2019 CEBL season

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2019 CEBL season
2019 CEBL Championship Weekend logo.png
League Canadian Elite Basketball League
Sport Basketball
DurationSeason: May 9 – August 15
Playoffs: August 24–25
Number of games20
Number of teams6
Draft
Top draft pickJoel Friesen
Picked by Fraser Valley Bandits
Regular season
Top seed Niagara River Lions
Season MVP Xavier Moon (Edmonton)
Top scorer Tavrion Dawson (Saskatchewan)
Championship Weekend
Venue SaskTel Centre
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Champions Saskatchewan Rattlers (1st Title)
  Runners-up Hamilton Honey Badgers
Finals MVPAlex Campbell (Saskatchewan)
Seasons

The 2019 CEBL season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. It included six teams: Saskatchewan, Fraser Valley, Edmonton, Hamilton, Niagara, and Guelph. The regular season ran from May 9, 2019 to August 15, 2019, and the Championship Weekend took place on August 24 and 25, 2019, hosted in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. On August 25, the Saskatchewan Rattlers won the CEBL's first ever Championship after beating the Hamilton Honey Badgers. [1]

Contents

Teams

2019 Canadian Elite Basketball League
TeamCityArenaCapacity
Edmonton Stingers Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton Expo Centre 4,000
Fraser Valley Bandits Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford Centre 7,046
Guelph Nighthawks Guelph, Ontario Sleeman Centre 4,715
Hamilton Honey Badgers Hamilton, Ontario FirstOntario Centre 17,383
Niagara River Lions St. Catharines, Ontario Meridian Centre 4,030
Saskatchewan Rattlers Saskatoon, Saskatchewan SaskTel Centre 15,100

Map of teams

Black pog.svg CEBL Teams

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTGBQualification
1 Niagara River Lions 20155.750+5 Championship Weekend [a]
2 Edmonton Stingers 20146.700+4
3 Saskatchewan Rattlers (C, H)20119.550+1
4 Hamilton Honey Badgers 201010.500—
5 Guelph Nighthawks 20614.3004
6 Fraser Valley Bandits 20416.2006
Updated to match(es) played on final. Source: CEBL
(C) Champions; (H) Championship Weekend host
Notes:
  1. ↑ The Saskatchewan Rattlers and the top 3 remaining teams qualify for Championship Weekend.

Results

Home \ Away EDM FRA GUE HAM NIA SAS EDM FRA GUE HAM NIA SAS
Edmonton Stingers —93–8882–8087–90118–10593–84—108–104110–91102–92105–9981–85
Fraser Valley Bandits 95–104—103–10688–10294–10481–9385–95—85–7298–7582–9579–91
Guelph Nighthawks 89–9995–94—103–10485–93110–13084–9992–86—115–13187–9686–98
Hamilton Honey Badgers 107–83106–99102–96—107–9577–91103–10582–100118–99—94–10879–100
Niagara River Lions 108–66108–87112–109107–96—94–8398–10581–7090–101108–96—97–89
Saskatchewan Rattlers 69–6289–10175–93113–9597–99—74–7383–73115–12596–10291–108—
Source: USBasket.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Championship Weekend

Semi-finals
August 24 		Final
August 25
      
1 Niagara 103
4 Hamilton 104
4 Hamilton 83
3 Saskatchewan 94
2 Edmonton 83
3 Saskatchewan 85

Semi-finals

CBC, CEBL.TV
August 24
1:00 pm
Edmonton Stingers 83, Saskatchewan Rattlers 85
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 32–21, 19–17, 17–25
Pts: Grandy Glaze 17
Rebs: Travis Daniels 13
Asts: Moon, Baker, Glaze 5 each		Pts: Marlon Johnson 17
Rebs: Posthumus, Keith 8 each
Asts: Alex Campbell 4
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,163
Referees: Frank Rizzuti, Tanner Cervo, Greg Spagnoli
CBC, CEBL.TV
August 24
3:30 pm
Niagara River Lions 103, Hamilton Honey Badgers 104
Scoring by quarter: 34–34, 20–21, 27-25, 22–24
Pts: Ryan Anderson 26
Rebs: Yohanny Dalembert 11
Asts: Pinson, Johnson 5 each		Pts: Xavier Rathan-Mayes 28
Rebs: Mike Fraser 13
Asts: Rathan-Mayes 11
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,163
Referees: Karen Lasiuk, Neil Donnelly, Troy Turnbull

Final

CBC, CEBL.TV
August 25
4:00 pm
Hamilton Honey Badgers 83, Saskatchewan Rattlers 94
Scoring by quarter: 23-21, 18-27, 22-25, 20-21
Pts: Rathan-Mayes 24
Rebs: Rathan-Mayes 11
Asts: Rathan-Mayes 5		Pts: Campbell 20
Rebs: Ejim 12
Asts: Webster-Chan, Ejim 4 each
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 3,119
Referees: Frank Rizzuti, Karen Lasuik, Tanner Cervo

Awards

Source: [2]

All-star teams

First Team [3] Pos.Second Team
PlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Samuel Muldrow Niagara River Lions C Marlon Johnson Saskatchewan Rattlers
Guillaume Boucard Niagara River Lions F Jordan Baker Edmonton Stingers
Travis Daniels Edmonton Stingers F Travion Dawson Saskatchewan Rattlers
Ricky Tarrant, Jr. Hamilton Honey Badgers G Marek Klassen Fraser Valley Bandits
Xavier Moon Edmonton Stingers G Trae Bell-Haynes Niagara River Lions

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

CategoryPlayerTeam(s)Statistic
Points per game Travion Dawson Saskatchewan Rattlers20.1
Rebounds per game Jordan Baker Edmonton Stingers10.4
Assists per game Marek Klassen Fraser Valley Bandits7.2
Steals per game Xavier Moon Edmonton Stingers2.2
Blocks per game Ezekiel Marshall Guelph Nighthawks2.0
FG% Yohanny Dalembert Niagara River Lions66.4%
3P% Connor Wood Guelph Nighthawks45.7%

References

  1. ↑ "CEBL 2019 championship weekend". Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. ↑ https://www.cebl.ca/canadian-elite-basketball-league-cebl-announce-award-categories-for-first-ever-cebl-awards-show-being-held-at-championship-weekend>
  3. ↑ "CEBL Awards". cebl.ca. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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