# Phantom BC
**Phantom BC** is an American professional women's 3-on-3 basketball club based in Miami, Florida, that plays in Unrivaled, a league co-founded by [Breanna Stewart](https://www.edgepedia.org/breanna-stewart) and [Napheesa Collier](https://www.edgepedia.org/napheesa-collier) and owned at club level by the league itself.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) • [2](https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/151478-phantom-bc) The club was one of six founding clubs announced with rosters on November 20, 2024, and debuted when the inaugural season tipped off on January 17, 2025.[3](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12) After a 4-10 first season, Phantom went 11-3 in the 2026 regular season as the league's top seed and reached its first championship game, losing 80-74 to [Mist BC](https://www.edgepedia.org/mist-bc) on March 4, 2026.[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) • [1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| League and format | Unrivaled (United States), a 3-on-3 professional women's league played on a compressed full court of 70 x 50 feet in Miami[3](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12) |
| Founded | One of six inaugural clubs; rosters revealed November 20, 2024; first games January 17, 2025[3](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12) |
| Ownership and home | League-owned; home arena Wayfair Arena, Miami; nickname "Ghost Gang"[2](https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/151478-phantom-bc) |
| Records | 2025: 4-10; 2026 regular season: 11-3 (top seed); all-time regular season 15-13[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) |
| Best result | Runner-up of the 2026 Unrivaled championship, losing 80-74 to Mist BC on March 4, 2026[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) |
| Coaches | Adam Harrington (2025), then Roneeka Hodges (2026), the 2026 Coach of the Year[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) |
| Leading players | Sabrina Ionescu, Brittney Griner, Satou Sabally, Natasha Cloud, Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Plum, Kiki Iriafen[5](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-3-on-3-womens-basketball-league-explained-rules-rosters-schedule-compensation-and-more/) • [1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) |
| Pay model | Reported inaugural compensation: six-figure minimum salaries plus league equity; a reported salary pool of over $8 million implied an average of about $222,222 per player across the league[5](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-3-on-3-womens-basketball-league-explained-rules-rosters-schedule-compensation-and-more/) |
## History and formation
Unrivaled revealed rosters for its six clubs, including Phantom BC, on November 20, 2024, ahead of the inaugural season that began in Miami on January 17, 2025.[3](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12) The league built the clubs by having the six head coaches take part in a blind draft: each coach drafted players without knowing which club he would lead, and Adam Harrington was assigned to Phantom as its first head coach.[3](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12)
**Roster building.** Phantom held one of the league's two Wildcard Positions, the other belonging to [Lunar Owls BC](https://www.edgepedia.org/lunar-owls-bc); these slots let the league add players up to and throughout the season.[3](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12) [Sabrina Ionescu](https://www.edgepedia.org/sabrina-ionescu) joined Phantom in December 2024 in what was reported to be the league's last player addition before tip-off.[6](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6015990/2024/12/23/unrivaled-basketball-sabrina-ionescu-joins-phantom/) On December 21, 2024, Phantom acquired Natasha Cloud from Lunar Owls in a four-player, three-team trade that sent Jackie Young and Tiffany Hayes to Laces.[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) When Marina Mabrey strained her calf, [Natisha Hiedeman](https://www.edgepedia.org/natisha-hiedeman) signed with Phantom as a relief player on January 17, 2025, the day the season opened.[5](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-3-on-3-womens-basketball-league-explained-rules-rosters-schedule-compensation-and-more/)
The inaugural roster comprised Natasha Cloud, Brittney Griner, Sabrina Ionescu, Marina Mabrey, Satou Sabally, Katie Lou Samuelson, and Natisha Hiedeman, coached by Harrington.[5](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-3-on-3-womens-basketball-league-explained-rules-rosters-schedule-compensation-and-more/)
