City Oilers, who are Pearl of Africa’s continental flag bearers, defeated Tanzania’s Army Basketball Club (ABC) to hit the Elite 16 of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) qualifiers.
The Ugandan National Basketball League champions beat the hosts 71-63 on Sunday at the Benjamin Mkapa Indoor Arena, Dar es Salaam.
City Oilers finished second after two victories and one loss behind Burundi’s Urunani, as both advanced.
Their first game ended in victory, a sounding 90-54 win over Matero Magic of Zambia on Friday.
They then suffered a setback to Urunani, who won the tie 64-58 in a tight contest, before the Sunday victory.
The Elite 16 is the final qualification round for BAL, and will be played in Cape Town, South Africa in November this year.
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