Montréal Alliance Announces Signing of Christian Rohlehr and Evans Ganapamo
Ludgy Debaut and Marcus Ottey Released From Montréal Alliance
Montréal, QC - The Montréal Alliance announced Tuesday that it has signed international player Evans Ganapamo and Canadian Christian Rohlehr for the remainder of the 2023 Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) season. The Montréal Alliance also announced Tuesday that it has released French center Ludgy Debaut and point guard Marcus Ottey.
A six-foot-seven forward born in Montpellier, France, Ganapamo played the previous two seasons with Cape Town in the Basketball Africa League. The newest member of the Alliance averaged 18.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists in eight games this season. Ganapamo played the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons with Paris Basketball.
Ganapamo played 12 games with the Central African Republic national team between 2017 and 2021, including three African Cup qualifiers in 2017 where he averaged 18.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 33.3 minutes per game.
A six-foot-10 center, Rohlehr played the 2022-23 season with Sabah in Azerbaijan, where he averaged 10.9 points, 7.6 rebounds and 25.3 minutes in 35 games. Rohlehr played the 2021-22 season with Atletico Echague Parana, in Argentina, averaging 16.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
Ganapamo and Rohlehr join Kemy Ossé, Alain Louis, Elijah Ifejeh and Nathan Cayo, all of whom are returning for their second consecutive season, Canadians Mamadou Gueye, Quincy Louis-Jeune and Biniam Ghebrekidan, U Sports draft picks Aryan Sharma and Bahaïde Haïdara, 2022 CEBL Second Team All-Star Ahmed Hill and Americans Michael Dixon Jr., Blake Francis and Treveon Graham as the 14th and 15th members of the roster for the 2023 season.
The Alliance take on the Saskatchewan Rattlers for its sixth home game of the season on Wednesday, June 28, starting at 7:30 p.m. For more information or to buy tickets, visit https://www.alliancemontreal.ca/billets.
About the Montréal Alliance:
The Montréal Alliance is a professional basketball team competing in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The team is entering its second season in the CEBL and plays all its home games at the Verdun Auditorium. The CEBL season runs from May to August and is comprised of 10 home games and 10 away games. Get your tickets and find more information about the team at www.alliancemontreal.ca and on our social media platforms, on Instagram and Tik Tok (@alliancemontreal), Twitter (@mtl_alliance), LinkedIn and Facebook (Montréal Alliance).
About the CEBL:
The CEBL enters its fifth season in May 2023. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, more than 75 percent of its players during the past three seasons were Canadian, the highest percentage of any professional league in the country. CEBL players bring experience from the NBA, the NBA G League, top NCAA programs, the Canadian National team program, top international leagues as well as U SPORTS. Additional information about the league is available at www.cebl.ca.
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