Tri-City Suns

{{Short description|American basketball team (2009–2011)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{ABA team | logo = TriCitySuns.PNG | pixels = 200px | founded = 2009 | folded = 2011 | league = ABA: 2009-2011<br/> ACPBL: 2011 | history = Tri-City Suns (2009-2011) | arena = Progressive Christian Academy | city = Temple Hills, Maryland | colors = Black, orange | owner = Charles Thompson<br>Monique Mathis | coach = Tony Meeks | championships = 0 | titles = 0 | cheerleaders = TBD | dancers = TBD | mascot = TBD }}

The '''Tri-City Suns''' were a basketball team which played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) in the 2009–10 season<ref name=New>{{cite news |title=New pro basketball team set to tip off; Tri-City Suns join American Basketball Association |first=Terron |last=Hampton |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/11122009/hyatspo162624_32523.shtml |newspaper=The Gazette |publisher=Post-Newsweek Media, Inc./Gazette.Net |location=9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 |date=Nov 12, 2009 |accessdate=21 November 2010}}</ref> and the Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League (ACPBL) in 2011.<ref name=suns>{{citation | url=https://www.usbasket.com/ACPBL/basketball.aspx?NewsID=215199 | first=Gianni | last=Pascucci | title=Tri-City Suns join ACPBL | date=2011-01-20 |publisher=US Basket | accessdate=2011-01-26}}</ref> Home games were played on the campus of Progressive Christian Academy in Temple Hills, Maryland.<ref name=New />

The Suns were the only basketball team playing in Prince George's County. The Maryland Nighthawks played the 2004–05 season at The Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, but, prompted by poor attendance, moved to Rockville in Montgomery County the following season.<ref name=New /> In January 2011, the Suns were recruited to replace the Washington GreenHawks (formerly the same Maryland Nighthawks) in the ACPBL<ref name=suns /> which would be renamed the American Professional Basketball League (APBL) the following season.

Despite a January 1, 2013 announcement that the Suns would play in the ABA's 2013–14 season,<ref>{{cite web|title=ABA Live - TRI-CITY SUNS TO RETURN TO ABA NEXT SEASON....|url=https://www.facebook.com/AmericanBasketballAssociation/posts/131951200297480|website=Facebook|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> and an undated announcement that they'd play in the APBL for the 2013–14 season,<ref>{{cite web|title=Tri City Suns To Join The APBL for 2013/2014 Campaign|url=http://www.theapbl.com/latest-news/49-tri-city-suns-to-join-the-apbl-for-2013-2014-campaign.html|website=The APBL|publisher=American Professional Basketball League|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> no reliable source indicates that they played after their 2011 ACPBL season.

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Category:Basketball teams established in 2009 Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 2011 Category:Defunct American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams Category:Former American Professional Basketball League teams Category:Prince George's County, Maryland Category:Defunct basketball teams in Maryland Category:Sports in Washington, D.C. Category:2009 establishments in Maryland Category:2011 disestablishments in Maryland