{"id":46468,"date":"2025-08-05T23:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46468\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:41:10","slug":"augusta-hurricanes-launch-womens-american-basketball-association-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46468\/","title":{"rendered":"Augusta Hurricanes launch Women\u2019s American Basketball Association team"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW\/WAGT) – Outside of golf, there\u2019s the argument that basketball defines Augusta, both men\u2019s and women\u2019s from from AAU to high school, college and semi-pro.<\/p>\n

The latest team to throw their name into the hat is the Augusta Hurricanes, providing a second chance to our area athletes when often they feel they don\u2019t have one.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes have launched their first season in Augusta.<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re part of the Women\u2019s American Basketball Association.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the same association that the Georgia Soul played in when they had a women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

When they left, a few girls on the roster would reach out.<\/p>\n

So so instead of just meeting up for a game of pick-up they decided to make it the real deal and compete.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re now one of 19 teams competing in the ABA, nine in the South Division.<\/p>\n

They have athletes anywhere from straight out of high school to 43 years old.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want us just basically to get this organization big enough so that we can get back to the community. So females who don\u2019t consider they want to go off to college anyway, they can always have a place to come back and play professional basketball and get that exposure. We get plenty of exposures from overseas scouts. Sometimes even college scouts come out and watch. So my thing is, if they can get that exposure and anything we can do to get them to the higher level, I\u2019m all for it,\u201d said Rashay Rawls, owner of the Augusta Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

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