City Oilers sweep past Sommet

National Basketball League Results

Kampala Rockets 53 KIU Titans 47
City Oilers 83 Sommet 69

City Oilers and Kampala Rockets won emphatically on Sunday in the National Basketball League (NBL) at YMCA Court in Wandegeya.

Fayed Baale led the defending champions, City Oilers, to an 83-69 win over Sommet. 

Baale scored a game-high 20 points and also contributed two clutch three-pointers in the first half, and the Oilers headed into halftime with a 44-41 lead.

Edgar Munaba had 17 and John Baptist Dauna had 10 as the Oilers took the lead in the second half. Sommet could manage only seven points in the third quarter as the Oilers took a 17-point advantage.

Sommet’s Mark Ngobi had a tough game to score 20 points but still could not prevent the Oilers from taking their second straight win.

In the opening match of the day, Kampala Rockets outlasted a late charge by the KIU Titans to win 53-47 in a thrilling match.

The Rockets started strong, going 23 points ahead in the first half as KIU failed to get on the board, scoring only two points in the first quarter. 

KIU, however, mounted a charge in the third quarter and even led in the fourth quarter.

Joseph Wacha tied the game with the equalizing 44-all with four minutes left, but the Rockets kept calm and made crucial plays to seal the game.

Pauti Kikomba dominated with 11 points and 21 rebounds. Daniel Odonkyero led all scorers with 26 points. Bang Difu Desmasiro also impressed for KIU with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

KIU lost their ninth consecutive game. They also had difficulty with their bench scoring, getting only five points from their reserves.

The Rockets dominated on the boards, beating KIU 60-50 in the rebounding battle.