## Club structure and finances
Phantom is owned by the Unrivaled league rather than by independent owners, and it plays its home games at Wayfair Arena in Miami.[2](https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/151478-phantom-bc) For the inaugural participants, reported league-wide compensation included a six-figure minimum and league equity; the reported salary pool of over $8 million implied an average salary of about $222,222.[5](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-3-on-3-womens-basketball-league-explained-rules-rosters-schedule-compensation-and-more/) The league promised the highest average salary in women's professional sports league history for those participants.[6](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6015990/2024/12/23/unrivaled-basketball-sabrina-ionescu-joins-phantom/)
Commissioner Micky Lawler said the league was on track to generate $45 million in revenue in 2026, up from $27 million in 2025, and the championship prize pool doubled from 2025 to $600,000 in 2026.[7](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/03/05/unrivaled-caps-second-season-with-growth-mist-championship/) Two counter-signals accompanied that growth: television ratings were down 31 percent from the first season as of the midseason break, while live events performed strongly, including a Philadelphia tour stop that set a pro women's basketball regular-season attendance record and earned $2 million, and a sellout [Barclays Center](https://www.edgepedia.org/barclays-center) semifinal crowd of 18,261.[7](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/03/05/unrivaled-caps-second-season-with-growth-mist-championship/)
## Performance and honors
Phantom's two seasons moved in opposite directions. Under Harrington the club went 4-10 in 2025, averaging 67.8 points per game.[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) Under Roneeka Hodges in 2026 it went 11-3, won the regular season with the top seed, and reached the championship game for the first time in club history.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) • [4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/)
In the March 4, 2026 final at Sephora Arena, Mist BC beat Phantom 80-74 to claim the $600,000 prize pool, becoming the second champion after [Rose BC](https://www.edgepedia.org/rose-bc) (2025).[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) • [8](https://apnews.com/article/breanna-stewart-kelsey-plum-unrivaled-championship-348635cf04773fa47718e813d86ca746) Phantom had beaten Mist twice in the 2026 regular season, but Breanna Stewart scored 32 points and was named final MVP as Mist overcame that season-long deficit.[8](https://apnews.com/article/breanna-stewart-kelsey-plum-unrivaled-championship-348635cf04773fa47718e813d86ca746)
**2026 awards.** [Aliyah Boston](https://www.edgepedia.org/aliyah-boston) won Defensive Player of the Year and made the All-Unrivaled Second Team; [Kelsey Plum](https://www.edgepedia.org/kelsey-plum) made the All-Unrivaled First Team; and Roneeka Hodges was named Coach of the Year.[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/)
## By the numbers
Across all games in 2025 and 2026, including playoffs, Phantom compiled a 16-14 record in 30 games, averaging 71.1 points per game on 48.1 percent shooting.[9](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/all/) The turnaround year shows up in the shooting and scoring lines: 2025 produced 67.8 points on 47.0 percent, while 2026 including playoffs produced 74.0 points on 49.0 percent in 16 games.[9](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/all/)
Kelsey Plum led the Phantom in the final, setting an Unrivaled playoff record with 40 points on 14-of-21 shooting, with six rebounds and five assists.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) [Kiki Iriafen](https://www.edgepedia.org/kiki-iriafen) added 13 points and 11 rebounds in that game, her second consecutive playoff double-double.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap)
A note on the records: the official league recap gives the 2026 regular-season record as 11-3 (14 games), which the statistical database matches for regular-season play (all-time 15-13), while the database's 12-4 and all-time 16-14 figures include playoff games.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) • [9](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/all/) The two counts are consistent once the different denominators are kept separate.
