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Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Sea Bears bounce back on the road
After dropping Friday's game to the winless Brampton Honey Badgers, the Winnipeg Sea Bears bounced back on the road against the Scarborough Shooting Stars, taking Saturday's game 87-86. Scarborough came hot out of the gates, taking an eight-point lead into halftime and never trailing to the visitors into Target Score Time. But Winnipeg made a push in the fourth quarter, chipping away at the deficit play by play. Trailing by 12 at the start of the final frame, the Sea Bears whittled the Shooting Stars' lead down to five at Target Time. BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Winnipeg Sea Bears guard Tevian Jones led the team in points on Saturday with 24 against the Scarborough Shooting Stars. Jones also drained all five of his Target Score Time free throws, cutting the deficit to one to set up Jalen Harris' game-winning jump shot. Newly minted Sea Bear, two-time All-CEBL and former Toronto Raptor Jalen Harris hit a fade away and driving layup, and Winnipeg-born Emmanuel Akot drained a three to cut the lead down to two. The Shooting Stars continued to punch back, but Tevian Jones drew two fouls — one on a three-point shot — and hit all five free throws, chipping the lead down to one. Harris played hero, hitting the two-point pull-up jump shot to win the game for the visitors. Jones led the team with 24 points, eight rebounds and four assists, while Harris impressed with 22 points, four rebounds and three assists in his debut game with the team. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. With the win, the Winnipeg improves to 2-5 on the season, splitting their games on the road. The Bears are back in action Wednesday night as they host the Montreal Alliance at Canada Life Centre.
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Harris looks to give Sea Bears massive offensive boost
One of the top scorers in CEBL history is joining the Winnipeg Sea Bears. The club announced Thursday that Jalen Harris, a two-time All-CEBL guard and former Toronto Raptor, has officially signed with the Sea Bears and is expected to join them on the road and play in Friday night's game against the Brampton Honey Badgers (0-5). It's a massive boost to a Winnipeg side that has lost four straight games by double digits and fallen to 1-4 on the season. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES Jalen Harris made his CEBL debut with the Scarborough Shooting Stars in 2022. 'We tried to build a team that would play a little bit better team basketball, and we got a great group of guys… (But) we got off to a slow start,' said Sea Bears head coach and general manager Mike Taylor at the Sport for Life Centre on Thursday. 'We felt we needed a little bit of offensive production and offensive playmaking in the back court. So, from our standpoint, we're really excited to add Jalen. We think he'll bring a lot to the team.' The six-foot-five Dallas, Tex., product averaged 24.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 11 games with the Saskatchewan Rattlers last summer. In 2022, he made his CEBL debut with the Scarborough Shooting Stars and led the team to the championship final. Harris, 26, was most recently in China with the Nanjing Monkey Kings where he averaged 12.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and two assists in 32 games. He was drafted in the second round, 59th overall, by the Raptors in 2020, and appeared in 13 games as a rookie, highlighted by a career-high 31-point performance against the Dallas Mavericks on May 14, 2021. On July 1, 2021, the NBA dealt Harris a one-year suspension after he tested positive for a prohibited substance and he hasn't played in the league since. The Sea Bears have had some accomplished scorers in the past in Teddy Allen and Justin Wright-Foreman, but Taylor believes Harris is a different type of player than those two. Harris set the CEBL's scoring record last year with a 45-point performance against Brampton. 'I think Jalen can play with the ball or without the ball efficiently. I think Jalen is a willing passer, and he's a guy we can use in different situations to play as a point guard, at the point of attack, controlling the tempo, and force defences to play defensive coverage because of his ability to shoot,' said Taylor. 'And I think he's also a guy we can move off the ball, so I think he's got a chance to connect well with every type of teammate we have.' Also joining the Sea Bears this weekend is star Canadian centre Simi Shittu who was finishing up his season in the Greek Basketball League. Shittu isn't expected to play in Brampton on Friday or in Scarborough on Saturday. Tony Gutierrez / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILES Jalen Harris (front) was drafted in the second round, 59th overall, by the Toronto Raptors in 2020. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Once Harris and Shittu start to gel with their teammates, this Sea Bears team should look a whole lot different than the one that underwhelmed in the first five games. Shooting has been the biggest issue, as they're dead last in in both field goal (36.7) and three-point percentage (25.7). 'The goal stays the same. We've always been aiming to play our best basketball at the championship weekend and so adding those two talents definitely help our odds and we're happy about it,' said veteran Canadian guard Alex Campbell. 'I think them joining us on the road actually helps us build camaraderie. Between the games, travelling, being at the airport, stuff like that, those types of things do go a long way so I think camaraderie and chemistry will happen quickly.' The Sea Bears will return to downtown Winnipeg on June 11 to square off against the Montreal Alliance. Taylor AllenReporter Taylor Allen is a sports reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. Taylor was the Vince Leah intern in the Free Press newsroom twice while earning his joint communications degree/diploma at the University of Winnipeg and Red River College Polytechnic. He signed on full-time in 2019 and mainly covers the Blue Bombers, curling, and basketball. Read more about Taylor. Every piece of reporting Taylor produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
