{"id":27616,"date":"2022-03-09T17:05:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=27616"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:32:14","slug":"city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent","title":{"rendered":"City Oilers win UCU Open to show intent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>City Oilers could have been at the ongoing Basketball Africa League but cut their journey short by pulling out of the last qualification window citing an upsurge in Covid-19 numbers in South Africa, where the tournament was held.<\/p>\n<p>That marks two campaigns of the continental showpiece with no Ugandan side. There is, however, action back home and Oilers know how to win here.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>City Oilers Egypt trip pushes finals to 2017<\/p>\n<p>They defeated UCU Canons 66-60 to win the 11th edition of the UCU Invitational Tournament at Uganda Christian University, Mukono over the weekend. Youngster Ruai Ruak was in top form for Mandy Juruni\u2019s charges as they overcame a resilient Canons rallied on by the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>When he wasn\u2019t pulling up from three-point range, the point guard attacked the basket with purpose and went on to be named the tournament\u2019s MVP.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>City Oilers start Road to BAL<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a pre-season tournament and helps us see the status of the team and evaluate the players we have,\u201d said Juruni told at the end of the two-day event.<\/p>\n<p>New acquisitions Ivan Lumanyika and Francis Azolibe got minutes to forge a chemistry before Friday\u2019s season opener. \u201cWe only regrouped two weeks ago so we have to continue getting in shape,\u201d he added. Oilers went unbeaten but were tested by UCU and UPDF Tomahawks in the final and semis respectively.<\/p>\n<p><b>Three top sides<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Even before the UCU Open and before the new season gets underway, it is quite clear the contest will be amongst Oilers, UCU and Namuwongo Blazers.<\/p>\n<p>And the tourney emphasized the same as the three sides took the top three slots. Blazers defeated UPDF Tomahawks to finish third. Steven Nyeko\u2019s charges lost to the hosts at the semi-final stage.<\/p>\n<p><b>DON&#8217;T MISS:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ikong, Makiadi out as Oilers look to go young<\/p>\n<p>Power didn\u2019t make it while Falcons only lasted one day. Warriors are not even in the top flight and this leaves Blazers and Canons as the only threats to Oilers.<\/p>\n<p><b>HOW THEY FINISHED<\/b><\/p>\n<p>WINNERS &#8211; UCU OPEN<\/p>\n<p>M: City Oilers<\/p>\n<p>W: UCU Lady Canons<\/p>\n<p>Runners-up<\/p>\n<p>M: UCU Canons<\/p>\n<p>W: KIU Rangers<\/p>\n<p>Third place<\/p>\n<p>M: Namuwongo Blazers<\/p>\n<p>W: Angels<\/p>\n<p>MVP<\/p>\n<p>M: Ruai Ruak (City Oilers)<\/p>\n<p>W: Rose Akon (UCU)<\/p>\n<p>Top Scorers<\/p>\n<p>M: Peter Sifuma (UCU Canons)<\/p>\n<p>W: Rose Akon (UCU)<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. City Oilers could have been at the ongoing Basketball Africa League but cut their journey short by pulling out of the last qualification window citing an upsurge in Covid-19 numbers in South Africa, where the tournament was held. That marks two campaigns of the continental showpiece with no Ugandan side. There is, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-27616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>City Oilers win UCU Open to show intent - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"City Oilers could have been at the ongoing Basketball Africa League but cut their journey short by pulling out of the la ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City Oilers win UCU Open to show intent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"City Oilers could have been at the ongoing Basketball Africa League but cut their journey short by pulling out of the la ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-09T17:05:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6228d6779e2ae.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"City Oilers win UCU Open to show intent\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-09T17:05:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6228d6779e2ae.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/city-oilers-win-ucu-open-to-show-intent\",\"name\":\"City Oilers win UCU Open to show intent - 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