ABA alumni win gold at Canada West championships

Mar. 09, 2025

ABA alumni Tea DeMong, Mya Flindall, Nate Petrone and Cian Smith along with several other student-athletes from Alberta are part of this year’s championship-winning teams in Canada West men’s and women’s basketball.

MBB | THE WEST BELONGS TO CALGARY 🏆

The Dinos "Magic Man" delivers a performance for the ages.

Nate Petrone drops 38 PTS (!) as Calgary defeats UBC 109-96 to claim their eighth CW banner in program history! @UCDinos x @DinosMBB pic.twitter.com/Zrj7sqGj16
— Canada West (@CanadaWest) March 8, 2025

Arinze Aniagu (Medicine Hat), Kace Archuleta (Calgary), Declan Peterson (Bentley), Petrone (Calgary), Spencer Roberts (Raymond), Aidan Smith (Cochrane) and Cian Smith (Cochrane) won gold with the Calgary Dinos who defeated the UBC Thunderbirds 109-96 in the men’s championship final on March 7.

Top Dogs in the West.

Congrats, @HuskieWBB! pic.twitter.com/esqTkqNMYa
— Canada West (@CanadaWest) March 9, 2025

DeMong (St. Albert) and Flindall (St. Albert) captured gold with the Saskatchewan Huskies, who beat the UBC Thunderbirds 71-59 in the women’s championship final on March 8.

The Dinos and Huskies will next be in action at the U Sports Final 8 national championships hosted by UBC March 13 to 16.

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