Players of the week
Stephen Sir
Former Basketball Alberta star Stephen Sir has wrapped up a strong first season with CSM Bucuresti in Romania. The Edmonton native was one of the top three-point shooters in international professional basketball in the 2012-13 season. The sharpshooter led the league in three pointers per game (2.8), more
Janelle Bekkering
Small foward Janelle Bekkering of the Kangoeroes-Boom (Belgium) finished off her season with an outstanding individual performance helping her team to a 20-2 record. In game one of the Belgian professional league finals, Bekkering posted a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds unfortunately i more
Tristan Thompson
The NBA 2012-13 season wraps up tonight with Cavaliers sophomore power forward Tristan Thompson approaching a milestone. When Thompson hits the floor against Charlotte he will have played in all 82 games this season, an iron-man streak that will be achieved by 26 players or less this in the current more
Miranda Ayim
In the Turkish professional basketball league, Canadian power forward Miranda Ayim has led her Orduspor team to a 21-1 record so far this season. With her team sitting atop the league rankings, Ayim posted a stellar line in an 82-58 win over Sirince on Monday to extend her team's winning streak to 1 more
Nik Stauskas
The sweet-shooting Canadian Nik Stauskas and his Michigan Wolverines are off to the Final Four on Saturday for the first time in 20 years. The 6-6 freshman guard from Mississauga, Ontario helps spread the floor with his long-range marksmanship, create opportunities for his teammates with his passing more
Natalie Achonwa
An integral piece of Canada Basketball's national team, Natalie Achonwa has helped her #2-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish reach the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA March Madness tournament with two wins earlier this week. The 6-3 junior power forward from Guelph, Ontario is the first international player more
Joey Haywood
Though his Halifax Rainmen came just short of a playoff berth finishing the season at 19-21, Joey Haywood concluded the campaign as the highest-scoring Canadian in the NBL. With 581 points this season the 6-0 shooting guard from Vancouver, BC became just the fourth player in league history, an more
Chelsea Aubry
Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry helped lead her Bendigo Spirit team to their first ever WNBL title this past Sunday. The Kitchener-native sank a three-pointer at the start of the second frame that pushed the Spirit lead to ten, and another "monster" three with the clock winding down at the more
Myck Kabongo
In his seven games since he returned to the court on February 13th, Kabongo has been red hot. The 6-1 Sophomore guard from Toronto has scorched the nets for 17ppg, 4.7rpg, 5.4apg and has averaged 1.7 steals as well. In the past week Kabongo has been dynamic and helped his Longhorns win two of three more
Justine Colley
Justine Colley of the Saint Mary's Huskies set a new AUS women’s basketball single-season scoring record this past week when she tallied her 515th and 516th points of the season in an 88-60 win over Acadia. The previous mark of 515 was set by Cape Breton's Kelsey Hodgson in 2009 and matched by more
Tyler Ennis
Highly ranked 6-2 Canadian point guard Tyler Ennis put up a career-high, and tournament-record, 52 points in a 116-65 win over Eastern (Voorhees, N.J.) at the Scholastic Play by Play Classic, just hours after learning that he hadn't been named to the McDonald's All-American game roster. Dajuan Wagne more
Wumi Agunbiade
Wumi Agunbiade has earned this week's Canada Basketball Player of the Week award, which is long overdue. The 6-2 junior from Pickering, ON has helped lead Duquesne to a 19-4 record so far this year including 8-1 in conference play and 11-1 at home. Before Agunbiade's most recent game, a 59-54 more
Samuel Dalembert
Samuel Dalembert out of Montreal gets this week's Canada Basketball POTW award for his remarkable play when opportunity presented itself. Dalembert has roamed the NBA since 2001 with stops in Philadelphia, Sacramento, Houston and Milwaukee, providing a formidable presence in the paint wherever he pl more
Alyson Bush
Alyson Bush of the CIS #5-ranked Carleton Ravens (13-3) is the Canada Basketball player of the week. The Ottawa native averaged 18.7 points on 54% shooting, 4.3 assists, and 4.3 steals, leading her Ravens to a 3-0 record over the past seven days. Last Wednesday the fifth-year senior guard helped the more
Tristan Thompson
Tristan Thompson has been proving the promise that made him the fourth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft, the highest any Canadian has ever been selected. In the past seven days the sophomore from Brampton, ON has averaged 17.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 2.7 assists on 50 per cent shooting from more
