The Edmonton Stingers have won two back-to-back Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) titles in 2020 and 2021. Now, the team will be the first from Canada to participate in the multinational Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA). This could mean, depending on how the tournaments go, that the Stingers will face teams like São Paulo FC, the current home of former Toronto Raptors players Bruno Caboclo and Lucas Nogueira. Betcris is also actively ready to usher in a new CEBL season that continues to strengthen the league’s position in the international sports market.
The Stingers will be in this tournament because of their most recent 2021 CEBL title win. In this season, they only lost one out of 14 games and took the title following a 101-65 win over the Niagara River Lions. The upcoming BCLA features six other countries, with 11 teams in the competition. Of the 12 in the competition, Argentina (three), Brazil (three) and Uruguay (two) are the only countries with more than one team represented.
The Stingers will be in this tournament because of their most recent 2021 CEBL title win. In this season, they only lost one out of 14 games and took the title following a 101-65 win over the Niagara River Lions. The upcoming BCLA features six other countries, with 11 teams in the competition. Of the 12 in the competition, Argentina (three), Brazil (three) and Uruguay (two) are the only countries with more than one team represented.
The Stingers were each bit the perfectly-tuned instrument they have been for the last two seasons, as they crushed Niagara 101-65 to catch their second continuous CEBL title. Before a rambunctious home group at Edmonton’s Expo Center, who were presented with a halftime show including hip-jump craftsman Kardinall Offishall, the Stingers drove by as much as 20 points in the first half.
Niagara, under GM and head coach Victor Raso, made it to the final competition, despite the fact that player accessibility was a moving objective because of NBA Summer League, COVID-19 conventions and responsibilities to pro leagues. The River Lions took second place in the regular season away from the adversary Hamilton Honey Badgers, then, at that point, edged the Fraser Valley Bandits 84-82 in the elimination round on Friday after lead watch Phil Scrubb hit a game-winning three-pointer.
Nonetheless, they were consistently worn out by the speed, size and depth of an Edmonton team collected by coach and GM Jermaine Small, also the head coach at the University of Lethbridge.
Edmonton, driven by three-time CEBL player of the year Xavier Moon, with veteran pro forward Jordan Baker offering a passionate and physical anchor, was constant at the two ends of the court.
Their tight defenses put pressure on Scrubb, forcing him to pass instead of going for shots. The Stingers were additionally ready to run their quick break progress offense. The Stingers went on a 22-4 run across eight minutes of the first half, when the chilly River Lions neglected to score a single basket. The Stingers had a team record 36 assists on 41 baskets.
Moon scored 28 and had eight assists, while Baker added 19 and furthermore had eight assists. Mathieu Kamba scored the vast majority of his 18 in the first half, while Marlon Johnson added 14 points and
four blocks, the most of the game. Phil Scrubb had 17 points as he made five of eight three-point attempts. Tommy Scrubb added 15 in the wake of missing the elimination round, yet was restricted to four-of-16 shooting. Javin Delaurier added 13 for the River Lions.