The Brampton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced Tuesday that they have signed Marcus Carr, a former Vancouver Bandit and All-Big 12 First Team guard, for the remainder of the 2025 season. Carr made his CEBL debut last season with the Vancouver Bandits where he was able to join the team for their final six games of the season, on their way to a Championship Weekend finals appearance. In 12 minutes, Carr scored nine points for the Bandits in the season finale, however his stint with the Bandits was highlighted by a 22-point performance versus Scarborough on July 26, 2024. “I am very excited to return to the CEBL for a second season,” said Carr. “I love that I get to return to my home country and play competitively, and I cannot wait to step into a new role in Brampton and help the team get some wins.” Prior to this season, Carr was in Israel playing with Hapoel Galil Elion. He posted career-highs across the board with 15.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.0 steals, and 33.1 minutes. He scored in double-figures in 25 of his 27 games including a season-high 28 points April 7 versus Hapoel Haifa. For his professional career, Carr has averaged 11.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 26.4 minutes in 73 games across Israel, Greece, the NBA Summer League, and the CEBL. At the beginning of 2024 when Carr was playing for Bnei Hertzeliya in Israel, he was awarded the Israeli Winner League Player of the Week after scoring a professional career-high of 33 points and 12 made free throws January 15 versus Kiryat Ata. He made his professional debut with the Phoenix Suns at the 2023 NBA Summer League where he posted 2.3 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 13.3 minutes in four games. “Marcus’s leadership and playmaking ability will be a welcomed addition heading into the second half of the season,” said Honey Badgers General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations Jermaine Anderson. “He’s a dynamic versatile guard who’s able to control the pace of a game. We are certain that Marcus will have a positive impact on our team, and we’re excited to welcome him to the Honey Badger family.” Carr had a very decorated collegiate career. Over five seasons with the University of Texas, University of Minnesota, and University of Pittsburgh, Carr averaged 14.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.1 steals, and 33.0 minutes over 164 games. In his final collegiate season with the Texas Longhorns, Carr put up team-highs in scoring (15.9), assists (4.1), and steals (1.6) en route to a Big 12 Tournament championship and an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament where they ultimately fell to the University of Miami. He also landed on the All-Big 12 First Team, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 8 First Team, and United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District VII Team, and Big 12 All-Tournament Team. He dropped 41 points twice, once with Texas which landed third in the Longhorns all-time single game scoring record, and once with Minnesota, which still sits atop of their all-time single game scoring record. Aside from his highly regarded final season, he earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Third Team in his fourth season. In his junior season, his second with the Minnesota Gophers, he found his way onto the All-Big Ten Third Team, NABC Division I All-District 7 Second Team, and the USBWA All-District V Team. Lastly, he finished his sophomore season with an All-Big Ten Honourable Mention and his freshman season on the ACC All-Academic Team while with the University of Pittsburgh. Carr has represented Canada on two separate occasions, including at this year's FIBA AmeriCup where he posted personal tournament-highs of 13 points off the bench February 24 versus Mexico and 10 assists November 24 versus Mexico. Carr is the half-brother of current Vancouver Bandit, Duane Notice. He attended Monteverde Academy in Florida for his junior and senior seasons of high school. Prior to that, he spent his freshman and sophomore years at St. Michael’s College School in Toronto. Marcus Carr’s signing comes at a crucial time for the Honey Badgers as the team is hoping to build off their last game where they took down the Edmonton Stingers on home court. He will make his Honey Badgers debut this Friday, June 20 versus the Saskatchewan Rattlers at the CAA Centre. The Honey Badgers 2025 campaign is set to continue during South Asian Night at the CAA Centre as the Saskatchewan Rattlers will visit town. Brampton will then have a quick turn around facing Ottawa on Sunday, June 22 as the team will welcome Zane Waterman and company to town for Family Day. Ticket packages to catch all of the action at the CAA Centre are now available, including season tickets , half season pack , group experiences , and more! Visit honeybadgers.ca/tickets or contact tickets@honeybadgers.ca for more information. ### About the Brampton Honey Badgers One of the original franchises of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), the 2022 CEBL Champion Brampton Honey Badgers proudly call the CAA Centre home. The Brampton front office and basketball operations department bring NBA, NBA G League, national team, NCAA and major international pro league experience to the franchise. With a vision of promoting Brampton grassroots basketball and local businesses through community and corporate engagement, the Honey Badgers will leverage the explosion of basketball as a vehicle for innovation and change. For more information visit honeybadgers.ca . About the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives, and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 73% of its rosters being Canadian and more than 10 players with NBA game experience in 2025. Players also bring experience from the NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National team program, NCAA programs, as well as U SPORTS and CCAA. More than 20 players have signed NBA contracts following a CEBL season, and numerous CEBL players attend NBA G League training camps every year. The CEBL season runs from May through August with games broadcast live on CEBL+ powered by Tonybet, TSN, TSN+, RDS , Game+ and Next Level Sports & Entertainment . More information about the CEBL is available at CEBL.ca and @cebleague on Instagram , Twitter , TikTok , LinkedIn , Facebook & YouTube . Media Contact: Elias Eldridge - Account Executive & Communications Specialist Brampton Honey Badgers eeldridge@honeybadgers.ca

