2024 CIBACOPA season

The 2024 CIBACOPA season was the 22nd season of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA), one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. The regular season began on 1 March 2024 and ended on 18 May 2024.^[1] The 2024 CIBACOPA All-Star Game was held on 20 April at the Arena ITSON in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The playoffs began on 23 May. The CIBACOPA finals between the Astros de Jalisco and the Rayos de Hermosillo started on 22 June, with the Rayos winning the championship on 27 June, for a league record fourth title.

2024 CIBACOPA season
Season	22
Dates	1 March – 18 May 2024 23 May – 27 June 2024 (playoffs)
Teams	10
TV partner(s)	TVC Deportes
Regular season
Top seed	Astros de Jalisco
Finals
Champions	Rayos de Hermosillo
Runners-up	Astros de Jalisco
Finals MVP	Jimond Ivey (Hermosillo)
Statistical leaders
Points Tony Farmer 23.1 Rebounds Torren Jones 10.9 Assists Joshua Webster 9.0
← 2023 2025 →

Format

10 teams participated in the 2024 season, playing in one single group.^[2] The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs, which are three rounds in a best-of-7 format.

Teams

Changes from the previous season

• The Ángeles de la Ciudad de México joined the league as an expansion team.^[3]
• The Frayles de Guasave returned to the league after a five-year hiatus, having last played in 2018.^[4]

Ángeles

Astros

Caballeros

Frayles

Halcones

Ostioneros

Pioneros

Rayos

Zonkeys

Venados

Locations of teams in 2024 CIBACOPA

Venues and locations

Team	City	State	Arena	Capacity	Joined
Ángeles de la Ciudad de México	Mexico City	—	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera	5,242	2024
Astros de Jalisco	Guadalajara	Jalisco	Arena Astros	3,509	2019
Caballeros de Culiacán	Culiacán	Sinaloa	Polideportivo Juan S Millán [es]	1,810	2001[a]
Frayles de Guasave	Guasave	Sinaloa	Gimnasio Luis Estrada Medina [es]	1,850	2001[b]
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Ciudad Obregón	Sonora	Arena ITSON	3,500	2016
Ostioneros de Guaymas	Guaymas	Sonora	Gimnasio Municipal de Guaymas [es]	1,200	2009
Pioneros de Los Mochis	Los Mochis	Sinaloa	Centro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis	3,000	2001
Rayos de Hermosillo	Hermosillo	Sonora	Arena Sonora	3,500	2009
Tijuana Zonkeys	Tijuana	Baja California	Auditorio Zonkeys	2,500	2010
Venados de Mazatlán	Mazatlán	Sinaloa	Lobodome	3,000	2015

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Ángeles de la Ciudad de México	Gustavo Quintero	Luis Andriassi
Astros de Jalisco	Jorge Elorduy [es]	Jerime Anderson
Caballeros de Culiacán	Bernardo Fitz-González	Michael Jackson
Frayles de Guasave	Lucas Zurita [es]	Michael Henry
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Guillermo Narvarte	Tony Farmer
Ostioneros de Guaymas	Ben Sanders	Markel Crawford
Pioneros de Los Mochis	Derrick Alston	Anthony Johnson
Rayos de Hermosillo	Walter McCarty	Terrence Drisdom
Tijuana Zonkeys	Enrique Zúñiga	Joshua Webster
Venados de Mazatlán	Fernando Rivero	Eliseo Murrieta

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Draft

The 2024 CIBACOPA draft was held on 17 January 2024.^[5] Each team received one pick in a single round, though three teams declined to select a player.^[5] The order of the draft was reverse order of finish in 2023 while the sole expansion team, the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México, received the first overall pick.^[5]

Round	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	1	Ángeles de la Ciudad de México	Luis Andriassi	G
1	2	Caballeros de Culiacán	Michael Jackson	G
1	3	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Joshua Parker	G
1	4	Pioneros de Los Mochis	–	–
1	5	Venados de Mazatlán	Antonio Peña	F
1	6	Ostioneros de Guaymas	Juan Luis Ramírez	G/F
1	7	Frayles de Guasave	–	–
1	8	Tijuana Zonkeys	Reynaldo García [es]	G
1	9	Rayos de Hermosillo	–	–
1	10	Astros de Jalisco	Isaac Gutiérrez	C

