The Drew League Brings First-ever Red Bull Pro-Am Basketball Classic Title Home to South Central

  • By: Aaron Smarter

The Drew League emerged victorious in the first-ever Red Bull Pro-Am Basketball Classic Sunday, defeated Miami Pro League to bring the title home to South Central, Los Angeles.

Miami Pro put up a fight, closing the lead to just 4 points in the fourth quarter, but the Drew held them off with a flurry of three and smart situational basketball, coached coolly through the storm by Keion Kindred. The longest-running pro-am in the nation can now say it’s also the best.

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