In the final minute of the first half, the Brampton Honey Badgers were inbounding the ball with three seconds remaining on the shot clock. Quinndary Weatherspoon fed Koby McEwen as he rounded the corner above the three-point arc. McEwen rose up, fading toward the sideline, and drilled a three-pointer to put his team up 46-45. It was Brampton’s first lead since the early stages of the game — and, after plenty of back and forth, it held up as the Honey Badgers beat the Edmonton Stingers 95-91 on Saturday at the CAA Centre. Brampton improved to 2-7 with the win, while Edmonton fell to 4-6. “We played well together. First five minutes we didn’t really lock in on the game plan, but we were able to regroup and turn things around and play through the runs, so good team win,” Honey Badgers head coach Sheldon Cassimy said. The Honey Badgers took an 85-83 lead into Target Score Time. Edmonton tied things on its second possession with a Keon Ambrose-Hylton floater, but Omari Kelly nailed a three to give Brampton back the lead on the following play. Scottie Lindsey then cut the Stingers’ deficit to one, but David Muenkat responded with a triple. After Muenkat knocked down a pair of free throws, Brampton was one point away from victory. But Edmonton wasn’t done yet. A Lindsey free throw and an and-one from Sean East II cut the Honey Badgers’ lead to 93-91 — and put both teams a bucket away from victory. Brampton got the first shot at victory and Quinndary Weatherspoon missed a layup, but the rebound went out of bounds off of Edmonton — and the Honey Badgers didn’t miss their second chance. Muenkat received a pass under the basket and turned around for a layup off the glass for his second game-winner of the season. “I had a little guy on me so kind of wanted to use that size advantage. It was just recognizing and try to attack the mismatch,” Muenkat, who was named player of the game, told sideline reporter Dhanung Bulsara after the contest. McEwen wound up as the team’s leading scorer with 23 points to go with six assists and three rebounds. Muenkat, the hometown kid, finished with a massive 15-point, 14-rebound double-double, while Kelly also had 15 points. Weatherspoon contributed 16 points and seven assists to the winning cause as well. McEwen, another GTA local who chose to play with the Honey Badgers so he could be closer to home, said the win felt good for the team. “I think for the most part we played well. We rebounded, we shot the ball and we defended when we needed to. A lot of things to clean up, but it’s always good to win,” McEwen said. Cassimy said McEwen’s strong performance started on the defensive end. “I have all the trust and faith in Koby. He’s a great player and he just focused on defence first and the offence came,” Cassimy said. The Stingers were coming off a win over the defending champion Niagara River Lions one night earlier, and the strong play continued in the first quarter with a seven-for-seven mark from deep. But, perhaps with tired legs on the second half of the back-to-back, the Stingers offence sagged from there, finishing with a 40 per cent mark from deep and 44 per cent overall. “(The Honey Badgers) punished us inside, they got shots that they wanted and we were OK with trading baskets and not really giving a full effort defensively but that’s a challenge of a back-to-back is trying to stay engaged and dialed in,” Stingers head coach Jordan Baker said. Sean East II once again led all Stingers scorers with 22 points, while Scottie Lindsey added 20 points, four rebounds and four assists. Do-it-all forward Nick Hornsby stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, seven assists and four rebounds. But Lindsey said his squad may just not have had enough left in the tank coming off Friday’s hard-fought win. “Tough loss for the team when we were building momentum, but every loss is something you can learn from and there’s always room for improvement,” Lindsey said. Edmonton’s Mason Bourcier left the game in the second half with an upper-body injury. The Stingers beat the Honey Badgers 99-81 in their first meeting of the season in May, and it looked like things were headed in the same direction in the early going. Edmonton’s perfect three-point shooting propelled it to a 33-24 lead after the first quarter. But Brampton ramped up its defence in the second frame and took a 49-47 advantage into halftime after two late threes of their own. A tightly contested third quarter ended in a 73-71 lead for the Honey Badgers, and they were able to hang on from there. Now with wins in two of three following a slow start to the season, Brampton appears primed to go on a run. “Early on in the season, we were trying to build the chemistry,” Cassimy said. “But we had basically a whole week to practice, so we’re gelling, we’re working together better and I think it’ll continue to go in the right direction.” Box Score https://www.cebl.ca/game?id=2600610 Up Next Brampton’s home stand continues with a game against the Saskatchewan Rattlers on Friday, while Edmonton heads to Red Deer, Alta., for a showdown with the Calgary Surge. Next CEBL Action A three-game Sunday slate includes Ottawa hosting Niagara, Winnipeg welcoming Saskatchewan and Calgary awaiting Scarborough. For the full 2025 CEBL schedule and up-to-date results, please visit cebl.ca/games . ### About the Brampton Honey Badgers One of the original franchises of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), the 2022 CEBL Champion Brampton Honey Badgers proudly call the CAA Centre home. The Brampton front office and basketball operations department bring NBA, NBA G League, national team, NCAA and major international pro league experience to the franchise. With a vision of promoting Brampton grassroots basketball and local businesses through community and corporate engagement, the Honey Badgers will leverage the explosion of basketball as a vehicle for innovation and change. For more information visit honeybadgers.ca . About the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives, and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 73% of its rosters being Canadian and more than 10 players with NBA game experience in 2025. Players also bring experience from the NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National team program, NCAA programs, as well as U SPORTS and CCAA. More than 20 players have signed NBA contracts following a CEBL season, and numerous CEBL players attend NBA G League training camps every year. The CEBL season runs from May through August with games broadcast live on CEBL+ powered by Tonybet, TSN, TSN+, RDS , Game+ and Next Level Sports & Entertainment . More information about the CEBL is available at CEBL.ca and @cebleague on Instagram , Twitter , TikTok , LinkedIn , Facebook & YouTube . Media Contact: Elias Eldridge - Account Executive & Communications Specialist Brampton Honey Badgers eeldridge@honeybadgers.ca