ABA alumni win gold at Canada West championships
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 🏆
— Canada West (@CanadaWest) March 8, 2025
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
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.
— Canada West (@CanadaWest) March 9, 2025
Congrats, @HuskieWBB! pic.twitter.com/esqTkqNMYa
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. The women’s tournament begins March 13, while the men’s tournament starts on March 14.
