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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
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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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.

There was a total attendance of more than 220,000 on the season.

Overview

Format

Nine teams participate, playing in one single group. 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.
• Águilas Doradas de Durango and Garra Cañera de Navolato left the league.
• Frayles de Guasave relocated to Guadalajara and became the Gigantes de Jalisco.
• Náuticos de Mazatlán changed their name to Venados de Mazatlán.

Teams

Draft

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

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

Playoffs

Source

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). 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.

Cezar Guerrero won the three-point shootout while Jordan Williams won the dunk contest.

Teams

References

1. Hernández, Francisco (16 May 2022). "Rayos es reconocido en Juego de Estrellas". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
2. "Cibacopa, la liga profesional número uno del noroeste". Bien Informado (in Spanish). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
3. "Equipos" (in Spanish). cibacopa.org. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. "CIBACOPA se expande para el 2019" (in Spanish). cibacopa.org. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. ^ "Rayos, Ostioneros y Halcones reclaman protagonismo en Cibacopa" (in Spanish). gradanorte.mx. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
6. "La Garra Cañera fuera del Cibacopa" (in Spanish). lineadirectaportal.com. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
7. Sainz Gaxiola, Humberto (19 January 2019). "También se le va a Guasave el Cibacopa" (in Spanish). El Sol de Sinaloa. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
8. 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.
9. "Histórico Draft del CIBACOPA" (in Spanish). cibacopa.org. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
10. 2019 season at Latinbasket.com
11. Mayo, Santiago (10 May 2019). "Jalisco listo para Juego de Estrellas de CIBACOPA" (in Spanish). meganoticias.mx. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
12. ^ Maldonado, Julio (12 May 2019). "Un éxito el juego de estrellas del Cibacopa edición 2019 celebrado en Jalisco" (in Spanish). revistasuperdeportivo.com.mx. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

External links

• CIBACOPA official standings
• 2019 season on Latinbasket.com

• CIBACOPA seasons
• 2018–19 in Mexican basketball by league
• 2019–20 in Mexican basketball by league