 | 0.50 | 0 | 5.36 |
| Elvisi Dusha | 31 | 24.60 | 37.0% | 31.3% | 62.5% | 2.90 | 4.94 | 0.87 | 0.13 | 5.58 |
| Daniel Fawell-Molloy | 7 | 3.14 | 0% | 20.0% | 0% | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.43 |
| Rowell Graham-Bell | 27 | 27.67 | 49.2% | 32.4% | 72.7% | 6.74 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 0.56 | 14.44 |
| Joseph Hart | 38 | 30.47 | 43.3% | 32.6% | 78.8% | 4.13 | 2.89 | 0.95 | 0.05 | 9.03 |
| Rashad Hassan | 25 | 29.86 | 63.4% | 0% | 56.3% | 7.04 | 1.08 | 0.40 | 0.4 | 16.76 |
| Kofi Josephs | 14 | 30.21 | 45.8% | 35.1% | 81.2% | 3.71 | 2.50 | 1.57 | 0 | 19.79 |
| Cameron King | 35 | 19.33 | 41.8% | 5.9% | 77.8% | 5.20 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 4.17 |
| Liam Langridge-Barker | 11 | 6.54 | 50.0% | 31.8% | 0% | 0.73 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0 | 2.09 |
| Muhammed Okiki | 3 | 5.48 | 0% | 50.0% | 0% | 1.00 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Kingsley Okoroh | 6 | 20.94 | 50.0% | 0% | 57.1% | 4.67 | 1.17 | 0.17 | 2.33 | 4.67 |
| Shawn Shelton | 7 | 22.76 | 39.3% | 20.0% | 90.2% | 4.86 | 0.43 | 0.86 | 0.29 | 9.57 |
| Troy Simons | 11 | 30.29 | 64.6% | 36.8% | 75.0% | 3.36 | 2.55 | 1.55 | 0 | 14.36 |
| Denzel Ubiaro | 32 | 27.30 | 47.3% | 31.3% | 67.8% | 3.66 | 1.91 | 1.00 | 0.34 | 11.13 |
| Isaiah Walker | 21 | 8.63 | 50.0% | 17.3% | 75.0% | 1.24 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 2.10 |
| Antonio Williams | 23 | 33.70 | 55.3% | 28.9% | 71.1% | 4.00 | 8.30 | 2.35 | 0.43 | 18.57 |
Source: BritHoops.com