Coaching changes

Coaching changes

Team	2023 season	2024 season
Off-season
Caballeros de Culiacán	Froylán Verdugo (interim)	Bernardo Fitz-González
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Martin Knezevic	Guillermo Narvarte
Ostioneros de Guaymas	Pedro Carrillo	Ben Sanders
Pioneros de Los Mochis	Guillermo Vecchio	Derrick Alston
Tijuana Zonkeys	Claudio Arrigoni	Enrique Zúñiga
Venados de Mazatlán	Eric Weissling	Fernando Rivero
In-season
Caballeros de Culiacán	Bernardo Fitz-González	Gerardo Álvarez (interim) Juan Manuel Nardini
Venados de Mazatlán	Fernando Rivero	Gaston Essengué (interim) Derrick Allen

Off-season

• On 23 November 2023, the Pioneros de Los Mochis fired head coach Guillermo Vecchio after two seasons with the team.^[6]
• On 29 November 2023, the Pioneros de Los Mochis hired Derrick Alston as their head coach.^[7]
• On 14 December 2023, the Caballeros de Culiacán hired Bernardo Fitz-González as their head coach.^[8]
• On 20 December 2023, the Halcones de Ciudad Obregón hired Guillermo Narvarte as their head coach.^[9]
• On 22 December 2023, the Venados de Mazatlán hired Fernando Rivero as their head coach.^[10]
• On 9 January 2024, the Tijuana Zonkeys hired Enrique Zúñiga as their head coach.^[11]
• On 3 February 2024, the Ostioneros de Guaymas hired Ben Sanders as their head coach.^[12]

In-season

• On 17 March 2024, the Caballeros de Culiacán fired Bernardo Fitz-González.^[13] Gerardo Álvarez was named the interim head coach.^[13]
• On 19 March 2024, the Caballeros de Culiacán hired Juan Manuel Nardini as their head coach.^[14]
• On 26 March 2024, the Venados de Mazatlán fired Fernando Rivero.^[15] Gaston Essengué and Leroy Davis, the team's assistant coaches, were named the interim head coaches.^[15]
• On 3 April 2024, the Venados hired Derrick Allen as their head coach.^[16]

Pre-season

• The Tijuana Zonkeys played the San Diego Sharks of The Basketball League (TBL) in the inaugural Border Bragging Rights Series – a cross-border home-and-home series – held on 10 and 17 February.^[17] The Zonkeys beat the Sharks, 102–88, in the first matchup at Mira Mesa High School in San Diego before beating the Sharks, 91–61, a week later at the Arena Zonkeys in Tijuana.^[18][19]
• The inaugural Copa de Básquetbol DIF Sinaloa was played from 19 to 20 February between the four teams from the state of Sinaloa: the Caballeros de Culiacán, the Frayles de Guasave, the Pioneros de Los Mochis, and the Venados de Mazatlán, with proceeds going to local wheelchair basketball teams.^[20][21] The Caballeros beat the Venados, 102–98, in their first matchup in Mazatlán, while the Venados earned an 86–81 victory over the Caballeros a day later in Culiacán.^[22][23] Notably, the latter was attended by the Governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya.^[24] Meanwhile, the Pioneros beat the Frayles, 94–92, in their first matchup in Guasave before beating the Frayles again, 91–71, a day later in Los Mochis.^[25][26]
• The second annual Copa Salsa Huichol was played from 22 to 24 February at the Mesón de los Deportes in Xalisco, Nayarit, with the six participating teams being the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México, the Astros de Jalisco, the Caballeros de Culiacán, the Frayles de Guasave, the Pioneros de Los Mochis, and the Venados de Mazatlán.^[27][28] The Ángeles beat the Astros, 85–70, in the championship final and Will Yoakum was named the tournament MVP.^[29]

Regular season

Standings

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Astros de Jalisco	18	14	4	1646	1457	+189	10
2	Tijuana Zonkeys	18	14	4	1609	1489	+120	9
3	Ángeles de la Ciudad de México	18	13	5	1633	1552	+81	8
4	Rayos de Hermosillo	18	12	6	1574	1519	+55	7
5	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	18	9	9	1592	1611	−19	6
6	Venados de Mazatlán	18	8	10	1605	1625	−20	5.5
7	Ostioneros de Guaymas	18	7	11	1577	1659	−82	5
8	Pioneros de Los Mochis	18	7	11	1565	1622	−57	4.5
9	Frayles de Guasave	18	4	14	1605	1709	−104	4
10	Caballeros de Culiacán	18	2	16	1497	1660	−163	3.5

