Niagara River Lions
- Leagues Played
- Canada EBL 40 Club Friendlies 3
- Links
- www.riverlions.ca Facebook Twitter Instagram riverlions.ca TikTok Wikipedia
Results
| Canada EBL | 08/11 22:00 | 1 | Vancouver Bandits v Niagara River Lions | W | 95-97 | |
| Canada EBL | 08/10 00:00 | 2 | [1] Niagara River Lions v Montreal Alliance [5] | W | 78-75 | |
| Canada EBL | 08/04 21:30 | 3 | [3] Ottawa BlackJacks v Niagara River Lions [1] | W | 91-94 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/27 23:00 | - | Niagara River Lions v Ottawa BlackJacks | W | 109-97 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/20 23:00 | - | Ottawa BlackJacks v Niagara River Lions | L | 122-113 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/17 23:00 | - | [1] Niagara River Lions v Brampton Honey Badgers [4] | W | 80-71 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/14 19:00 | - | Niagara River Lions v Edmonton Stingers | W | 105-104 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/11 23:00 | - | Niagara River Lions v Montreal Alliance | W | 83-77 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/10 00:00 | - | Scarborough Shooting Stars v Niagara River Lions | W | 77-98 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/06 23:00 | - | Niagara River Lions v Ottawa BlackJacks | W | 110-86 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/04 23:00 | - | Niagara River Lions v Calgary Surge | W | 109-89 | |
| Canada EBL | 07/02 00:00 | - | [1] Niagara River Lions v Vancouver Bandits [2] | L | 83-105 |
Wikipedia - Niagara River Lions
The Niagara River Lions are a Canadian professional basketball team based in St. Catharines, Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, that competes in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. From 2015 to 2018, they were members of the National Basketball League of Canada. The River Lions play their home games at the Meridian Centre in downtown St. Catharines.
History
In February 2014, the Niagara Basketball Group started the application process to get a local team. Over a year later, the NBL Canada announced that they would hold a press conference on the morning of April 8, 2015, regarding the expansion team. The group also held an online contest in which fans had the opportunity to make suggestions as to what the team's nickname should be. On May 14, 2015, the NBL held a Board of Governors' meeting, in which it was approved and confirmed that Niagara would compete in the 2015–16 season. At a press conference on May 28, 2015, it was announced that the team would be called the "Niagara River Lions," a nickname inspired by the Niagara Region's coat of arms, which depicts the same animal. Ken Murray, a successful Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) coach, came out of retirement to claim the head coaching and general manager (GM) position. However, during their inaugural season, Murray was fired from the team on February 20, 2016, and was replaced by assistant coach Grâce Lokole. Lokole would step down from the head coach position during the next season on March 11, 2017. He was replaced by local Niagara College head coach Keith Vassell on an interim basis while Lokole stayed on as an assistant. Joe Raso would be named the head coach for the 2017–18 season.
In 2017, River Lions' owner Richard Petko became one of the investors of a new basketball league called Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). On June 8, 2018, the River Lions announced that the franchise had moved to the CEBL after three seasons in the National Basketball League of Canada. The River Lions won the 2024 CEBL Championship, their first in franchise history.