2019 CEBL season

2019 CEBL season
LeagueCanadian Elite Basketball League
SportBasketball
DurationSeason: May 9 – August 15
Playoffs: August 24–25
Number of games20
Number of teams6
Draft
Top draft pickJoel Friesen
Picked byFraser Valley Bandits
Regular season
Top seedNiagara River Lions
Season MVPXavier Moon (Edmonton)
Top scorerTavrion Dawson (Saskatchewan)
Championship Weekend
VenueSaskTel Centre
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
ChampionsSaskatchewan Rattlers
  Runners-upHamilton 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]

Teams

2019 Canadian Elite Basketball League
Team City Arena Capacity
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

CEBL Teams

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Niagara River Lions 20 15 5 .750 +5 Championship Weekend[a]
2 Edmonton Stingers 20 14 6 .700 +4
3 Saskatchewan Rattlers (C, H) 20 11 9 .550 +1
4 Hamilton Honey Badgers 20 10 10 .500 —
5 Guelph Nighthawks 20 6 14 .300 4
6 Fraser Valley Bandits 20 4 16 .200 6
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 — 93–88 82–80 87–90 118–105 93–84 — 108–104 110–91 102–92 105–99 81–85
Fraser Valley Bandits 95–104 — 103–106 88–102 94–104 81–93 85–95 — 85–72 98–75 82–95 79–91
Guelph Nighthawks 89–99 95–94 — 103–104 85–93 110–130 84–99 92–86 — 115–131 87–96 86–98
Hamilton Honey Badgers 107–83 106–99 102–96 — 107–95 77–91 103–105 82–100 118–99 — 94–108 79–100
Niagara River Lions 108–66 108–87 112–109 107–96 — 94–83 98–105 81–70 90–101 108–96 — 97–89
Saskatchewan Rattlers 69–62 89–101 75–93 113–95 97–99 — 74–73 83–73 115–125 96–102 91–108 —
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
Player Team Player Team
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

Category Player Team(s) Statistic
Points per game Travion Dawson Saskatchewan Rattlers 20.1
Rebounds per game Jordan Baker Edmonton Stingers 10.4
Assists per game Marek Klassen Fraser Valley Bandits 7.2
Steals per game Xavier Moon Edmonton Stingers 2.2
Blocks per game Ezekiel Marshall Guelph Nighthawks 2.0
FG% Yohanny Dalembert Niagara River Lions 66.4%
3P% Connor Wood Guelph Nighthawks 45.7%

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.