Adika Peter-McNeilly (born April 17, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Edmonton Stingers of the

Canadian Elite Basketball League The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) is a men's professional minor league basketball organization. The CEBL was founded in 2017 and began play in 2019 with six teams competing all owned and operated by ownership group Canadian Basketball ...

(CEBL) and the BCL Americas.

Playing career

College / University

Graduating from

St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy (SMTCA, St. Mother Teresa, SMT, Mother Teresa, or Teresa for short); also known as by its former names Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School before 2016 and Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in i ...

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, Peter-McNeilly took his game to the United States, where he spent the 2012–13 season at Clarendon College in the state of Texas. In 2013, he transferred to Ryerson University and became a key contributor for the Rams and coach

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right away. After 73 career games played for Ryerson, the guard posted career game averages of 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals. In four years, Peter-McNeilly shot 40.8 percent from three-point-land (150-of-368). He earned numerous honours at Ryerson, including 2017 All-Canada First Team accolades, CIS Tournament All-Star distinction in 2015, 2016 and 2017, All-OUA First Team recognition in 2016 and 2017 and the R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award in 2014–15. In 2015–16, he was a finalist for the D.H. Craighead Outstanding Contribution to Interuniversity Sport, Campus and Community Life award.

Professional career

Peter-McNeilly signed a deal with the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg organization of the German top-flight Bundesliga in July 2017 to get his professional career underway. In July 2018, he was signed by fellow Bundesliga side

Mitteldeutscher BC Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club ( en, Central German Basketball Club), for sponsorship reasons named SYNTAINICS MBC, and commonly known as MBC, is a professional basketball club based in Weißenfels, Germany. The club currently plays in the Baske ...

. He played for the Edmonton Stingers in the

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, winning the championship. Peter-McNeilly rejoined the team for the 2021 season. On December 27, 2021, he signed with

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of the Romanian Liga Națională. He returned to Edmonton soon to join the team for their maiden campaign in the 2021–22 BCL Americas.

International career

He competed for Canada at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peter-McNeilly, Adika 1993 births Living people Basketball players from Toronto Canadian expatriate basketball people in Germany Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian men's basketball players Edmonton Stingers players Guards (basketball) Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Riesen Ludwigsburg players Mitteldeutscher BC players Toronto Metropolitan University alumni