South Cotabato Warriors

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MPBL 06/14 11:00 - 삭사르겐 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 L 79-77
MPBL 06/07 09:00 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 리살 크루세이더스 W 80-67
MPBL 06/04 11:00 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 누에바 에시하 미구알드 L 83-95
MPBL 05/28 13:00 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 바탕가스 탄두아이 어슬레틱스 L 62-68
MPBL 02/24 10:30 - 바쿠어 스트라이커스 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 L 69-60
MPBL 02/12 10:30 - 누에바 에시하 미구알드 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 75-80
MPBL 02/10 08:15 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 삭사르겐 W 104-87
MPBL 02/06 08:15 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 마카티 슈퍼 크런치 L 90-91
MPBL 02/01 10:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 비콜 화산 L 63-65
MPBL 01/24 12:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 바탄 라이저스 L 66-74
MPBL 01/20 12:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 바쿠어 스트라이커스 L 75-87
MPBL 01/08 12:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 파사이 보이저스 W 76-69
MPBL 12/21 12:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 세부 시티 샤크스 L 66-72
MPBL 11/28 12:30 - 바실란 스틸 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 L 85-79
MPBL 11/12 10:45 - 바콜로드 마스터즈 사르디네스 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 68-87
MPBL 10/22 10:30 - 케손 시티 캐피탈스 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 103-122
MPBL 10/16 12:30 - 바탕가스 탄두아이 어슬레틱스 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 L 85-79
MPBL 10/09 08:00 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 리살 크루세이더스 W 70-69
MPBL 10/05 08:00 - 파라냐케 패트리어츠 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 67-78
MPBL 09/25 10:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 삼보앙가 발리엔테스 L 52-62
MPBL 09/18 08:00 - 파스그 스타 레알토스 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 82-91
MPBL 09/13 10:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 다바오 Occ. 타이거즈 L 75-84
MPBL 09/07 10:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 칼로오칸 슈프리모스 L 70-79
MPBL 08/23 10:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 산 후안 나이츠 W 97-91
MPBL 08/17 10:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 문틴루파 케이저스 W 84-61
MPBL 08/12 08:00 - 나보타스 클러치 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 76-87
MPBL 07/29 10:30 - 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 v 민도로 타마로우스 W 88-78
MPBL 07/20 10:30 - 일로일로 유나이티드 로열즈 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 64-69
MPBL 07/15 12:30 - 발렌수엘라 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 87-93
MPBL 07/09 10:30 - 라구나 히어로즈 v 제네럴 산토스 워리어스 W 76-100

The South Cotabato Warriors, formerly known as the GenSan Warriors, are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the province of South Cotabato. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. They are one of two teams based in the Soccsksargen region, the other team being the Sarangani Marlins. The team plays their home games at Lagao Gymnasium in General Santos.

The team's first incarnation began play in the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association (MVBA) from 2005 to 2008 while also playing in the National Basketball Conference (NBC) from 2007 to 2008. The team played in Liga Pilipinas from 2008 to 2011 following the merger of the two former leagues.

In 2018, the team was revived as part of the MPBL's national expansion during the 2018–19 season, keeping the location identifier and moniker. In 2024, the team changed its location identifier from General Santos to South Cotabato, representing the entire province, not just the city.

History

First incarnation (2005–2011)

The team was founded in 2005 as the GenSan MP PacMan Warriors, originally as part of the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association (MVBA) and later the National Basketball Conference (NBC) in 2007. General Santos then became part of Liga Pilipinas in 2008 following the merger of both leagues and renamed to the MP–GenSan Warriors. Liga Pilipinas ceased opeartions in 2011, ending the team's first incarnation.

Second incarnation (2018–present)

Logo of the GenSan Warriors used from 2022 until 2023.

The team was revived in 2018 as part of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's national expansion in the 2018–19 season, becoming the league's first representative from the Soccsksargen region. Led by homegrown player Cris Masaglang, the team finished 4th in the South Division with 14–11 record. In the playoffs, the Warriors would be swept by the fifth-seeded Bacoor City Strikers in the First Round. General Santos then added Robby Celiz and John Raymundo into the roster for the 2019–20 MPBL season. Despite those additions and improving to 18–12, GenSan only finished seventh. Once again, the team was swept by second-seeded Bacoor City.

Both Celiz and Raymundo would depart from the team before the 2022 season, while also adding Nikko Panganiban. Panganiban would be declared an all-star as the Warriors once again improved, going 15–6 and finishing 4th in the South. The team would unfortunately suffer its third straight first-round exit after losing in three games to the Mark Yee-led Bacolod Bingo Plus. Panganiban would leave for San Juan, while the team added 2020 MVP John Wilson from the Pilipinas Super League's Davao Occidental Tigers. Alongside Wilson is Kyt Jimenez, coming off his rookie season with region rivals Sarangani. The 2023 season would be the team's most successful as it stands, finishing 21–7, improving their record yet again and breaking into the top three in its division for the first time. Wilson and Jimenez were both declared all-stars while Masaglang would win the Homegrown Player of the Year award. That season also saw the team's first-ever playoff series win, beating the Muntinlupa Cagers in three games in the First Round before losing to the Batangas City Embassy Chill in three during the Division Semifinals.

Heading into the 2024 season, the team will be without Jimenez, who was drafted and signed by the San Miguel Beermen in the PBA Season 48 draft. The Warriors also changed its location identifier to South Cotabato to represent the entire region.