2019 CIBACOPA season

The 2019 CIBACOPA season was the 19th season of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA), one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. 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.

2019 CIBACOPA season
Season	19
Dates	March 27, 2019 – July 17, 2019
Teams	9
Regular season
Top seed	Rayos de Hermosillo
Season MVP	Jeremy Hollowell[1]
Finals
Champions	Rayos de Hermosillo
Runners-up	Mantarrayas de La Paz
Finals MVP	Jeremy Hollowell
Statistical leaders
Points Sammy Yeager 25.3 Rebounds Timajh Parker-Rivera 11.5 Assists Akeem Scott 5.4
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There was a total attendance of more than 220,000 on the season.^[2]

Overview

Format

Nine teams participate, playing in one single group.^[3] 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 expansion team.^[4]
• Águilas Doradas de Durango and Garra Cañera de Navolato left the league.^[5][6]
• Frayles de Guasave relocated to Guadalajara and became the Gigantes de Jalisco.^[5][7]
• Náuticos de Mazatlán changed their name to Venados de Mazatlán.^[5]

Caballeros

Gigantes

Halcones

Mantarrayas

Ostioneros

Pioneros

Rayos

Zonkeys

Venados

Locations of the 2019 CIBACOPA teams

Teams

Team	City	State	Joined	Season No.
Caballeros de Culiacán	Culiacán	Sinaloa	2001	16[8]
Gigantes de Jalisco	Guadalajara	Jalisco	2019	1
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Ciudad Obregón	Sonora	2016	4
Mantarrayas de La Paz	La Paz	Baja California Sur	2019	1
Ostioneros de Guaymas	Guaymas	Sonora	2009	11
Pioneros de Los Mochis	Los Mochis	Sinaloa	2001	19
Rayos de Hermosillo	Hermosillo	Sonora	2009	11
Tijuana Zonkeys	Tijuana	Baja California	2010	10
Venados de Mazatlán	Mazatlán	Sinaloa	2015	5

Draft

The 2019 CIBACOPA draft was held in February. Each team got three picks across three rounds.^[9]

Round	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	1	Mantarrayas de La Paz	Irwin Ávalos	PF
1	2	Gigantes de Jalisco	Jorge Casillas	G/F
1	3	Ostioneros de Guaymas	Alejandro Villanueva	SF
1	4	Caballeros de Culiacán	Martín Samarco	G
1	5	Pioneros de Los Mochis	Juan Luis Ramírez	G/F
1	6	Venados de Mazatlán	José Valdez	F
1	7	Rayos de Hermosillo	Carlos Pérez	F
1	8	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	P.J. Reyes	G/F
1	9	Tijuana Zonkeys	Jorge Salcedo	F
2	1	Mantarrayas de La Paz	Tyrone White	F
2	2	Gigantes de Jalisco	Brandon Swannegan	F
2	3	Ostioneros de Guaymas	Brandon Provost	G
2	4	Caballeros de Culiacán	Sammy Yeager	G
2	5	Pioneros de Los Mochis	Justin Ávalos	G
2	6	Venados de Mazatlán	Eder Zuñiga	SG
2	7	Rayos de Hermosillo	Omar Richards	F
2	8	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Hameed Ali	G
2	9	Tijuana Zonkeys	Brandon Heredia	G
3	1	Mantarrayas de La Paz	Eder Herrera	SG
3	2	Gigantes de Jalisco	Jevonlean Hedgeman	PF
3	3	Ostioneros de Guaymas	Froylan Verdugo	F
3	4	Caballeros de Culiacán	Kevin Rogers	PF
3	5	Pioneros de Los Mochis	Brandon Reyna	F
3	6	Venados de Mazatlán	Jorge Eduardo Chávez	F
3	7	Rayos de Hermosillo	José Orbe	SF
3	8	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Carlos Ramsés Suárez	G
3	9	Tijuana Zonkeys	Stephen Soriano	SF

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rayos de Hermosillo	34	23	11	2925	2758	+167	57	2019 CIBACOPA playoffs
2	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	34	21	13	2976	2987	−11	55
3	Tijuana Zonkeys	34	16	18	2746	2773	−27	50
4	Caballeros de Culiacán	34	15	19	2978	2977	+1	49
5	Mantarrayas de La Paz	34	18	16	2973	2951	+22	52
6	Gigantes de Jalisco	34	18	16	2952	2859	+93	52
7	Pioneros de Los Mochis	34	15	19	2876	3024	−148	49
8	Ostioneros de Guaymas	34	13	21	2785	2796	−11	47
9	Venados de Mazatlán	34	14	20	2831	2903	−72	48

Source: CIBACOPA

Playoffs

Source^[10]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Rayos de Hermosillo	4
	8	Ostioneros de Guaymas	2
						1	Rayos de Hermosillo	4
						6	Gigantes de Jalisco	3
	3	Tijuana Zonkeys	2
	6	Gigantes de Jalisco	4
											1	Rayos de Hermosillo	4
											5	Mantarrayas de La Paz	3
	4	Caballeros de Culiacán	1
	5	Mantarrayas de La Paz	4
						5	Mantarrayas de La Paz	4
						2	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	3
	2	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	4
	7	Pioneros de Los Mochis	2

2019 winners
Rayos de Hermosillo 3rd title

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Sammy Yeager	Caballeros de Culiacán	25.3
Rebounds per game	Timajh Parker-Rivera	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	11.5
Assists per game	Akeem Scott	Venados de Mazatlán	5.4
Steals per game	Akeem Scott	Venados de Mazatlán	2.8
Blocks per game	John Mitchell	Pioneros de Los Mochis	1.4
Fouls per game	Nick Waddell	Venados de Mazatlán	3.6
Minutes per game	Antonio Peña	Mantarrayas de La Paz	36.4
FG%	Fernando Benítez	Ostioneros de Guaymas	58.1%
FT%	Cezar Guerrero	Rayos de Hermosillo	88.9%
3FG%	Axel Duarte	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	48.7%

All-Star Game

The 2019 CIBACOPA All-Star Game was played in Guadalajara, Jalisco, at the Domo del Code on May 11, 2019. The game was played between Zona Norte (teams from Baja California, Sonora, and northern Sinaloa) and Zona Sur (teams from Baja California Sur, Jalisco and southern Sinaloa).^[11] 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.^[12]

Cezar Guerrero won the three-point shootout while Jordan Williams won the dunk contest.^[12]

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) Jeremy Hollowell (Rayos de Sonora) César Martín del Campo (Tijuana Zonkeys) Timajh Parker-Rivera (Halcones de Ciudad Obregón) Devonta Pollard (Pioneros de Los Mochis) Karim Rodríguez (Tijuana Zonkeys) Coaches: James Penny (Tijuana Zonkeys) and Pedro Carrillo (Halcones de Ciudad Obregón)

Zona Sur Irwin Ávalos (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)