NBL Record Champions City Oilers have qualified for the BAL after defeating Burundi’s Dynamo Basketball Club in the semi-finals of the Eastern Division this afternoon.
The City Oilers are the first team from the Eastern division to qualify for the finals and will wait on the second semifinal to see who joins them.
The finalists and the bronze medalists are assured of qualification for the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL).
Oilers started strong with a 19-05 first quarter before Dynamo wrestled the game back with a strong 19-12 second quarter to cut the deficit to just seven at the half.
Despite a solid start to the third quarter, the Oilers were simply always able to pull away from the resurgent Dynamo, eventually winning 72-61.
Robinson Opong led all game scorers with 17 points, with Dane Miller being the only Oilers starter not registering double-digit points.
Titus Odeke got hot in the second half and recorded 14 points, plus 4 rebounds, while facilitator Parrish Petty got himself 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Germaine Roebuck had 13 points, but the Oilers didn’t need much off the bench, with the bench contributing only 5 points.
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