CIBACOPA All-Star Game

CIBACOPA All-Star Game
Status	Active
Frequency	Annually
Inaugurated	2001
Most recent	2024
Organized by	CIBACOPA

The CIBACOPA All-Star Game is an annual basketball event in Mexico, organised by the CIBACOPA (officially known as the Liga Chevron), one of the country's major basketball leagues.^[1][2] It was launched in 2001. Players like Gustavo Ayon,^[3] Larry Taylor, Tony Farmer, Jorge Camacho, Jahvon Blair, Akeem Scott, Davin White,^[4] Kavell Bigby-Williams, and Kevin Garnett's half brother Louis McCullough have featured in the event. The latter has won the MVP award a record-four times.

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

Year	Date/Location	Team 1	Score	Team 2	MVP	Club
2001		Mexican Selection		USA Selection
2002		Mexican Selection		USA Selection
2003 [5]		Mexican Selection	119-120	USA Selection	Jeff Clifton	Bucaneros de Campeche
2004 [6]	March 20, Hermosillo Sonora	Sonora Team		Sinaloa Team
2005 [7]	March 29, Convento de Guasave, Sinaloa	Sonora Team	113-116	Sinaloa Team	Ron Selleaze [8]	Venados de Mazatlán
2006 [9]		Sonora Team	won	Sinaloa Team	Galen Robinson	Mineros de Cananea
2008 [10]	Gimnasio Municipal Manuel Lira Garcia	North	116-105	South	Dontae Truitt	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
2009 [11]	April 6, Mazatlan	North	109-103	South	Derek Thomas	Mineros de Cananea
2010 [12]	April 25, Cananea	North	won	South	Louis McCullough	Frayles de Guasave
2012 [13]	April 27	North	121-111	South	Louis McCullough	Guindas de Nogales
2013 [14]	March 16, Manuel Lira Garcia Gym, Ciudad Obregon	North	117-112	South	Louis McCullough	Guindas de Nogales
2014 [15]	April 29	North	won	South	Louis McCullough (4)	Rayos de Hermosillo
2016 [16]	May 5	North	107-126	South	Jordan Williams [17]	Frayles de Guasave
2017 [18]	May 14	North	128-115	South	Jeff Early [19]
2018 [20]	May 21	North	128-137	South	Eric Frederick	Frayles de Guasave
2022 [21]	May 21	North	133-146	South	Jordan Loveridge	Astros de Jalisco
2024[22]	April 20, Arena ITSON, Ciudad Obregón[23]	North	145-150	South	Jordan Allen	Pioneros de Los Mochis

Slam-Dunk winners

Year	Player	Team
2003	Jeff Clifton	Bucaneros de Campeche
2005	Samuel Bowie	Frayles de Guasave
2006	Benny West	Ostioneros de Guaymas
2008	Larry Taylor	Lobos UAD de Mazatlán
2010	Derek Thomas [24]	Leones Regios de Monterrey
2012	Derek Thomas (2) Darnell Hugee	Leones Regios de Monterrey Tijuana Zonkeys
2013	Bernard Toombs	Garra Cañera de Navolato
2017	Manny Hernandez	Pioneros de Los Mochis
2018	Michael Bryson	Rayos de Hermosillo
2024	Alonzo Stafford	Venados de Mazatlán

Three-Point Shoot Contest

Year	Player	Team
2003	Arturo Velazco	Petroleros de Ciudad del Carmen
2005	Samuel Bowie	Frayles de Guasave
2006	Gerardo Dorame
2008	Edgar Soto	Paskolas de Navojoa
2010	Steve Monreal [25]	Rayos de Hermosillo
2012	Luis López
2013	Louis McCullough	Guindas de Nogales
2014	Louis McCullough (2)	Rayos de Hermosillo
2017	Steve Monreal	Rayos de Hermosillo
2018	Luis Ramírez	Tijuana Zonkeys
2024	Jordan Allen	Pioneros de Los Mochis

Topscorers

Year	Player	Points	Team
2005	Ron Selleaze	37	Venados de Mazatlán
2008	Dontae Truitt	26	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
2009	James Parker	27	Pioneros de Los Mochis
2010	Louis McCullough	35	Frayles de Guasave
2012	Louis McCullough	39	Guindas de Nogales
2013	Louis McCullough (3)	34	Guindas de Nogales
2016	Jordan Williams	34	Frayles de Guasave
2018	Eric Frederick	30	Frayles de Guasave
2022	Jordan Loveridge	47	Astros de Jalisco
2024	Jordan Allen	31	Pioneros de Los Mochis

Players with most selections (2003-present)

Michael Bryson featured in the 2024 All-Star Game and was named the MVP.

Player	All-Star	Editions	Notes
Louis McCullough	5	2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014	4x MVP, 2x Three-point winner
Edgar Soto	3	2005, 2006, 2008	1x Three-point winner
Jorge Camacho	3	2010, 2017, 2024
Sammy Yeager	3	2016, 2017, 2018
Ron Selleaze	3	2005, 2008, 2012	1x MVP
Steve Monreal	3	2010, 2014, 2016	1x MVP, 1x Three-point winner

See also

• Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico
• LNBP All-Star Game

References

1. Motley, Gene (26 July 2018). "Former Chowan hoops player retires in style". The Roanoke-Chowan News Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
2. González, Ángel (26 September 2018). "Expansión en Cibacopa". FRONTER.INFO (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2018.
3. White Gustavo Ayon 2007 All Star - acb.com
4. Davin White 2011 All Star - euroleaguebasketball.net
5. "All-Star Game 2003". latinbasket.com.
6. "All-Star Game 2004". latinbasket.com. Archived from the original on 2004-06-01.
7. "All-Star Game 2005". latinbasket.com.
8. - Ron Selleaze - proballers.com
9. "All-Star Game 2006". latinbasket.com.
10. "All-Star Game 2008". latinbasket.com.
11. "All-Star Game 2009". latinbasket.com.
12. "All-Star Game 2010". latinbasket.com.
13. "All-Star Game 2012". latinbasket.com.
14. "All-Star Game 2013". latinbasket.com.
15. "All-Star Game 2014". latinbasket.com.
16. "All-Star Game 2016". latinbasket.com.
17. - Jordan Williams - proballers.com
18. "All-Star Game 2017". latinbasket.com.
19. - Jeff Early - proballers.com
20. "All-Star Game 2018". latinbasket.com.
21. "All-Star Game 2022". latinbasket.com.
22. Beltrán, Karla (21 April 2024). "Zona norte pierde en Juego de Estrellas". MegaNoticias.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
23. Arrieta, Oscar (21 March 2024). "¡Oficial! El Juego de Estrellas Cibacopa 2024 se jugará en Ciudad Obregón". Línea Directa Portal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
24. Derek Thomas - proballers.com
25. Steve Monreal - proballers.com

External links

• CIBACOPA All-Star Game Archives
• Latinbasket.Com
• CIBACOPA website