National Basketball League | Results
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Women

• KIU Rangers 63-59 Magic Stormers
• A1 Challenge 60-66 JKL Dolphins

Men

• Nam Blazers 62-88 Rezlife Saints
• KIU Titans 101-84 Ndejje Angels
• City Oilers 80-66 JKL Dolphins

Namuwongo Blazers suffered a rare loss to bottom-placed Rezlife Saints in the National Basketball League at Lugogo Arena on Sunday.

Rezlife held their nerves throughout the game to register an 88-62 victory to keep their hopes of survival alive.

It was the final game for Nam Blazers in regular season carding 17 victories and five losses throughout the 22 games of the campaign.

Before falling to the newcomers, Nam Blazers had failed to go past City Oilers (twice), UCU Canons and KIU Titans.

On the other hand, Rezlife has managed only four wins and still has four games to conclude their regular season.

The winning team’s scoreboard was led by Joshua Maiba who harvested a double-double, scoring 16 points and 14 rebounds.

Micheal Otieno and Micheal Ssematimba added 17 and 12 points respectively to give the Lubowa-based side a deserving win.

Dickson Asiku and Chuol Nyuot scored 18 and 12 respectively for Blazers but it was not enough to secure a positive result from the game.

• National Basketball League
• Friday, July 14, 2023
• UCU Canons 47-66 Nam Blazers

Namuwongo Blazers registered a convincing 66-47 victory against UCU Canons in the National Basketball League at the YMCA Court, Wandegeya on Friday.

The victory meant Namuwongo Blazers have now sealed a seventh straight win in a row hence glueing the side on top of the 12-teamed log.

Peter Cheng and new signing Williams Jimmy D led the scoring board with 18 points each.

Jimmy D went 5-for-12 from the two-point mark and two-for-six outside the paint hence harvesting 18 points in his second show for his new side.

While Cheng added nine rebounds hence being named the player of the game.

Micheal Makiadi rose highest to grab 18 rebounds ensuring possession remains in the hands of the Blazers.

For the Blazers, Joel Kayira, Lwabaga Ibanda and Jimmy Otim scored a double posting 12, 11 and 10 points respectively.

Kayira went ahead to pull down 19 rebounds to take charge of the paint.

The Canons missed the services of their gaffer Nicholas Natuhereza as well as forward Rogers Dauna and centre Peter Sifuma.

The Canons took charge of the first quarter to lead 16-11 before the Blazers timely responded taking charge of the second quarter 17-11 thus edging the former by a point before the long break (38-37).

Blazers were on fire in the third quarter (23-11) before they sealed their victory in the final frame (15-9).

It’s the third loss for the Mukono-based side that has previously lost to Ndejje University Angels and KIU Titans.

Results | Friday, June 17, 2023

• Men: Nam Blazers 52-72 City Oilers
• Women: JKL Lady Dolphins 65-59 JT Lady Jaguars

City Oilers continued their league dominance with yet another well-deserved victory against rivals Namuwongo Blazers.

The defending champions managed to clinch against Nam Blazers in a 72-52 win as the National Basketball League second round kicked off at Lugogo Arena on Friday night.

The win meant that Mandy Jurini’s charges had completed a double against Escodata Stephen Nyeko’s troops since the first leg ended 57-51 in favour of City Oilers.

Huge crowds turned up for the duel underlining that now this is the biggest game of basketball within the borders.

Both sides kicked off with the much-required energy and seal but equally missed their first shots on either flank.

City Oilers later trailed by four points earlier but went on to take home the bragging rights in the first quarter on 23-14 having James Okello’s thrilling handle as the highlight.

To prove that both sides struggled to convert, just like it was in the first quarter they played two minutes into the second quarter without any shot being converted.

However, Ivan Muhwezi converted a three-point jump shot before Chris Basheke Omanye responded to ignite the energetic crowds that kept rallying their sides.

At half-time, the scoreboard read 27-41 and it was City Oilers with a commanding lead.

After the long break, both sides came back with limited steam as they played to 10-12 hence keeping the Oilers in the driving seat before the fourth quarter ended 52-72.

Despite a poor evening on the line, Jimmy Enabu managed to score a game-high of 17 points.

The It Oilers that managed double digits for points were Fayed Bbaale (11) while James Okello, Tonny Drileba and Ivan Muhwezi all scored 10.

Only Paul Odong and Micheal Makiadi scored double digits gathering 14 and 12 points respectively.

It was a poor evening for Nam Blazers’ new signing Julius Trumane who hardly added a point on the scoreboard for his side.

It was the 12th win in 12 games for the Oilers while it was the fourth loss for the Blazers who have only won eight of their 12 outings.