Montréal, QC – The Montréal Alliance announced Thursday that Montréal guard Mambi Diawara has signed a contract with the expansion team for the remainder of the 2022 season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). 

The six-foot-four guard played the 2021-2022 season with Al Hilla in the Iraqi Basketball League. Previously, Diawara played the 2020 and 2021 seasons in the CEBL with the Edmonton Stingers (2020) and the Saskatchewan Rattlers (2021). The Montréal native also won the 2020 CEBL championship while playing with the Stingers. 

In terms of statistics, Diawara averaged 6.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 19 minutes per game in two CEBL seasons. The Montréal native also shot 41 percent from the field and 82 percent from the free throw line while playing with Edmonton. 

Outside of the CEBL, Diawara played in Finland with Helsinki (2020-2021), Argentina with Club Deportivo Hispano Americano (2019-2020) and Romania with BC PH Miercurea Ciuc (2019-2020). The Montréal guard also played five college seasons with Lamar State College Port Arthur (2014-2016) and the University of Calgary (2016-2019). Diawara averaged 22.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game with the Calgary Dinos in 2017-2018. In addition, Diawara was named Canada West Player of the Year and led his team to a 20-0 season before winning the U SPORTS National championship in 2018. 

Diawara joins point guards Kemy Ossé, Hernst Laroche, Alain Louis and Lawi Msambya, shooting guards Isiah Osborne and Sherwood Brown, forwards Dominic Green, Ashley Hamilton, James Jean-Marie, Nathan Cayo, Abdul Mohamed and Élie Karojo as well as centres Emondre Rickman and Marc-André Fortin. The Alliance currently hold a 4-11 record in 15 regular season games and will face the Newfoundland Growlers in their next home game on Friday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. For more information or to purchase single game tickets starting at $20 per game, visit www.alliancemontreal.ca/en-ca/tickets.

About the Montréal Alliance

The Montréal Alliance is a professional basketball team competing in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The team plays all their home games at the newly renovated Verdun Auditorium. The season, comprised of 10 home games and 10 away games, ends August 1 when the team faces the BlackJacks in Ottawa. Find the full schedule and more information about the team at www.alliancemontreal.ca and on our social media platforms, on Instagram and Tik Tok (@alliancemontreal), Twitter (@mtl_alliance), LinkedIn and Facebook (Montréal Alliance). 

About the CEBL

The CEBL began its fourth season in May. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, the league has 75 percent of Canadian players, the highest proportion 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 are 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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