## How it compares with rival clubs
In the 2026 regular season Phantom finished first at 11-3 as the top seed.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) Rose BC won the inaugural 2025 championship, and Mist's 2026 title made it the second champion in league history; Phantom's runner-up finish in 2026 was its first championship-game appearance.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap)
Phantom's 2026 form placed it above every rival over the regular season, yet the playoff format compressed the gap: a club it had swept 2-0, Mist, won the title.[8](https://apnews.com/article/breanna-stewart-kelsey-plum-unrivaled-championship-348635cf04773fa47718e813d86ca746)
## Notable players and coaches
**Coaches.** Adam Harrington led Phantom in 2025 as its first head coach.[3](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12) Roneeka Hodges replaced him for 2026, went 11-3, reached the final, and won Coach of the Year.[1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) • [4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/)
**Players.** The inaugural roster carried several of the WNBA's most prominent names: Sabrina Ionescu, Brittney Griner, Satou Sabally, and Natasha Cloud, alongside Marina Mabrey, Katie Lou Samuelson, and Natisha Hiedeman.[5](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-3-on-3-womens-basketball-league-explained-rules-rosters-schedule-compensation-and-more/) • [6](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6015990/2024/12/23/unrivaled-basketball-sabrina-ionescu-joins-phantom/) Sabally captained the club in 2025; Kelsey Plum captained it in 2026.[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) The 2026 season added Aliyah Boston, the 2026 Defensive Player of the Year, and Kiki Iriafen, whose 13-point, 11-rebound final gave her a second consecutive playoff double-double.[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) • [1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap)
## What has changed since 2023
The club did not exist before the 2024-25 off-season, so its entire history falls after that date. Within its two seasons, the main changes are: the coaching change from Harrington to Hodges and the captaincy from Sabally to Plum between 2025 and 2026;[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) the departure of Sabally, who played no games for Phantom in 2026, and the mid-season 2026 additions of Aziaha James (signed January 12, 2026) and [Makayla Timpson](https://www.edgepedia.org/makayla-timpson) (assigned March 1, 2026);[4](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/) and league-level changes: a doubled $600,000 prize pool and revenue growth from $27 million to a projected $45 million.[7](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/03/05/unrivaled-caps-second-season-with-growth-mist-championship/)
## Venue and coaching records
TheSportsDB lists Wayfair Arena as Phantom's home arena; the official recap identifies Sephora Arena as the site of the March 4, 2026 championship game.[2](https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/151478-phantom-bc) • [1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap) The official league record and statistical database identify Roneeka Hodges as Phantom's 2026 coach; TheSportsDB's profile lists Adam Harrington.[2](https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/151478-phantom-bc) • [1](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap)
## References
1. [Mist (80-74) Phantom (Mar 04, 2026) Final Score, Unrivaled official recap](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/game/jx1ocoygd5a4/recap)
2. [Phantom BC, TheSportsDB](https://www.thesportsdb.com/team/151478-phantom-bc)
3. [Unrivaled Announces Rosters and Coaches for All Six Clubs and Releases Schedule for Inaugural 2025 Season, Unrivaled](https://www.unrivaled.basketball/news/unrivaled-announces-rosters-and-coaches-for-all-six-clubs-and-releases-schedule-for-inaugural-2025-season-5a17djrnlu12)
4. [Phantom BC team page, AtT/Unrivaled statistical database](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/)
5. [Unrivaled 3-on-3 women's basketball league, explained: Rules, rosters, schedule, compensation and more, CBS Sports](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-3-on-3-womens-basketball-league-explained-rules-rosters-schedule-compensation-and-more/)
6. [Sabrina Ionescu joins Unrivaled as likely final addition before new league's inaugural season, The Athletic via The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6015990/2024/12/23/unrivaled-basketball-sabrina-ionescu-joins-phantom/)
7. [Unrivaled caps second season of growth with Mist championship, Sports Business Journal](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/03/05/unrivaled-caps-second-season-with-growth-mist-championship/)
8. [Stewart scores 32, carries Mist to Unrivaled title, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/breanna-stewart-kelsey-plum-unrivaled-championship-348635cf04773fa47718e813d86ca746)
9. [Phantom BC all games, AtT/Unrivaled statistical database](https://unrivaled.acrossthetimeline.com/teams/phantom-bc/all/)
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