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 | Wednesday, August 23, 2024
• Rezlife Saints 71-77 D-Mark Power
• UCU Lady Cardinals 58-76 JKL Lady Dolphins

Rezlife Saints suffered their eighth straight loss in the National Basketball League (NBL) at Lugogo Indoor Arena on Wednesday.

D-Mark Power registered a 77-71 victory against the Saints who sunk further on the 12-team NBL log.

With four games to play, the Lubowa-based side has their chances to play in the NBL next season hanging on a thin thread.

Rezlife’s remaining fixture will see them tussle out JKL Dolphins, Ndejje Angels, UPDF Tamahwaks, and Namuwongo Blazers as they seek a perfect run from all those outings.

Guellord Mobanza and Ozias Kikomba scored a game-high 17 points each while Elvis Ssentongo added 14 for the D-Mark Power.

For Rezlife, Emmanuel Okot harvested 15 points, Benjamin Kawumi and Ivan Ombiru contributed 12 before Claude Alisengawa added 10.

With two games to conclude the regular season, Power has managed to win 11 of their 20 games played while Rezlife suffered the 15th loss in the 18 games played so far.

National Basketball League

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Women

• Angels 40-76 KCCA Panther

Men

• City Oilers 84-41 Rezlife Saints

City Oilers collected their 16th straight win after beating Rezlife Saints 84-41 in the National Basketball League at the Lugogo Arena on Wednesday.

Mandy Juruni’s troops are a house on fire and it seems they are not planning to run out of flames. The record champions are still unbeaten and are playing 16 games.

Jimmy Enabu scored a game-high of 14 points before Maker Mer Roor and Ben Komakech scored 13 and 10 points respectively hence sealing off the victory.

On the other hand, Rezlife suffered their fifth straight loss in the second round meaning they have not won a game since the season resumed.

They had no one with a double figure on the scoreboard, Micheal Otieno scoring a team-high of nine points. Claude Lubega and Benjamin Kawuni added six and five respectively.

Just like expected, the Oilers started on the front foot taking charge of the first quarter 17-9. At halftime, the Saints were trailing by a sum of 19 points (35-16).

In the second half, the Saints pulled up their stocking to score a double in the third quarter but still were on the receiving side by 10 (24-14).

At full-time, Daniel Juuko’s troops were trailing by 43 points in the one-sided game yet the Oilers hardly put in a shift to register this victory.

City Oilers are fifth on the 12-teamed log while Rezlife lie at the bottom of the log.

In the next fixtures, Rezlife take on Ndejje University while City Oilers’ duel against KIU will not be played since the games happening that weekend were postponed due to Afrobasket.

National Basketball League

Wednesday, June 05, 2023

Men

• Rezlife Saints 65-85 KIU Titans

Women

• Miracle Eaglets 84-66 Nabisunsa

New signing Denis Balungu was the biggest difference as KIU Titans came from down to see off newbies Rezlife Saints in the National Basketball League game played at YMCA Court, Wandegeya on Wednesday evening.

The Kasanga based side registered an 85-65 victory against Rezlife Saints to post their 13th victory in the ongoing campaign.

Balungu poured in a game high of 30 points to sail the Titans past the motivated Saints side which had a great start to the game.

To achieve the high mark, the Congolese guard converted eight threes from 11 attempts to ditch the  Daniel Najja Juuko’s side.

At the end of the first quarter, Rezlife led 23-18 thanks to the great energy that was exhibited in the first 10 minutes of the duel.

In the second quarter, the Titans stepped up and got hold of the block (19-9) hence going to the long break while in the driving sit 37-32.

Julius Lutwama’s side got their craft even better in the second half and by the final whistle of the third quarter came, Titans led 23-18 before they put they put the icing on the cake in the fourth block 22-13.

For the Titans, Amisi Saidi and Henry Okoth were also in double figures scoring 16 and 10 points respectively to ensure the victory goes their way.

The Saints had only two players with a double. Claude Aligawesa and Arnold Kisekka scored 13 and 12 respectively on the night.

The victory meant the Titans had bagged a double having beaten the Saints 74-54 in the first round in March this year.

The Titans’ record is currently 13-2 while Rezlife dropped to 3-10 hence cementing their position at the bottom of the table.

On Friday, the Titans will be back on the court as they take on Namuwongo Blazers.