CEBL Winnipeg Sea Bears

Winnipeg Eyes Top Seed In Visit To Vancouver Sunday

July 23, 2023 - Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL)
Winnipeg Sea Bears News Release


The Winnipeg Sea Bears (-118) will look to secure a regular season sweep of the Vancouver Bandits (-114) at Langley Events Centre at 9 p.m. CT on Sunday and move one step closer to clinching first place in the Western Conference.

The Sea Bears enter the contest atop the West at 11-7 with the Calgary Surge close behind in second place at 10-8. To earn first place and home advantage for the Western semifinal, Winnipeg would clinch first with either wins in both their final games, one win and a Calgary loss, or two Surge losses.

Ahead of the final two games of the regular season, Winnipeg head coach Mike Taylor says his squad has to be locked in for the game against his former team on Sunday.

"It's just about teamwork... and showing up being ready to compete physically," Taylor said after the loss to Calgary on Thursday. "We know the Bandits are trying to get themselves right before the Championship Weekend and we know that's going to be a challenging game, so we've got to focus on our performance and play a lot better than we played tonight."

With two intra-conference games remaining for both Calgary and Winnipeg, each team has seven wins against Western opponents. However, the Surge have the head-to-head advantage over the Sea Bears after defeating them at home earlier in the week.

Meanwhile, Vancouver enters the game in fifth place in the West at 6-11 on the season after snapping a five-game losing streak with a win over Edmonton on Friday night.

The game will be available for streaming on TSN+, CEBL+ powered by BetVictor and on the CEBL Mobile app available on iOS and Android devices.



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