STINGERS/CANADA SET TO HOST BCLA IN CALGARY

The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) has announced the Edmonton Stingers roster ahead of the third window of the Basketball Champions League 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.

(CEBL Communications)