NBL Playoff Finals: City Oilers beat KIU Titans in Game 1
NBL Playoff Finals | Results City Oilers took the series lead against KIU Titans in the best-of-seven National Basketball League Playoff finals on Wednesday evening. The defending champions registered a well-deserved 70-61 victory against KIU Titans in an end-to-end encounter played at the Lugogo Indoor Arena. City Oilers opened a three-point (19-16) lead against the […] The post NBL Playoff Finals: City Oilers beat KIU Titans in Game 1 appeared first on Kawowo Sports.
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NBL Playoff Finals | Results
- City Oilers 70-61 KIU Titans (Oilers lead series 1-0)
- JKL Lady Dolphins 66-71 UCU Lady Canons (Lady Canons lead series 1-0)
City Oilers took the series lead against KIU Titans in the best-of-seven National Basketball League Playoff finals on Wednesday evening.
The defending champions registered a well-deserved 70-61 victory against KIU Titans in an end-to-end encounter played at the Lugogo Indoor Arena.
City Oilers opened a three-point (19-16) lead against the KIU Rangers at the end of the opening period.
The Oilers kept accelerating as they extended the lead to eight points (37-29) going into the long break.
Coming from the locker rooms, the KIU Titans found their rhythm, thus reducing their deficit to only one point (51-50) at the end of the third period.
Stanley Mugerwa’s jump shot concluded the game as the KIU Titans trailed by nine points at the end of the period.
Parish Petty (20 points), Malual Dier (15 points), and Fayed Baale (12 points) led the City Oilers’ scoring. In the same breath, Titus Lual pulled down a massive game-high 18 rebounds.
Peter Obleng (20 points) and Ivan Lumanyika (10 points) led KIU Titans’ scoring charge in double points, but it was not enough to get something positive.
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