Venados de Mazatlán (English: ''Mazatlán Deers'') are a Mexican professional

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Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican list of states of Mexico, state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding , known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast across from th ...

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

. The Venados de Mazatlán are members of the CIBACOPA and play their games in the Lobodome.

History

The team was founded in 2018, after Espectáculos Costa del Pacífico acquired the CIBACOPA team Naúticos de Mazatlán, with Paúl Luque Wiley serving as team president. It was also announced that the Venados would be playing at the Lobodome. Venados played its first official game on 30 March 2019, suffering an 96–78 defeat to the Caballeros de Culiacán. They achieved their first-ever victory the following day, beating the Ostioneros de Guaymas 76–74. Venados hired American coach Derrick Allen as the team head coach in late April 2024.

Players

Current roster

References

External links

Official site

Team profile
at Latinbasket.com {{CIBACOPA Basketball teams in Mexico Sports clubs and teams in Sinaloa Mazatlán Basketball teams established in 2018 2018 establishments in Mexico