BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME Announces Participants for Nike Skills Challenge in Advance of Third Annual Showcase Game, April 10 on TSN

TORONTO (April 6, 2017) – Canada’s brightest emerging basketball stars are ready to hit the court for the 2017 BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME on Monday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET exclusively on TSN, live from the University of Toronto’s Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport. In advance of the third annual edition of Canada’s high school all-star game, the players show off their hoops excellence in the Nike Skills Challenge on Sunday, April 9 at the Athlete Institute in Orangeville, Ont.  The event features a selection of players on the roster competing in the Sport Chek 3-Point Shootout and BMO Slam Dunk Competition, as well as the Nike BioSteel Futures All Canadian Game, featuring top Canadian Grade 9 and 10 basketball players who may be selected to compete in the BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME in future seasons. See below for the full list of players selected to the Nike BioSteel Futures All Canadian Game. Complete rosters for both the BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME and Nike BioSteel Futures All Canadian Game are also available at TSN.ca/BioSteel.  TSN platforms including SPORTSCENTRE, TSN.ca, the TSN GO mobile app, and BarDown.com deliver news, highlights, and interviews with emerging stars competing in the 2017 Nike Skills Challenge. Fans can visit TSN’s official social media platforms – including Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter – for photos, videos, and behind-the-scenes content from the event.

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 As announced last month, TSN’s exclusive broadcast of the BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME features 24 of the top high school basketball players from across the country, including Virginia Tech commit Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Syracuse commit Oshae Brissett, Oregon commit Abu Kigab, and many more. The showcase game features two teams coached by John Campbell (University of Toronto) and Chris Cheng (Nipissing University). Additionally, University of Pittsburgh commit Shamiel Stevenson (Hillcrest Prep) has been selected to the BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME to replace Emmanuel Akot, who is unable to participate due to injury. In the event a replacement player is needed, the roster spot in question is awarded to the player with the next highest number of votes, as determined by the selection committee. TSN’s broadcast team for the BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME features award-winning play-by-play commentator Rod Black alongside NBA ON TSN analyst Leo Rautins, a member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. TSN’s Kate Beirness hosts the network’s coverage of the game, live from the University of Toronto’s Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport. For tickets to the BIOSTEEL ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL GAME and Nike Skills Challenge, fans can visit the game’s official website at BioSteelAllCanadian.com. The roster for the 2017 Nike BioSteel Futures All Canadian Game is as follows:  

NAME	HIGH SCHOOL
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe	Orangeville Prep
Kobe Antwi	King’s Christian
Joshua Bascoe	Bishop Reding
Charles Bediako	St. Marcellinus
Damanni Browne	St. Augustine
Matteus Case	Pine Ridge
John Dhuol	Athlete Institute Prep
Kyle Duke	St. Michael’s College School
Kobe Elvis	St. Edmund Campion
Godwin Ilumoka	Bishop Redding
Kyler Filewich	Vincent Massey
George Lefebvre	College Beaubois
Makur Maker	The Tech Academy
Kevonne Marshall	Father Henry Carr
Marcus Moore	Jean Vanier
Joshua Morgan	St. Augustine
Mabeny Naam	Athlete Institute Prep
Malachi Ndur	Central Elgin
Ladera Obang	St. John’s Kilmarnock
Addison Patterson	Athlete Institute Prep
Shemar Rathan-Mayes	Orangeville Prep
Luka Sakota	King’s Christian
Paris Shand	Bill Crothers
Coleman Stucke	King’s Christian
Johnny Vrdoljak	Christ the King

Coaches for the Nike BioSteel Futures All Canadian Game are:

• Paul Melnik – Father Henry Carr
• Rono Miller – Father Henry Carr
• Gus Gymnopoulos – Vaughan Secondary School Prep
• Richard Stewart – Vaughan Secondary School