basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club based in
Hermosillo
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the ...
,
Sonora
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. The Rayos play in the
Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico
The Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast ( or ''CIBACOPA'') is a basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. As of 2018, it involves 10 clubs, primarily from northwest Mexico. The matches take place from March to June.
History
A league wi ...
(CIBACOPA) and play their home games at the Gimnasio del Estado.
They have won three league titles (2012, 2013,
2019
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Mantarrayas de La Paz
The Mantarrayas de La Paz (English: ''La Paz Manta Rays'') are a Mexican professional basketball team based in La Paz, Baja California Sur. The Mantarrayas are members of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) and play thei ...
in the league finals. After going down 2 games to 3, Hermosillo defeated La Paz 99–59 in game six before taking game seven by a score of 90–77 to win their third league title in eight years.Terrence Drisdom and
Jeremy Hollowell
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led the team in scoring with 22 and 19 points, respectively, with Hollowell being named Finals MVP.
Media
Rayos home games have been broadcast across the internet since 2010. In 2014, they reached a deal with
Megacable
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Notable players
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
* Steve Monreal
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Myck Kabongo
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Alfonzo McKinnie
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