Calgary, Scarborough square off in Sunday’s CEBL championship final

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Canadian Elite Basketball League will have a new champion on Sunday night.

The Scarborough Shooting Stars and the Calgary Surge will square off at Langley Events Centre to determine the best of the 10-team league that’s finishing its fifth season.

The Shooting Stars, who finished the regular season with an 11-9 record and third in the East, advanced to Sunday’s showdown with a 74-71 win on Friday over the league’s top-ranked Niagara River Lions in the Eastern Conference final.

The Surge, who topped the West with a 12-8 regular-season record, defeated the host Vancouver Bandits 77-75 on Friday in the Western Conference final.