Laguneros de La Comarca

Basketball team in Torreón, Mexico
     Head coachMarcelo Elusich
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Laguneros de la Comarca (English: Comarca Lakers) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Torreón, Coahuila. The Laguneros are part of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico.[1] The team plays its home games at the Auditorio Municipal de Torreón, with a capacity of 4,363 spectators.[2]

History

Laguneros was founded in 2018 and joined the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional for the 2018–19 season, joiningHuracanes de Tampico and Leñadores de Durango as expansion teams.[3]

The team chose purple, black and white as their colors and the nickname Laguneros, which is the demonym for people from the Comarca Lagunera, a region in the states of Coahuila and Durango, that would roughly translate into "people from the lagoons".[4]

Previously, the Laguna region had professional basketball representation in the LNBP with two teams: Algodoneros de la Comarca and Jefes de Fuerza Lagunera, both teams played in the city of Torreón.[5]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Laguneros de La Comarca roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 6 Mexico Fernández, Armando 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
F 7 Mexico Herrera, Diego 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
F 13 United States Steen, Trenton 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
F 17 Mexico Cheda, Mauricio 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
C 20 Mexico Morón, José 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 24 United States Taylor, John 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
G 27 Mexico Salazar, Chase 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 68 kg (150 lb)
F 35 Puerto Rico Matías, Ángel 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 47 United States Lee, Raven 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
Head coach
  • Argentina Marcelo Elusich
Assistant coach(es)
  • Argentina Facundo Burgos
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
  • Roster
Updated: October 14, 2020

References

  1. ^ "Laguneros". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Estadio". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Tendrá LNBP 3 equipos más". El Heraldo Aguascalientes (in Spanish). Reforma. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Nace equipo de basquetbol Laguneros de Torreón". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Equipos que desaparecieron de la LNBP". VivaBasquet.com (in Spanish). 20 March 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

External links

  • Team profile (in Spanish)