Source: CIBACOPA, CIBACOPA

Second round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Tijuana Zonkeys	18	14	4	1709	1533	+176	10
2	Astros de Jalisco	18	13	5	1811	1660	+151	9
3	Rayos de Hermosillo	18	11	7	1640	1589	+51	8
4	Venados de Mazatlán	18	10	8	1610	1621	−11	7
5	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	18	8	10	1690	1656	+34	6
6	Ostioneros de Guaymas	18	8	10	1714	1724	−10	5.5
7	Ángeles de la Ciudad de México	18	8	10	1710	1758	−48	5
8	Caballeros de Culiacán	18	7	11	1597	1674	−77	4.5
9	Pioneros de Los Mochis	18	7	11	1610	1687	−77	4
10	Frayles de Guasave	18	4	14	1733	1922	−189	3.5

Source: CIBACOPA, CIBACOPA

General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astros de Jalisco	36	27	9	3457	3117	+340	19	Playoffs
2	Tijuana Zonkeys	36	28	8	3318	3022	+296	19
3	Rayos de Hermosillo	36	23	13	3214	3108	+106	15
4	Ángeles de la Ciudad de México	36	21	15	3343	3310	+33	13
5	Venados de Mazatlán	36	18	18	3215	3246	−31	12.5
6	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	36	17	19	3282	3267	+15	12
7	Ostioneros de Guaymas	36	15	21	3291	3383	−92	10.5
8	Pioneros de Los Mochis	36	14	22	3175	3309	−134	8.5
9	Caballeros de Culiacán	36	9	27	3094	3334	−240	8
10	Frayles de Guasave	36	8	28	3338	3631	−293	7.5

Source: CIBACOPA

Playoffs

The 2024 CIBACOPA playoffs were played between the top eight teams over three rounds from 23 May to 27 June. All rounds were a best-of-seven series; a series ended when one team won four games, and that team advanced to the next round.^[30] All rounds, including the CIBACOPA Finals, were in a 2–3–2 format with regards to hosting.^[30]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Astros	4
	8	Pioneros	1
						1	Astros	4
						4	Ángeles	2
	4	Ángeles	4
	5	Venados	2
											1	Astros	0
											3	Rayos	4
	2	Zonkeys	4
	7	Ostioneros	1
						2	Zonkeys	2
						3	Rayos	4
	3	Rayos	4
	6	Halcones	3

Finals boxscore

22 June 2024 6:00 p.m.

Box Score

Astros de Jalisco 75, Rayos de Hermosillo 96
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 20–29, 19–21, 11–23
Pts: Mikh McKinney 21 Rebs: Demitrius Conger 9 Asts: Mikh McKinney 5		Pts: Jeff Ledbetter 22 Rebs: Jeff Ledbetter 13 Asts: Jeff Ledbetter 11

Arena Astros, Guadalajara, Jalisco Attendance: 3,506

23 June 2024 5:00 p.m.

Box Score

Astros de Jalisco 91, Rayos de Hermosillo 98
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 20–24, 30–20, 22–26
Pts: Michael Bryson 18 Rebs: Kavell Bigby-Williams 9 Asts: Jerime Anderson, Demitrius Conger 6		Pts: Jimond Ivey 30 Rebs: Jeff Ledbetter 8 Asts: Jeff Ayres, Jeff Ledbetter 5

Arena Astros, Guadalajara, Jalisco Attendance: 3,506

26 June 2024 9:00 p.m.

Box Score

Rayos de Hermosillo 96, Astros de Jalisco 94 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 12–21, 24–21, 16–21, Overtime: 16–14
Pts: Jimond Ivey 21 Rebs: Jeff Ayres 10 Asts: Jeff Ledbetter 11		Pts: Demitrius Conger 28 Rebs: Kavell Bigby-Williams 19 Asts: Mikh McKinney 10

Arena Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora Attendance: 2,000

27 June 2024 9:00 p.m.

Box Score

Rayos de Hermosillo 107, Astros de Jalisco 89
Scoring by quarter: 33–25, 24–15, 26–26, 24–23
Pts: Jimond Ivey, Jeff Ledbetter 22 Rebs: Jeff Ayres, Anthony Tarke 10 Asts: Jeff Ledbetter 11		Pts: Jordan Loveridge 25 Rebs: Lance Thomas 11 Asts: Mikh McKinney 5
Hermosillo wins series, 4–0

