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CEBL Announces Roster Ahead of Crucial Third Stage of Basketball Champions League of Americas
March 10, 2022
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The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced the Edmonton Stingers roster Thursday ahead of the third window of the Basketball Champions League of Americas (BCLA) group stage action scheduled to begin Monday, March 14 at WinSport Arena in Calgary, AB.

The Stingers are representing the CEBL by virtue of having won the 2021 CEBL Championship and are currently ranked third in their respective BCLA group with Cangrejeros of Puerto Rico in first place and Real Estelí of Nicaragua in second place. Edmonton will need to win at least one game in the upcoming window and hope that Esteli loses both games for a chance to enter the competition’s Final 8 playoffs, which will be held at a neutral site in early-April.

The BCLA brings together 12 teams representing seven countries from the Americas, competing over the course of four months to win a berth in the 2023 FIBA International Cup, one of professional basketball’s most prestigious international championship events.

The CEBL’s Edmonton roster for the third window is comprised of nine Canadians and three international players. Eight of the Canadians have played in at least one window of BCLA group stage competition, including centre Chad Posthumus who is averaging 10.3 rebounds (third best in the league), forward Murphy Burnatowski, and guards Junior Cadougan, Jahmal Jones, Malcolm Duvivier, Jaylen Babb-Harrison, Alex Campbell and JV Mukama. Notable CEBL player inclusions to the roster for this window include two-time CEBL Canadian of the Year, two-time CEBL champion with Edmonton (2020, 2021) and All-CEBL First team forward, Jordan Baker, as well as forward Travis Daniels, who played for the Edmonton Stingers in 2020 under current head coach Jermaine Small, and with the Saskatchewan Rattlers last season.

The roster also includes Cleveland, OH native Michael Parks Jr., who has experience playing in the NBA G League and the British Basketball League, and Stuckey Cuyler Mosley, who last played for Ydra Asfalistiki ENAD in the Cypriot Division A league in Cyprus where he averaged 17.9 points, 4.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 37.1 minutes in 13 games.

The full roster can be found
here .

All games will be live streamed internationally on CEBL’s OTT platform,
CEBL+ . Games will also be available to stream live in Canada via cbcsports.ca , the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices, and the free CBC Gem streaming service.

The third competition window for Group A will be hosted by Canada for the first-time in BCLA history and is scheduled to begin Monday when Edmonton takes on Cangrejeros at WinSport Arena. The two visiting teams, Real Estelí and Cangrejeros, face each other Tuesday, while the Stingers play Real Estelí on Wednesday. All games will tip off at 7:30 p.m. local time. Tickets for all three games in Calgary are available via this
link .

The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
is the best continental league in the Americas. It’s created through an innovative partnership between FIBA, federations and leagues with 12 teams competing from the continent.

The CEBL begins its fourth season May 25. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, the CEBL has the highest percentage of Canadian players of any professional league in the country, with 75 percent of its current rosters being Canadians. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. The only First Division Professional League Partner of Canada Basketball, the CEBL season runs from May through August. Head to CEBL.ca for more information or follow us (@cebleague) on
Instagram , Twitter , TikTok , LinkedIn , Facebook & YouTube .

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