2023 BAL Nile Conference

The Nile Conference of the 2023 BAL season is played from 26 April to 6 May 2023 and will be played in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in 6th of October, Cairo, Egypt. The four highest-ranked teams advance to the 2023 BAL Playoffs where they will each meet a team from the Nile Conference in the quarter-finals.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Angola Petro de Luanda 5 5 0 463 363 +100 1.000 Advance to playoffs
2 Egypt Al Ahly (H) 5 4 1 425 380 +45 .800
3 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 5 2 3 416 462 −46 .400[lower-alpha 1]
4 South Africa Cape Town Tigers 5 2 3 354 398 −44 .400[lower-alpha 1]
5 Guinea SLAC 5 1 4 409 427 −18 .200[lower-alpha 2]
6 Uganda City Oilers 5 1 4 375 412 −37 .200[lower-alpha 2]
Source: BAL, Flashscore
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head: Ferroviário da Beira defeated Cape Town Tigers 82–76 on 3 May 2023.
  2. Head-to-head: SLAC defeated City Oilers 96–68 on 2 May 2023.

Games

26 April

Al Ahly won their inaugural game in the BAL behind debutant Nuni Omot who scored 21 points for his team.[1]

26 April 2023
18:00
Al Ahly Egypt 92–73 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 32–15, 21–19, 23–24, 16–16
Pts: Omot 21
Rebs: Oraby 6
Asts: Webster 9		 Pts: Perry 19
Rebs: Three players 7
Asts: Perry 5

27 April
27 April 2023
17:00
SLAC Guinea 68–75 South Africa Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 17–18, 8–13, 21–23
Pts: Miller Jr. 20
Rebs: Conde, Miller Jr. 12
Asts: Barefield, Nwabuzor 3		 Pts: Ganapamo, Hall 15
Rebs: Hall 8
Asts: Wade 5
27 April 2023
20:30
Petro de Luanda Angola 89–71 Uganda City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 21–25, 24–20, 23–12
Pts: Gakou 16
Rebs: Hollis 10
Asts: Majok 5		 Pts: Jones 22
Rebs: Justice Jr., Roebuck Jr. 8
Asts: Justice Jr. 5

29 April

Petro de Luanda defeated Ferroviário by a wide margin, with twelve of Petro's players scoring at least three points.[2]

In the second game of the day, Al Ahly lead by as much as 33 points in the third quarter before a late rally by the City Oilers. The Oilers managed to cut the lead to 2 points with 2.6 seconds remaining in the game.[3]

29 April 2023
16:00
Ferroviário da Beira Mozambique 76–101 Angola Petro de Luanda
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 28–26, 17–31, 20–23
Pts: Young 17
Rebs: Gueye 6
Asts: Perry 6		 Pts: Morais 18
Rebs: Hollis 6
Asts: Gonçalves 5
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Ian McClenny, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Aya Ahmed
29 April 2023
19:30
City Oilers Uganda 70–72 Egypt Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–20, 9–21, 34–11
Pts: Roebuck Jr. 28
Rebs: Roebuck Jr. 11
Asts: Enabu 4		 Pts: Omot 17
Rebs: Oraby 10
Asts: Tarek 5
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 1,372
Referees: Catherine Chang, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto

30 April

Ferroviário da Beira had a lead of as much as 22 points before losing their advantage and trailing 95–92 in the fourth quarter. Point guard Will Perry of Beira scored 41 points, tying the league's single-game scoring record and setting a new record for most three-point field goals in a game with 9 three pointers. Four of Perry's three point field goals came in the fourth quarter, and gave Beira the advantage to improve their record to 1–2 and stay in the race for a playoff spot.[4]

30 April 2023
17:00
SLAC Guinea 97–109 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 20–26, 33–20, 28–33
Pts: Miller Jr. 30
Rebs: Miller Jr. 8
Asts: Iroegbu 5		 Pts: Perry 41
Rebs: Gueye 8
Asts: Perry 8
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 540
Referees: Annie Joyce Muchenu

In their second meeting in two seasons, Petro de Luanda blew out the Cape Town Tigers by as much as 39 points. Five players scored in double digits for Petro, while Josh Hall led Cape Town in scoring with 14 points.[5]

30 April 2023
20:30
Petro de Luanda Angola 87–48 South Africa Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 20–12, 26–9, 13–15
Pts: Gonçalves 15
Rebs: Gonçalves 9
Asts: Four players 4		 Pts: Hall 14
Rebs: Gbinije 8
Asts: Hall, Wade 3
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 883
Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza

2 May
2 May 2023
17:00
City Oilers Uganda 68–96 Guinea SLAC
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 12–20, 24–33, 19–19
Pts: Justice Jr. 30
Rebs: Barnaba 9
Asts: Roebuck Jr. 4		 Pts: Iroegbu 22
Rebs: Conde 9
Asts: Miller Jr. 10
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Catherine Chang, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Mbaye Seye
2 May 2023
20:30
Cape Town Tigers South Africa 75–91 Egypt Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 22–16, 14–18, 19–17
Pts: Ganapamo 26
Rebs: Cele 6
Asts: Ganapamo, Gbinije 5		 Pts: Omot 28
Rebs: Omot 5
Asts: Amin 8
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 2,050
Referees: Ian McClenny, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Hassan Kamate

3 May

Petro de Luanda became the first club from the Nile Conference to qualify for the 2023 BAL Playoffs, as their bench outscored SLAC's bench 44–2.[6]

3 May 2023
17:00
SLAC Guinea 78–95 Angola Petro de Luanda
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 21–34, 17–23, 20–16
Pts: Miller Jr. 24
Rebs: Conde 12
Asts: Miller Jr. 7		 Pts: Majok 15
Rebs: Hollis 10
Asts: Diabate 7
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 500
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Marie Cherubin, Walelign Gebeto
3 May 2023
20:30
Ferroviário da Beira Mozambique 82–76 South Africa Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 16–17, 17–26, 26–11
Pts: Young 26
Rebs: Sidibe 17
Asts: Perry 9		 Pts: Gbinije 20
Rebs: Gbinije 7
Asts: Gbinije 6
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 672
Referees: Julian Scott, Mahamadou Diallo, Aya Ahmed

5 May

In the match-up between Petro de Luanda and Al-Ahly, the Angolan champions won the game on a buzzer-beating tip-in by Gerson Gonçalves. Carlos Morais hit eight three-pointers, just one shy of the league record.[7]

5 May 2023
16:00
City Oilers Uganda 96–75 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 27–21, 24–15, 22–23
Pts: Justice Jr. 25
Rebs: Roebuck Jr. 9
Asts: Justice Jr. 6		 Pts: Young 29
Rebs: Perry, Young 8
Asts: Perry 4
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 1,012
Referees: Ian McClenny, Walelign Gebeto, Mahamadou Diallo
5 May 2023
19:30
Petro de Luanda Angola 91–90 Egypt Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–25, 24–26, 20–21
Pts: Morais 34
Rebs: Morais 6
Asts: Majok 5		 Pts: Omot 25
Rebs: Ismail 7
Asts: Webster 8
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 3,015
Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Annie Joyce Muchenu

6 May

The Cape Town Tigers qualified for their second straight playoffs following their win against the City Oilers. Before the last game of the Nile Conference, SLAC was already eliminated because of the result earlier that day.

6 May 2023
16:00
Cape Town Tigers South Africa 80–70 Uganda City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 17–20, 26–19, 17–14
Pts: Cele 28
Rebs: Gbinije, Cele 8
Asts: Prinsloo 6		 Pts: Jones 27
Rebs: Jones, Justice Jr. 8
Asts: Dribela, Justice Jr. 4
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 696
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Hassan Kamate
6 May 2023
19:30
Al Ahly Egypt 80–70 Guinea SLAC
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–25, 31–8, 11–19
Pts: Oraby 20
Rebs: Ismail 9
Asts: Thompson 6		 Pts: Nwabuzor 19
Rebs: Conde 7
Asts: Nwabuzor 4
Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
Attendance: 1,623
Referees: Catherine Chang, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Marie Leslie Cherubin

References
  1. "Omot scores 21, leads Al Ahly past Beira in opening of the Nile Conference". The BAL. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. "Petro becomes first team to reach 100-point mark in the 2023 Nile Conference". The BAL. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  3. "Al Ahly survive City Oilers' scare to stay perfect". The BAL. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. "Stoglin breaks own BAL scoring record, but Monastir win". ESPN.com. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. "Wade hopes to face Petro again after blowout loss". The BAL. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. "Petro de Luanda become first Nile Conference team to qualify for the Playoffs". The BAL. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. "Petro de Luanda are the 2023 Nile Conference champions". The BAL. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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