Tamara Tatham
For the 2nd installment of Player of the Week in CB's 90th anniversary, we turn to Tamara Tatham playing professionally with Halle in Germany. In a tight 65-58 win over Heli Girls, Tamara put up totals of 14 points, 14 total rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in 34 minutes on the floor. The all-around more
Kelly Olynyk
Kelly Olynyk had the kind of week that most college players dream of: playing big minutes, contributing big numbers and notching two big wins. As an added bonus, the Kamloops, B.C. native set a new career-high in the process. The Bulldog big man scored 33 points vs. Santa Clara then followed it up w more
Janelle Bekkering
Janelle is building a solid campaign for Antwerp Kangoeroes-Boom in Belgium. The Taber, AB native put together averages of 18.5 points, 6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.5 steals last week in the always-tough Ethias League Division 1. The 5'11" small forward has been instrumental to Antwerp's impre more
Anthony Bennett
Anthony Bennett was named the top freshman in the NCAA by ESPN's John Gasaway (see here for more). This week, the Brampton native backed up that claim with two standout performances. He averaged 21.5 points on 61.3% shooting, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals. Over the weekend, Anthony posted a double-do more
Justine Colley
Colley showcased her all-round skills last week when leading her St. Mary's Huskies to a dominant 85-64 win over the Dalhousie Tigers. The CIS Female Athlete of the week helped propel the Huskies to their seventh straight victory and remain undefeated on the season. The product of East Preston, Nov more
Kris Joseph
The 51st overall draft pick in the 2012 NBA Draft has had a great start to his professional basketball career. With Maine Red Claws (Boston Celtics D-League affiliate) he has been able to get plenty of court-time and has been the offensive leader for the team.In two games into the season more
Dyshawn Pierre
Pierre had a night to remember last week when Dayton took on Boston College. Pierre was able to go a perfect 8-of-8 from the field, 5-of-5 from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, for 23 points Dayton's 87-71 win.The Whitby, Ontario, native is just the sixth NCAA basketball player (an more
Natalie Achonwa
Natalie kicked off the Notre Dame Fighting Irish season with a bang. Not only did she have a great game, but the game took place on an aircraft carrier (USS Yorktown) in South Carolina. Natalie Achonwa came off the bench and had team-high 17 points and added ten rebounds in a 57-51 victory over Ohio more
Levon Kendall
Levon Kendall has had a great start to his season with Bluesens in the Spanish basketball league. Six games into the season, Kendall leads his team not only in scoring (17.0 ppg), but also rebounds (6.3).Kendall has lead his team to a 4-2 record and over the weekend, he did all he could, but was una more
Shona Thorburn
Senior women’s national team member, Shona Thorburn has had a terrific start to her season in France with Aix-en-Provence. In 6 games this season, Thorburn has filled the stat sheet on a consistent basis. In her most recent game against Perpignan, Thorburn flirted with a triple-double by scori more
Janelle Bekkering
To begin the 2012-13 campaign, Janelle Bekkering has absolutely began on a torrid start. In her opening four games for Kangoeroes (Belgium), Bekkering has scored 17+ points in each of her games (including a 29 point performance)and has helped lead the team to a 3-1 start to begin the season. Through more
Saicha Grant-Allen
After another summer with Canada Basketball, Saicha added two FIBA sanctioned events to her resume this summer with Canada Basketball.In her first tournament of the season (FIBA U17 World Championship) Saicha was a key player in Canada’s bronze-medal run, which was the first time the women's t more
Xavier Rathan-Mayes
Xavier was a key player on the bronze medal, Junior Men’s National Team who competed in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Brazil in June. Xavier was one of the leaders on the team by being the second leading scorer on the team (7th in the tournament) with 14.8 points per game. He als more
Paige Crozon
Paige Crozon led Canada at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship this August in Puerto Rico. She headed the team in scoring and helped guide the Canadian squad to their fifth consecutive berth into the FIBA U19 World Championship.Crozon had her best game against the hosts, Puerto Rico where she helped more
Kia Nurse
