Laces BC

Laces Basketball Club, also known as Laces BC, is an American professional basketball team. They are a member of the Unrivaled basketball league, and made their debut in January 2025. The teams are based in Miami, Florida and the Laces are led by coach Andrew Wade.^[2]

Laces BC
League	Unrivaled
Founded	2025; 0 years ago (2025)
History	Laces BC 2025–present
Arena	Wayfair Arena
Location	Miami, Florida[1]
Head coach	Andrew Wade
Team captain	Alyssa Thomas
Ownership	Unrivaled[1]
Website	Laces BC

History

On October 24, 2024, the Unrivaled basketball league announced the names and logos of six teams joining its league, which are Laces BC, Lunar Owls BC, Mist BC, Phantom BC, Rose BC, and Vinyl BC.^[1] Laces BC, along with the other five teams, will be based in Miami, Florida for the inaugural 2025 season.^[3] Alex Bazzell, the president of Unrivaled, confirmed the league owns all six teams. The six inaugural head coaches were later hired on November 15.^[2]

Roster

On November 20, 2024, the six head coaches collaborated on balancing and choosing the rosters for the six teams.^[4] After the selection show, the Laces BC's roster was decided with Kelsey Plum, Kayla McBride, Kate Martin, Alyssa Thomas, Courtney Williams and Stefanie Dolson as its players.^[5]

In late November 2024, Kelsey Plum announced via social media that she would no longer be playing in the 2025 season and instead would "take some more time for myself this offseason," leaving the Laces with a wildcard spot.^[6] On December 21, 2024, Laces BC traded Courtney Williams to Lunar Owls BC for Natasha Cloud. Laces BC then traded Cloud and their wildcard pick to Phantom BC in exchange for Jackie Young and Tiffany Hayes.^[7]

Laces BC Roster^[8][9]

Players
Jackie Young	Tiffany Hayes	Kayla McBride	Kate Martin	Alyssa Thomas	Stefanie Dolson

Relief players

Natisha Hiedeman was reassigned to the Laces as a relief player on January 27 due to both Alyssa Thomas and Jackie Young being unavailable for their game that same day against Rose BC.^[10]

On February 8, 2025, the Laces signed Kiki Jefferson to a relief player contract for their game against Vinyl BC that same day.^[11] However, the game was canceled "to prioritize player health and safety."^[12]

On February 18, the Laces also signed Betnijah Laney-Hamilton as a relief player.^[13] After appearing in just two games, Laney-Hamilton exited the league on March 3 due to an undisclosed injury.^[14]

2025 schedule

Regular season

2025 regular season game log Total: 7–7 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–4)
January: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 January 18 @ Phantom BC W 86–48 Kayla McBride (28) Kate Martin (10) Tiffany Hayes (10) Wayfair Arena 1–0 2 January 20 Mist BC W 63–43 Kayla McBride (21) Alyssa Thomas (15) Alyssa Thomas (4) 2–0 3 January 24 Vinyl BC W 83–79 Tiffany Hayes (26) Alyssa Thomas (12) 3–0 4 January 27 @ Rose BC W 71–64 Kayla McBride (31) Tiffany Hayes (11) Stefanie Dolson (4) 4–0 5 January 31 Lunar Owls BC L 73–75 Kayla McBride (26) Kayla McBride (8) Tiffany Hayes (5) Wayfair Arena 4–1
February: 1–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 6 February 1 @ Rose BC L 69–83 Kayla McBride (20) Martin & McBride (6) Jackie Young (3) Wayfair Arena 4–2 7 February 8 @ Vinyl BC F 0–11 Game canceled - Laces forfeit[12] 4–3 8 February 18 Phantom BC W 75–68 Kayla McBride (30) Stefanie Dolson (8) Hiedeman & McBride (4) Wayfair Arena 5–3 9 February 22 @ Lunar Owls BC L 60–88 Kayla McBride (18) Kayla McBride (7) Natisha Hiedeman (3) Wayfair Arena 5–4 10 February 24 @ Mist BC L 49–65 Kayla McBride (19) Alyssa Thomas (8) Alyssa Thomas (5) 5–5 11 February 28 Vinyl BC L 63–64 Thomas & Young (16) Alyssa Thomas (9) Jackie Young (4) 5–6
March: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 12 March 3 Rose BC L 53–58 Kayla McBride (20) Alyssa Thomas (16) Alyssa Thomas (8) Wayfair Arena 5–7 13 March 7 @ Phantom BC W 73–59 Kayla McBride (25) Alyssa Thomas (12) Kayla McBride (5) Wayfair Arena 6–7 14 March 8 Mist BC W 76–69 Jackie Young (27) Alyssa Thomas (6) 7–7

Playoffs

2025 playoff game log
Semifinals vs. Rose BC Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 March 16 @ Rose BC Wayfair Arena

2025

Kayle McBride was named to the All-Unrivaled First Team.^[15]