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.

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) 35 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 PG 1 Baale, Fayed 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 22 – (2001-12-28)28 December 2001 SG 2 Muhwezi, Ivan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998 C 4 Ghedi, Abdihakim 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-03-10)10 March 1998 PG 5 Enabu, Jimmy 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 36 – (1988-04-17)17 April 1988 PF 6 Okello, James (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 SF 7 Jones, Falando (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – (1990-05-09)9 May 1990 SG 10 Drileba, Tony 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1993-12-19)19 December 1993 G 11 Obe, Segun (E) 18 – (2005-09-06)6 September 2005 PF 13 Odeke, Titus 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1998-12-29)29 December 1998 SF 14 Roebuck Jr., Germaine 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 F 24 Walujjo, Edrine 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-05-16)16 May 2000 G 28 Barnaba, Ngor (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-03-08)8 March 1996	Head coach Mandy Juruni Assistant coach(es) Grace Kwizera Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 25, 2023

Games

Road to BAL

Main article: 2023 BAL qualification

First round

City Oilers v Matero Magic

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

Urunani v City Oilers

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

City Oilers v ABC

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

City Oilers v COSPN

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

Matero Magic v City Oilers

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

Ferroviário da Beira v City Oilers

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

City Oilers v Cape Town Tigers

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

Urunani v City Oilers

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

Petro de Luanda v City Oilers

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

City Oilers v Al Ahly

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

City Oilers v SLAC

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

City Oilers v Ferroviário da Beira

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

Cape Town Tigers v City Oilers

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.

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	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