The 2019 CIBACOPA season was the 19th season of the

Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico The Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit ( or CIBACOPA), officially known as the Liga Chevron CIBACOPA for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. The matches take place from March to June. History A leag ...

(CIBACOPA), one of the

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leagues of

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. It started on March 27, 2019, and ended on July 17, 2019. The league title was won by Rayos de Hermosillo, who defeated first-year expansion team Mantarrayas de La Paz in the championship series, 4–3. It was the Rayos' third CIBACOPA title. There was a total attendance of more than 220,000 on the season.

Overview

Format

Nine teams participate, playing in one single group. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs, which are three rounds in a best-of-7 format.

Changes from the previous season

Nine teams competed in this season. * Mantarrayas de La Paz joined the league as an

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. * Águilas Doradas de Durango and

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left the league. * Frayles de Guasave relocated to

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and became the Gigantes de Jalisco. * Náuticos de Mazatlán changed their name to

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Teams

Draft

The 2019 CIBACOPA draft was held in February. Each team got three picks across three rounds.

Regular season

Playoffs

''Source''

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

All-Star Game

The 2019 CIBACOPA All-Star Game was played in

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, at the Domo del Code on May 11, 2019. The game was played between Zona Norte (teams from

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, and northern

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) and Zona Sur (teams from

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and southern

). Zona Norte won the game after three quarters 106–88, but a new format was established this year to reset the score for a fourth-quarter period that included a cash bonus for the winning team. Zona Sur won this final period 29–21. Hameed Ali and Tyrone White led all scorers with 26 points each, but Jordan Williams was named All-Star Game MVP with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Cezar Guerrero won the three-point shootout while Jordan Williams won the dunk contest.

Teams

:Zona Norte * Hameed Ali (Ostioneros de Guaymas) * Mychal Ammons (Tijuana Zonkeys) * Juan Baldenebro (Pioneros de Los Mochis) * Ray Barreno (Ostioneros de Guaymas) * José Estrada (Halcones de Ciudad Obregón) * Anthony Glover Jr. (Pioneros de Los Mochis) * Cezar Guerrero (Rayos de Hermosillo) *

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(Rayos de Sonora) * César Martín del Campo (Tijuana Zonkeys) * Timajh Parker-Rivera (Halcones de Ciudad Obregón) *

Devonta Pollard Devonta Pollard (born July 7, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Ensenada Lobos of the Circuito de Baloncesto del Pacífico (CIBAPAC). A 6'8 power forward, Pollard played college basketball for Alabama, East Missi ...

(Pioneros de Los Mochis) * Karim Rodríguez (Tijuana Zonkeys) :*Coaches: James Penny (Tijuana Zonkeys) and Pedro Carrillo (Halcones de Ciudad Obregón) :Zona Sur *

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(Mantarrayas de La Paz) * Barry Chinedu (Caballeros de Culiacán) * Obinna Oleka (Gigantes de Jalisco) * Antonio Peña (Mantarrayas de La Paz) * Joshua Ramírez (Venados de Mazatlán) * Leonardo Sanchez (Gigantes de Jalisco) * Akeem Scott (Venados de Mazatlán) * Arim Solares (Gigantes de Jalisco) * Nick Waddell (Venados de Mazatlán) * Tyrone White (Mantarrayas de La Paz) * Jordan Williams (Gigantes de Jalisco) * Sammy Yeager (Caballeros de Culiacán) :*Coaches: Andrés Contreras (Caballeros de Culiacán) and Jeff Moore (Gigantes de Jalisco)

References

External links

CIBACOPA official standings

2019 season
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