Arena Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora Attendance: 2,000

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Tony Farmer	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	23.1
Rebounds per game	Torren Jones	Frayles de Guasave	10.9
Assists per game	Joshua Webster	Tijuana Zonkeys	9.0
Steals per game	Joshua Webster	Tijuana Zonkeys	2.1
Blocks per game	Raphiael Putney	Pioneros de Los Mochis	2.7
Minutes per game	Joshua Webster	Tijuana Zonkeys	35.9
FG%	Ruan Miranda	Venados de Mazatlán	57.0%
FT%	Michael Jackson	Caballeros de Culiacán	82.7%
3FG%	Moisés Andriassi	Astros de Jalisco	48.2%

Source: CIBACOPA

Team statistic leaders

Category	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Astros de Jalisco	96.7
Rebounds per game	Astros de Jalisco	35.1
Assists per game	Rayos de Hermosillo	21.4[31]
Steals per game	Tijuana Zonkeys	8.2
Blocks per game	Astros de Jalisco	4.1
FG%	Astros de Jalisco	48.6
FT%	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	76.9
3P%	Astros de Jalisco	37.9

Source: CIBACOPA

Note: Playoff statistics are included

All-Star Game

The 2024 CIBACOPA All-Star Game was played on 20 April 2024 at Arena ITSON in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.^[32] Zona Sur defeated Zona Norte, 150–145, with Jordan Allen earning All-Star Game MVP honors after recording 31 points, 11 rebounds, and five assists for the losing team.^[33]

Jordan Allen won the three-point shootout while Alonzo Stafford won the slam dunk contest. Additionally, pop singer Aleks Syntek closed the event with a live performance as part of his 3Decadas Tour.^[34]

Zona Norte Player Team Jordan Allen Pioneros de Los Mochis Arinze Chidom Tijuana Zonkeys Jorge Camacho[c] Rayos de Hermosillo Markel Crawford Ostioneros de Guaymas Tanksley Efianayi Halcones de Ciudad Obregón Tony Farmer Halcones de Ciudad Obregón Jahvon Henry-Blair Ostioneros de Guaymas Jimond Ivey Rayos de Hermosillo Tomas Nuño Halcones de Ciudad Obregón Duby Okeke[d] Tijuana Zonkeys Raphiael Putney Pioneros de Los Mochis Joel Reynoso Tijuana Zonkeys Joshua Webster[e] Tijuana Zonkeys Diego Willis[f] Rayos de Hermosillo Coaches: Guillermo Narvarte (Halcones de Ciudad Obregón) Enrique Zúñiga (Tijuana Zonkeys)

Zona Sur Player Team Luis Andriassi Ángeles de la Ciudad de México Kavell Bigby-Williams Astros de Jalisco Michael Bryson Astros de Jalisco DaQuan Bracey Ángeles de la Ciudad de México Michael Henry Frayles de Guasave Michael Jackson Caballeros de Culiacán José Miguel Martínez Caballeros de Culiacán Nana Opoku Ángeles de la Ciudad de México Jorge de la Serna Astros de Jalisco David Sloan Frayles de Guasave Alonzo Stafford Venados de Mazatlán Robert Whitfield Venados de Mazatlán Coaches: Jorge Elorduy [es] (Astros de Jalisco) Gustavo Quintero (Ángeles de la Ciudad de México)

Notable occurrences

• On 2 March 2024, Jordan Allen of the Pioneros de Los Mochis set the league record for most three-pointers made in a game by making 13 (out of 20) in a 98–90 win over the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México.^[37]
• On 12 April 2024, Wesley Saunders of the Ostioneros de Guaymas recorded a triple-double with 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 104–90 win over the Astros de Jalisco.
• On 13 April 2024, Joshua Webster of the Tijuana Zonkeys recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds in a 102–90 win over the Rayos de Hermosillo.^[38]
• On 17 May 2024, Jeff Ledbetter of the Venados de Mazatlán tied the league record for most three-pointers made in a game by making 13 (out of 18) in a 124–122 loss to the Frayles de Guasave.^[39][40]
• On 22 June 2024, Jeff Ledbetter of the Venados de Mazatlán recorded a triple-double with 22 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 96–75 win over the Astros de Jalisco in Game 1 of the CIBACOPA finals.^[41]

Notes

1. The Caballeros de Culiacán joined in 2001 but did not field a team in 2005 and 2006, only to return in 2007 in the LNBP. They rejoined CIBACOPA in 2008.
2. The Frayles de Guasave joined in 2001 but last fielded a team in 2018. They rejoined CIBACOPA in 2024.
3. Replaced by Diego Willis^[35]
4. Replaced Joshua Webster^[36]
5. Replaced by Duby Okeke^[36]
6. Replaced Jorge Camacho^[35]