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The Brampton Honey Badgers will face the Winnipeg Sea Bears in the Canadian Elite Basketball League championship series after both teams won their respective conference finals on Saturday.
Three-time CEBL MVP Xavier Moon powered the Sea Bears past the top-seeded Vancouver Bandits in the Western Conference Final, 107-96, setting up a best-of-three final with the Honey Badgers, who defeated the Niagara River Lions 91-81 for the Eastern title.
It will be the first time the league champion is decided by a series, moving away from the single-game format.
Game 1 is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET (CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca). The full live streaming schedule is available here. As the lower seed, Brampton will host Game 1 before the series shifts to Winnipeg for Game 2 and Game 3, if necessary.
Moon led the Sea Bears to their first-ever final after scoring a game-high 24 points while stepping up in the absence of star Teddy Allen, who was badly injured last weekend after allegedly being attacked by security staff at a downtown Winnipeg nightclub.
Winnipeg native Simon Hildebrandt also scored 24 in the victory, while Isiah Osborne nailed the game-winning three-point shot to reach the target score of 106 at the Langley Events Centre.
The Winnipeg Sea Bears, led by stars Xavier Moon and Simon Hildebrandt defeated the number one seeded Vancouver Bandits to secure a spot in the CEBL Finals against the Brampton Honey Badgers.
Moon and Hildebrandt each hit four three-pointers to help Winnipeg win its second-ever playoff game.
The 31-year-old Moon returned to the CEBL this season after five years away.
Shamar Givance led Vancouver with 21 points, with Tevin Brown and reigning MVP Mitch Creek each adding 19 points in the loss. Brown had a game-high five three-pointers.
Brampton guard Tyrese Hunter also had a game-winning trey earlier in the day, his fifth of the game as the Honey Badgers took down the River Lions — who they battled for the No. 1 spot in the West throughout the season.
Honey Badgers star Sean East II scored 22 points and fellow scoring guard Trentyn Flowers added 20 in the win at Brampton’s CAA Centre. Hunter finished with 17.
River Lions guard Khalil Ahmad had a game-high 30 points.
Brampton could join Niagara and the Edmonton Stingers as the only teams to win two CEBL championships.
The Brampton Honey Badgers led by Sean East Li and Trentyn Flowers defeated the Niagara River Lions 91-81 to win the eastern conference, and take their spot in the CEBL Final.
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