- Result: City Oilers 75-78 Urunani (Overtime)
City Oilers suffered a 78-75 defeat to Urunani in overtime during the East Division Road to BAL encounter at Kasarani Indoor Stadium on Sunday evening.
City Oilers suffered the first loss of the campaign after beating Fox Sports (South Sudan) and Matero Magic (Zambia).
The Oilers opened a seven-point (20-13) lead against Urunani at the end of the opening period of the game.
In the second stanza, City Oilers even got better extending the lead to 15 points (41-26) as both sides went into the locker rooms.
Parrish Petty shot 5-of-9 beyond the arc as he collected 17 points in the first two periods to place the Oilers in the driving seat.
Despite Urunani’s strong fight in the third stanza, Andrew Tendo’s troops held on to a 10-point (60-50) lead at the end of the third period.
However, Urunani had full control of the fourth period 17-7 to level matters thus dragging the game to overtime.
City Oilers suffered a massive blow when their centres, Israel Oyoro Otobo and Maker Mer, fouled out in the fourth quarter.
An 11-8 run for Urunani in overtime gave them the hard-fought victory, and they topped Group B with three victories in as many games played.
Jean-Jacques Boissy led the scoring chart with 21 points and eight rebounds.
Christopher Crawford (13 points), Malick Genzahayo (12 points) and Nkosinathi Sandile (12 points) also contributed in double digits for Urunani.
Parrish Petty (26 points and 10 rebounds), Falando Jones (15 points and 10 rebounds) and Otobo (11 rebounds and 12 rebounds) recorded double-doubles for City Oilers.
With the defeat, City Oilers will face Nairobi City Thunder in the semifinal whose winner will qualify for BAL 2025.
