Winston-Salem Wolves Stay Atop Northeast Division With Home Win Winston-Salem, NC – If the Winston-Salem Wolves were feeling exuberance in their hot start to the 2019 season, there was little evidence of it prior to tip off as the team prepared to face the visiting Carolina Chosen Lions, a team based in Rocky Mount, NC. The Wolves were entering the game without two of their leading scorers, both post players, and looking for ways to get crucial conference wins in the playoff race. Each conference game in the East Coast Basketball League is of increased importance, as conference records are…

Winston-Salem Wolves Continue Hot Streak, Defeat Charlotte Tribe 125-117 Cornelius, NC – The Winston-Salem Wolves fought back from a 12-point early game deficit to garner a road win over the Charlotte Tribe in ECBL minor league action on Sunday. This game was and anticipated matchup between two teams that have experienced early season success, with the Wolves coming in undefeated and the Tribe only suffering a single loss on the year. The game was back and forth in the early minutes, but Charlotte took advantage of hot outside shooting to quickly build a 12 point lead and two quick fouls…

Winston-Salem Wolves Remain Unbeaten With Win Over Division Rival Coyotes The Winston-Salem Wolves remain unbeaten in the 2019 ECBL season after notching a win over division rival NC Coyotes 119-117 on Saturday, March 9th. The Coyotes, based in Durham, fell to 0-2 after their opening day loss to Hickory last week. Leading the team in scoring was Wolves forward Zalinor Banks, who worked well against the zone to pour in 33 points and grab 13 rebounds. Banks took advantage of the zone defense played by the Coyotes to repeatedly find mid range jumpers on 12 for 21 shooting from the…

Winston-Salem Wolves Win Exhibition Opener over Gastonia Snipers The Winston-Salem Wolves took on the Gastonia Snipers in their inaugural exhibition on February 24, 2019 and came away with the win, 107-97. The Wolves led for much of the first half before falling behind by as many as 16 in the third period, then put together a late run to race back and take the lead on a jumper by Wesley Hsu heading into the final quarter. Wolves forward Zalinor Banks led all scorers with 28 points, while the leading scorer for Gastonia was former Parkland High School standout Bobby Scrivens…

Winston-Salem Wolves Sign Former Methodist University Scorer Davion Ayabarreno The Winston-Salem Wolves have announced the signing of Davion Ayabarreno, a 6’6” guard/forward who played collegiately at Methodist University. Ayabarreno will join the team for the upcoming East Coast Basketball League regular season as an active roster member and will also participate with the team in non-ECBL games such as the upcoming scrimmage against the Gastonia Snipers on February 24. This will be Ayabarreno’s first season playing professionally in the ECBL. Ayabarreno was a 1,000 point scorer at Methodist, is second all-time in games played for the school and in the…

Winston-Salem Wolves Sign Former Quality Education Center Olalekan Ajayi The Winston-Salem Wolves, a professional minor league franchise playing in the East Coast Basketball League for the 2019 season, have announced the signing of Olalekan Ajayi, a 6’11” center who played collegiately at Cal State Northridge and high school at Quality Education Academy. Ajayi has played professionally in Spain, Mexico and Tunisia. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, he has competed on the Nigerian national team. Ajayi is the sixth player signing announced by the Wolves leading into the 2019 season, which begins March 2, 2019. The Winston-Salem Wolves are heading into their…

Winston-Salem Wolves Sign Former Lees Mcrae Guard Lepreece Lynch The Winston-Salem Wolves, a professional minor league franchise playing in the East Coast Basketball League for the 2019 season, have announced the signing of Lepreece Lynch, a 6’5” guard who played collegiately at Lees Mcrae last season. Lynch averaged a team-high 15.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game last season for the Lees Mcrae Bobcats and was named to the All-Conference Carolinas First Team following the regular season. In the postseason, Lynch was named the Conference Carolinas Tournament MVP and named to the NABC Second Team All-District. As a…

Winston-Salem Wolves Name David Solomon as Head Coach FIBA coach brings over twenty-five years of experience to team [Winston-Salem, NC,] The Winston-Salem Wolves, a minor league basketball franchise that will play the 2019 season in the East Coast Basketball League, announced today that David Solomon has been named as the head coach under a one-year agreement for the coming 2019 season. Solomon has over twenty-five years of coaching experience in high school, college and professionally with several international teams. He is a FIBA licensed coach with past coaching positions in Denmark, Venezuela and Slovakia. “Many of the players in the…