2022–23 City Oilers season

The 2022–23 City Oilers season was the 12th season in the existence of the City Oilers basketball team from Uganda. The Oilers made their debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Under head coach Mandy Juruni, they played in the Nile Conference and finished in fifth place following a 1–5 record.

Roster

The following was the City Oilers roster for the 2023 BAL season.[1]

2023 City Oilers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SG 0 Justice Jr., James (I) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989
PG 1 Baale, Fayed 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 23 – (2001-12-28)28 December 2001
SG 2 Muhwezi, Ivan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998
C 4 Ghedi, Abdihakim 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1998-03-10)10 March 1998
PG 5 Enabu, Jimmy 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 37 – (1988-04-17)17 April 1988
PF 6 Okello, James (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992
SF 7 Jones, Falando (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1990-05-09)9 May 1990
SG 10 Drileba, Tony 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1993-12-19)19 December 1993
G 11 Obe, Segun (E) 19 – (2005-09-06)6 September 2005
PF 13 Odeke, Titus 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-12-29)29 December 1998
SF 14 Roebuck Jr., Germaine 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997
F 24 Walujjo, Edrine 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (2000-05-16)16 May 2000
G 28 Barnaba, Ngor (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1996-03-08)8 March 1996
Head coach

Mandy Juruni

Assistant coach(es)
  • Grace Kwizera
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: September 25, 2023

Games

Road to BAL

Main article: 2023 BAL qualification

First round

28 October City Oilers 90–54 Matero Magic Dar es Salaam
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–9, 24–10, 23–16
Pts: Roebuck 26
Rebs: Azolibe 9
Asts: Okello 6 		Boxscore Pts: Mukelabai 11
Rebs: Mauwe 8
Asts: Mauwe 5 		Arena: Benjamin Mpaka National Indoor Stadium
29 October Urunani 64–58 City Oilers Dar es Salaam
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 9–14, 18–20, 18–15
Pts: Kazunguzibwa 21 Boxscore Pts: Roebuck, Azolide 17 Arena: Benjamin Mpaka National Indoor Stadium
30 October City Oilers 71–63 ABC Dar es Salaam
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 10–15, 16–17, 18–11
Pts: Roebuck 31 Boxscore Pts: Athumani 31 Arena: Benjamin Mpaka National Indoor Stadium

Elite 16

Group phase
22 November City Oilers 71–59 COSPN Johannesburg
11:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 25–15, 11–23, 13–10
Pts: Roebuck 17
Rebs: Barnaba 10
Asts: Drileba 3 		Report Pts: Randriamampionona 14
Rebs: Solondrainy, Rabibisoa 7
Asts: Randriamampionona, Todimasiniaina 4 		Arena: Ellis Park Arena
23 November Matero Magic 73–83 City Oilers Johannesburg
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 8–26, 18–17, 30–23
Pts: Phiri 18
Rebs: Kandulu 14
Asts: Ngoma 4 		Report Pts: Jones 26
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Enabu 5 		Arena: Ellis Park Arena
24 November Ferroviário da Beira 72–88 City Oilers Johannesburg
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 20–19, 14–23, 22–23
Pts: Perry 21
Rebs: Ubisse 9
Asts: Perry 7 		Report Pts: Roebuck, Barnaba 17
Rebs: Barnaba 9
Asts: Enabu 7 		Arena: Ellis Park Arena
Semifinal
26 November City Oilers 69–75 Cape Town Tigers Johannesburg
19:00 (GMT+2) Scoring by quarter: 7–14, 19–16, 26–21, 17–24
Pts: Jones 40 Report Arena: Ellis Park Arena
Third place game
27 November Urunani 62–71 City Oilers Johannesburg
16:30 (GMT+2) Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 14–10, 14–19, 22–25
Report Arena: Ellis Park Arena

BAL

Main article: 2023 BAL season

Nile Conference

Main article: 2023 BAL Nile Conference
27 April 2023
1
 Petro de Luanda 89–71 City Oilers 6th of October
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 21–25, 24–20, 23–12
Pts: Gakou 16
Rebs: Hollis 10
Asts: Majok 5 		RealGM Report Pts: Jones 22
Rebs: Justice Jr., Roebuck Jr. 8
Asts: Justice Jr. 5 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 657
29 April 2023
2
 City Oilers 70–72 Al Ahly 6th of October
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–20, 9–21, 34–11
Pts: Roebuck Jr. 28
Rebs: Roebuck Jr. 11
Asts: Enabu 4 		Livestats Pts: Omot 17
Rebs: Oraby 10
Asts: Tarek 5 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 1,372
Referees: Catherine Chang, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto
2 May 2023
3
 City Oilers 68–96 SLAC 6th of October
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 12–20, 24–33, 19–19
Pts: Justice Jr. 30
Rebs: Barnaba 9
Asts: Roebuck Jr. 4 		BAL Report Pts: Iroegbu 22
Rebs: Conde 9
Asts: Miller Jr. 10 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Catherine Chang, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Mbaye Seye
5 May 2023
4
 City Oilers 96–75 Ferroviário da Beira 6th of October
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 27–21, 24–15, 22–23
Pts: Justice Jr. 25
Rebs: Roebuck Jr. 9
Asts: Justice Jr. 6 		BAL Report Pts: Young 29
Rebs: Perry, Young 8
Asts: Perry 4 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 1,012
Referees: Ian McClenny, Walelign Gebeto, Mahamadou Diallo
6 May 2023
5
 Cape Town Tigers 80–70 City Oilers 6th of October
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 17–20, 26–19, 17–14
Pts: Cele 28
Rebs: Gbinije, Cele 8
Asts: Prinsloo 6 		Livestats Pts: Jones 27
Rebs: Jones, Justice Jr. 8
Asts: Dribela, Justice Jr. 4 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 696
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Hassan Kamate

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
After all games.[2]
City Oilers statistics
Player GP MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Falando Jones 5 32.9 .456 .448 .742 6.4 2.4 1.2 0.2 21.6
James Justice Jr. 5 34.6 .395 .280 1.000 5.4 3.6 1.2 0.0 19.0
Germaine Roebuck 5 28.0 .444 .286 .278 7.6 2.2 1.6 0.0 13.0
Tonny Drileba 3 17.9 .385 .385 1.000 2.7 1.7 1.7 0.0 5.7
Titus Odeke 5 21.3 .370 .429 .167 3.0 1.2 0.0 0.4 5.4
Jimmy Enabu 5 17.4 .375 .250 .143 1.8 1.4 0.6 0.0 3.0
Fayed Baale 5 11.4 .182 .167 .600 1.6 1.2 0.2 0.0 2.8
Ngor Barnaba 5 13.1 .313 .222 .500 3.2 0.6 0.0 0.2 2.8
Segune Obe 5 7.1 .250 .000 .500 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.6
Abdihakim Ghedi 4 9.1 .250 .000 .667 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5
James Okello 5 14.2 .143 .000 .667 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 1.2
Edrine Walujjo 2 1.8 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ivan Muhwezi 2 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

References

  1. ^ "City Oilers (UGANDA)". The BAL. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "City Oilers Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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