VIDEO: Vancouver Bandits defang Mamba<\/p>\n
Published 5:45 pm Sunday, July 26, 2026<\/p>\n
Vancouver now lead the Western Conference after defeating the Saskatoon Mamba 104-97 Saturday night on home court in Langley.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Their win also secures home court advantage in the playoffs for the Bandits, who will officially begin the postseason on Thursday, Aug. 6.<\/p>\n
Five players were in double figures and Bandits led the entire game, ahead by as much as 17 at some points.<\/p>\n
Tevin Brown led the Bandits in scoring with 23 points and seven three pointers made.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy teammates did a good job of getting me open,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey just let me play my game. (We) play a fast-paced offence and that\u2019s where I thrive.\u201d <\/p>\n
James Karnik followed with 15 points, seven rebounds and two blocks.<\/p>\n
The Bandits jumped out to an early 31-15 lead as Brown scored 11 of his 23 points in the first quarter. <\/p>\n
The Mamba went on a 29-21 run in the second quarter to cut the lead to 52-44 by halftime. <\/p>\n
Bandits head coach Ransford Brempong applauded his team for their resilience in the wire-to-wire win, even as the lead dwindled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey might fight back but (we) still have to stay aggressive,\u201d said Brempong. <\/p>\n
\u201cCredit to Saskatoon. They made their run, but I\u2019m more proud of the team and the resilience they\u2019ve shown during the last handful of games.\u201d<\/p>\n
All 11 players recorded a made basket. Former NBA draft pick Stephen Zimmerman made his Bandits debut, recording two points and four rebounds in just three minutes of action. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to take everybody. Whether you come off the bench, I don\u2019t care. Be strong enough that you affect the game and you impact winning,\u201d said Brempong.<\/p>\n
Brempong said the Bandits are still bought into the mentality of being \u201con the hunt\u201d, despite being first in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n
Brempong also said they can\u2019t take their recent success for granted.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t let it lull you to sleep. You still have to stay sharp,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A layup from Shamar Givance won the game for the Bandits in target time. He finished with nine points and eight assists. <\/p>\n
Next, the Bandits will head on the road for a matchup with the Montreal Alliance on Tuesday, before wrapping up the season at home on Sunday, August 2 against the Winnipeg Sea Bears. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Vancouver Bandits defang Mamba Published 5:45 pm Sunday, July 26, 2026 Vancouver now lead the Western Conference…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-828314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}