Montréal, QC – The Montréal Alliance announced Friday that it has signed four new Canadian players ahead of the 2022 season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL): Samuel Cayo, Samuel Chaput, Lewis Diankulu and Élie Kajoro. 

A six-foot-two guard, Cayo played 12 games this season with the University of Québec in Montréal. The Laval native averaged 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting 41.6 percent from the field and 30.0 percent from the three-point line. 

A six-foot-one guard, Chaput played the last four seasons in the NCAA’s division I with Monmouth University. The Longueuil native played his best season in 2019-2020, averaging 5.2 points, 3.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 31 games.

A six-foot-seven centre, Diankulu grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, and played his college basketball at McCook Community College and Queens University. After graduating, the Canadian centre played with the Island Storm in the NBLC before joining the Leicester Warriors in England. This season, Diankulu averaged 21.5 points, 11.8 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 13 games played with the Warriors. 

A six-foot-seven forward, Karojo was born in the Congo and grew up in Montréal. Karojo graduated from Collège Montmorency before joining Carleton University. In five regular season games played at Carleton, Karojo averaged 3.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists. Karojo was also part of the team when Carleton won the U SPORTS National Championship in 2019-2020. This season, the Montrealer played in two games with the uOttawa Gee-Gees before an injury ended his season. 

Cayo, Chaput, Karojo and Diankulu join point guards Kemy Ossé, Hernst Laroche, Lawi Msambya and Alain Louis, shooting guard Isiah Osborne, forwards Dominic Green, James Jean-Marie, Ashley Hamilton, Abdul Mohamed and Nathan Cayo as well as centers Marc-André Fortin and Gaios Skordilis and will join the team for the beginning of training camp for the 2022 CEBL season starting 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. All Alliance home games will be broadcast live on 91.9 Sports. 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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