Vancouver Bandits will have the services of long-serving guard Malcolm Duviver for a fourth season, with the 6鈥�2鈥� Toronto native signing, again.

The deal with the 91原创-based team was announced Saturday, May 13.

Duvivier is the longest tenured player in Bandits history with 38 career games played and sits fourth all-time in franchise points scored with 352.

Over the course of his three years with the Bandits, Duvivier has been averaging 9.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.

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For his all-around efforts, Duvivier was named the club鈥檚 鈥淭eam MVP鈥� in 2020 and 鈥淲arrior of the Year鈥� in 2021 as part of Vancouver鈥檚 annual team awards proceedings.

鈥淪ince 2020 our goal has been a CEBL championship,鈥� Duvivier said. 鈥淎fter losing in the finals and semifinals in previous years, I feel this year鈥檚 group of guys represents our best opportunity to achieve our goal.鈥�

Bandits head coach and general manager Kyle Julius described Duvivier as 鈥渢he heart and soul of our team for the past three seasons. He is as tough a player as I have ever been around and he embodies our culture of toughness and consistently leads by example.鈥�

The Bandits tip-off the 2023 CEBL campaign on Saturday, May 27 when the club takes on the Winnipeg Sea Bears at Canada Life Centre. Fans will have their first chance to watch the Bandits at home in the 91原创 Events Centre at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 when Vancouver welcomes the Calgary Surge.