River Lions Announce 2024 Schedule

St. Catharines, ON - The Niagara River Lions of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) today announced its 20-game 2024 season schedule presented by Crime Stoppers Niagara. The River Lions open the season with a home-and-home against the Brampton Honey Badgers first traveling to the CAA Centre on May 24th before hosting the Honey Badgers at the Meridian Centre on May 30th. Niagara splits their first four games of the season home and away before a three game road trip.

The River Lions will head into their sixth season in the CEBL after finishing the 2023 campaign in first place after the regular season with a league best record of 13-7. The team earned an automatic bye to Championship Weekend in Vancouver where they were eliminated in the semi finals by the eventual champion, the Scarborough Shooting Stars. 

Within the Eastern Conference, the River Lions will play the Ottawa Blackjacks four times, and the Brampton Honey Badgers, Scarborough Shooting Stars and Montréal Alliance each three times. As for the Western Conference, Niagara will play the Winnipeg Seabears and the Edmonton Stingers each twice then the Vancouver Bandits, the Calgary Surge and the Saskatchewan Rattlers once. 

Highlights of the Niagara River Lions schedule include:

• A total of 20 regular season games over 10 weeks
• 10 games at the Meridian Center in St. Catharines, 10 road games
• 4 Thursday, 2 Saturday, 1 Friday and 1 Wednesday night home games
• 1 Sunday afternoon home game
• 1 School day game at home on Wednesday June 19th at 11:00am
• Winnipeg Sea Bears will visit the Meridian Centre on Thursday June 6th for their first time since joining the CEBL in 2023. 
• 6 of final 8 regular season games are at home
• Close the regular season with and home and home versus Ottawa Blackjacks

The CEBL season culminates at 2024 Championship Weekend (CW24) in Montréal from August 9-11. Host Montréal, along with the top-ranked team from the Western Conference, will automatically be seeded into the Conference Finals at Championship Weekend. The full playoff schedule, including the Play-In and Conference Semifinal games, will be announced at a later date.

The 2024 broadcast schedule with all nationally televised games on TSN will be announced at a later date. All games, including playoffs, will be streamed live on the CEBL’s OTT platform, CEBL+ Powered by BetVictor, on CEBL Mobile, the official app of the CEBL (available on Android and iOS devices), and on TSN+.

For full schedule details visit www.riverlions.ca/schedule

About the River Lions 

The Niagara River Lions are one of the original six teams of the CEBL. Playing out of Meridian Centre in downtown St. Catharines, the River Lions represent the twelve municipalities of the Niagara Region while living up to the River Lions moniker of pride and strength of community. Season tickets and voucher packs are on sale now. Niagara River Lions season tickets and voucher packs are on sale now. Stay tuned for updates regarding single game and group tickets. Ticket information can be found at www.riverlions.ca/tickets or 289-273-5905. 

About the CEBL

A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives, and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 73% of its 2023 rosters being Canadian. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. Fourteen players have signed NBA contracts following a CEBL season, and numerous CEBL players attend NBA G League training camps every year. The CEBL season runs from May through August. More information about the CEBL is available at CEBL.ca and @cebleague on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook & YouTube.

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Media Contact

Michelle Biskup

Vice President, Operations

mbiskup@riverlions.ca



2024 Niagara River Lions Schedule