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Winnipeg Free Press
12 hours 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
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Half measures sink Sea Bears
In a blink, the Winnipeg Sea Bears were back in the same place. After outperforming the surging Vancouver Bandits for two quarters, Winnipeg's pro hoops team went through a stretch that's become all too familiar in the early goings of the Canadian Elite Basketball League campaign and found themselves in a hole too deep to dig out of in Target Score Time. Sparked by a 27-point performance from guard Kyle Mangas, the Bandits defeated the Sea Bears 100-89 before 7,142 fans at Canada Life Centre on Wednesday evening. BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Sea Bears guard Tevian Jones (centre) controls the ball under pressure as Bandits guard Curtis Hollis (right) covers him. Mangas sealed the game with one of his five three-pointers in the contest. 'We loved the first-half compete, we loved the first-half teamwork. Put ourselves in a great position… came out (of halftime) and kind of lost control of the tempo of the game,' said head coach Mike Taylor. 'What we look at is controlling the tempo of the game, the shot-selection, and I think for the majority of the game, there were a lot of positives there. A lot to build on and a lot of good things from the team. But again, that third quarter, where it kind of got sped up a little bit, and made some poor decisions and got back to that shot-selection situation. For the majority of the game, we made strides and showed good things, but we weren't consistent enough for the entire time, and that stretch came back to haunt us.' The Sea Bears dropped to 1-3 on the young season, while the Bandits improved to 4-0. If there's a silver lining for Winnipeg, it's that it was Vancouver's toughest test to date. The visitors entered the contest having beaten their opponents by 35.6 points on average, while averaging 107.6 points per game. Tevian Jones paced the Sea Bears' offence with 23 points and six assists in 37:23, while Jaylin Williams supplied 21 points and four rebounds in 31:52. Terry Roberts added 16 points while playing 32:13. 'I personally just think keep building on the effort,' said guard Alex Campbell. 'The effort was there. I think we let our foot off the gas for about 10 minutes, and in that 10 minutes, the team went up 20, so I think it's just about putting together a full game.' After a thrilling season-opening victory at home, the Sea Bears found themselves down on their luck on the heels a pair of uninspiring performances against the Calgary Surge in which they were outscored by a combined 44 points. Winnipeg looked like a different team in the opening half as a terrific defensive start made life difficult for the dangerous Bandits. The hosts forced seven turnovers, six of which were steals, while building a 29-23 lead after the first frame — which marked their highest offensive output in the opening quarter this season. A slightly less stellar second quarter saw the Bandits go on a 13-4 run to end the half, but Winnipeg still held a 48-45 lead going into halftime. Vancouver came out of the locker room firing, connecting on 13 of its 18 shots in the third quarter. After registering two points in the first half, Mangas, who is averaging a league-leading five made threes per game, began to heat up with three triples as part of a 19-point quarter for the sharpshooter. Just like that, the Sea Bears were down 79-59 heading into the fourth quarter. The Bandits entered Target Score Time with a 90-78 lead. BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Sea Bears guard Tevian Jones goes up for a dunk Wednesday against the Vancouver Bandits. 'We had some defensive breakdowns that gave him some open looks,' Taylor said of defending Mangas. 'The shot-fake side-step three that he hit (in Target Score Time), we had a different type of a post-double on, and (Emmanuel Akot) left him on the ball-side and we had a double coming from the baseline… it shouldn't have happened that way. 'The last one (Campbell) just got hung up on the screen. He was worried for the third quarter about the back door cut, where we gave up the easy basket, give them credit — he popped, wide open, made us pay.' Forward Mitch Creek supplied 23 points, nine rebounds and six assists for the Bandits. Fellow big man Tyrese Samuel was also a force in the paint, chipping in with 16 points and seven rebounds. If any team has designs of beating the Bandits, it will have to slow down Creek, Samuel and Mangas, who have formed a big-three early on. Meanwhile, the Sea Bears have played solid basketball at times but are still trying to put it all together. 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. 'I think it's just chemistry, cohesiveness, and obviously putting together a full 40 minutes,' said Campbell. I' think right now we're almost there, I'd say 75 (per cent), but in that 25 per cent where we're not all locked in, that's where teams are having their way with us. 'We need to change that for Saturday's game.' The Sea Bears will host the Ottawa BlackJacks (1-2) on Saturday. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. X: @jfreysam Joshua Frey-SamReporter Josh Frey-Sam reports on sports and business at the Free Press. Josh got his start at the paper in 2022, just weeks after graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College. He reports primarily on amateur teams and athletes in sports. Read more about Josh. 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