Montréal, QC – The Montréal Alliance announced Tuesday the selection of Alain Louis and Marc-André Fortin during the 2022 Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) U SPORTS draft.

Drafted second overall, Louis played four seasons with Carleton University. During the 2021-2022 season, the six-foot-one point guard averaged 13.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, scoring 15 or more points on seven occasions and dishing out seven or more assists on four occasions. Louis also led Carleton University to a third consecutive U SPORTS National Championship in addition to being named the tournament’s MVP.

During the 2020-2021 season, Louis played in the CEBL with the Ottawa BlackJacks as a U SPORTS developmental player. In 15 games with Ottawa, Louis averaged 7.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists while shooting 55.9 percent from the field and 38.1 percent from the three-point line.

Born in Port-Au-Prince, Louis’ family moved to Montréal when he was five years old. Louis attended Thetford Academy before committing to Carleton University where he played four seasons. Drafted second overall, Louis is the first player selected by the Alliance in the 2022 CEBL U SPORTS draft.

Drafted in the second round and 19^th overall, Fortin played five seasons with the Rouge et Or at the University of Laval. The six-foot-eight center had his best statistical season in 2021-2022, averaging 12.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, while shooting 51.1 percent from the field.

A native of Sainte-Marie, Fortin played at Cégep de Sainte-Foy, averaging 12.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Those results earned him a scholarship with Sam Houston State University, where he played his first collegiate season, appearing in 28 games as the team’s only freshman.

Fortin was selected to play on Team Canada at the 2019 Summer Universiade tournament, an international multi-sport event organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). In 5 games, he averaged 5 points, 4 rebounds and 10.4 minutes.

Drafted 19^th overall, Fortin is the second player to be selected by the Montréal Alliance in the 2022 CEBL U SPORTS draft.

Louis and Fortin will join point guard Kemy Ossé, shooting guard Isiah Osborne as well as forwards Dominic Green and James Jean-Marie and are the first two players in franchise history to be selected in the U SPORTS draft. Louis, Fortin, and the Alliance will begin training camp May 16. Fans will have the opportunity to see the team play 10 times this summer at the new Verdun Auditorium. Visit https://www.alliancemontreal.ca/en-ca/season-memberships-2022 to get your season membership starting at $22.50 per game and for more information.

About the Montréal Alliance

The Montréal Alliance is a professional basketball team competing in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The team will play all their home games at the newly renovated Verdun Auditorium. The Alliance opens their inaugural season May 25 against the Honey Badgers in Hamilton. The season, comprised of 10 home games and 10 road games, ends August 1 when the team faces the BlackJacks in Ottawa. Get your season membership and find more information about the team at www.alliancemontreal.ca and on our social media platforms, on Instagram (@alliancemontreal), Twitter (@mtl_alliance), LinkedIn and Facebook (Montréal Alliance). 

About the CEBL

The CEBL begins its fourth season in May. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, more than 75 percent of its players during the past three seasons were Canadian, the highest percentage of any professional league in the country. CEBL players bring experience from the NBA, the NBA G League, top NCAA programs, the Canadian National team program, top international leagues as well as U SPORTS. All CEBL regular season games will be broadcast live on the free CBC Gem streaming service, cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports mobile app and CEBL+. Additional information about the league is available at www.cebl.ca.

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