Freseros de Irapuato

Freseros de Irapuato
Conference	West
League	LNBP
Founded	2023
History	Freseros de Irapuato (2023–present)
Arena	Inforum
Capacity	3,000
Location	Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Team colors	Navy blue, red, and white
President	Alejandro Marcocchio Romero
Head coach	Walter McCarty
Home Away

The Freseros de Iraputo (English: Irapuato Strawberry Growers) is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Irapuato, Guanajuato. The Freseros compete in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP), the top professional basketball league in Mexico, as a member of the league's West Division. The team plays its home games at the Inforum, with a capacity of 3,000 spectators.

The Freseros are the first professional basketball team to play in Irapuato.[1]

History

On 20 February 2023, the team was presented at a press conference in Irapuato as an expansion team in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP), with a women's team debuting that May and a men's team debuting in August.[2][3] It was announced that they would be playing at the Inforum, which would be renovated to accommodate 3,000 spectators.[2][3] The team president, Alejandro Marcocchio Romero, who is also president of the defending champion Abejas de León, stated that he was contacted by the municipal president of Iraputo, Lorena Alfaro García, about bringing a team to the city.[2] The project was undertaken as a collaboration between private investors and the municipal and state governments, with the Guanajuato state government apportioning MXN$18 million for the Inforum renovations.[3]

After an 0–8 start to their inaugural season, the team fired head coach Steve Walton and hired Walter McCarty for the role.[4]

Players

Current roster

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Freseros de Irapuato roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. SG 0 Ivey, Jimond 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) PG 5 Wheeler, Jamari 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) PF 7 Lizárraga, José 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) PG 9 Leal, Pedro 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) SF 10 Herrera, Pedro SG 11 Gadsden, Ty 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) PG 12 Boumann, Vincent 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 120 kg (265 lb) SF 15 Corbett, Tyree 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) 81 kg (179 lb) SF 21 Iverson, Khalil 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) SG 22 Gutiérrez, Christians 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) PG 23 Jiménez, Jesús PG 51 Castañeda, Leonardo	Head coach Juan José Pidal Assistant coach(es) Lucas Zurita Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 7, 2019

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Jeff Ayres

References

1. "Irapuato tendrá basquetbol profesional: presentan a los Freseros". Periódico Correo (in Spanish). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
2. Yepez, Monserrat (20 February 2023). "Irapuato presenta nuevos equipos 'freseros' para Liga de Baloncesto Profesional". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
3. Reyes, Oscar (20 February 2023). "Es oficial: habrá basquetbol profesional en Irapuato". El Sol de Irapuato (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
4. "Se va Steve Walton y llega Walter McCarty, ex NBA, al timón de Freseros de Irapuato". Deporte Digital MX (in Spanish). 11 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.