Kia Nurse has been the offensive leader for the Canadian Cadette Women’s National Team. So far in the seven games in the tournament she has average a team-high 13.6 points per game while chipping in with 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.The Hamilton, ON native started the tournament stron more
Shona Thorburn
Luckily for the Canadian Women’s Olympic Basketball Team, Shona Thorburn decided to return to the Senior Women’s National Team. Shona had hesitation joining the team again after her years with the team and a long pro schedule in Spain, but teammate and friend, Kim Smith persuaded h more
Justin Jackson
Playing in the FIBA U17 World Championship might be a dream for a lot of kids growing up, but to be playing on the world stage as a 15 year-old is impressive. Justin Jackson completed this feat and was not only a part of the team, but a key contributor for Canada.The 6-6 Scarborough, Ontario native more
Senior Women's National Team
We've chosen to name the entire Senior Women's National Team as player of the week because of their success in qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics. After defeating Japan 71-63, Canada officially earned a berth into the Olympic Games. This marks the first time the Senior Women's National Team hav more
Courtnay Pilypaitis
In the opening game of the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Canada started great by defeating Mali, 89-23. It was a great team win as every player played at least 10 minutes and recorded at least two points in the game. Courtnay Pilypaitis (Orleans, ON) led the Canadian charge with a double more
Trey Lyles
With the Canadian Junior Men’s Team off to a 2-0 start, a guaranteed spot into the semi-finals of the FIBA Americas U18 Championship and a berth into next year’s FIBA U19 World Championship, Trey Lyles (Saskatoon, SK) has been instrumental in helping the Junior Men’s National Team more
Lizanne Murphy
Having landed mid-season in the French league with Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (TGB), Murphy figured she would end up facing France in the fight for a place at the 2012 London Games. During the 2011-12 French league season at TGB, the 6’1’’ forward shot 48.8 percent from the floor, averag more
Alisha Tatham
Alisha Tatham has been a part of the Canadian National Team Program for 8 years now. In last month’s Jack Donohue International Classic, Alisha played a vital role to the team’s success, where Canada won the series 2-1, over Team China. Alisha played in all three games and started more
Kim Smith
Kim Smith from Mission, BC, has been a veteran for the Canadian Senior Women’s National Team. With nine years of service with the national team including, 112 games in the red and white jersey, she will be looking to add to that total this summer.With the team looking to qualify for the London more
Kyle Wiltjer
The Kentucky Wildcats’ freshman forward became the fifth Canadian to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s National Basketball Championship with a 67 - 59 win over the Kansas Jayhawks on April 2. The 6’9’’ freshman joins an more
Hannah Sunley-Paisley
Hannah Sunley-Paisley had a great season and she capped it off by winning the Nan Copp Award (player of the year). In her fifth and final season with uOttawa, the six-foot-one senior led the OUA and finished fifth in the country in scoring with an average of 18.5 points per game. She was equall more
Phil Scrubb
Phil Scrubb (Richmond, BC) has had one of the best careers in CIS history and he has only finished his first two years at Carleton. This season he became the first player in CIS history to win Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy (Top Rookie) and Moser Trophy (Most Outstanding Player) in consecutive seaso more
Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson (Mississauga, ON) has had a great 3.5 years at St. Bonaventure, but the past three weeks might just be the best span of games he has played in his collegiate career if not his entire basketball life. Andrew Nicholson has been named Atlantic 10 player of the week for three cons more
Andrew Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins had another great game for Huntington Prep last week. In 3 games last week, he helped Huntington Prep go 3-0 and increase their ranking to fifth best high school in the USA. In one game last week Andrew poured in 32 points in a 78-55 win vs. Flora Macdonald (Red Springs, N.C.).Andrew more
Tamara Tatham
After almost a month between games, Tamara Tatham (Brampton, ON) didn’t take long to shake off any rust from the extended break. In her SV Halle Lions first game back versus Wasserburg she had a season high in points (29), and also collected 11 rebounds and 5 assists in the game. She helped Ha more
