Oilers started their campaign for the second phase of the 2022 LBA season with a hard fought victory against rivals NPA Pythons.
In the first phase of this season, Pythons won with a two points margin. This time, the gauntlet swung the way of the ‘Oil Boys’ winning this encounter by three points margins.
There are eight teams in phase two of the season. They are expected to play each other in an all play all format, one round. As earlier reported, the ASG went back on a home and away round robin after considerations regarding technical and logistical issues.
The top four at the end of phase two are expected to meet in a 1v4 and 2v3 semi-finals of best of three match series.
The Pythons took an early lead in the first quarter which evaporated by half time and Oiler went to the break leading by a bucket. The beginning of the third quarter saw some costly turnovers from the Pythons which led to an 8-0 run by the Oilers.
Pythons began the fourth quarter down by 5PTS. Rufus Morris of Pythons was the catalyst which led their attack early in the fourth, dishing out sensational no-look passes which had the crowd going wild. Pythons ran a quick early offense and within just two minutes of play, the Oilers were already in the penalty.
Pythons took a quick two points lead but vet players such as Samuel Davidson and Samuel Kpannie kept piling pressure on the Pythons defense. Both scored 16PTS apiece.
Although Pythons outscored their opponents 16-8 in the fourth it was only enough to send the game into overtime but was outscored 13-10 giving the Oilers the much needed victory.
Joel Martor and John Williams Jr scored 19 and 22 points respectively for their side in the loss.
Another notable performer of the night was Mohammed Ahmed of LPRC. He had 10pts to go along with six assists. Rufus Morris of NPA also showed some shake & bake, contributing 8pts, 5AST. His performance speaks volume to be a starter on this team.
Both sides did not have a good shooting night from behind the arch.
Do you think the victory shows LPRC Oilers as a strong contender to dethrone Mighty Barrolle as champions? Let us know in the comments.
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Pythons
| # | Player | Position | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 2PM | 2PA | 2P% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rufus Morris | Guard | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Tony Kaba | Guard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Patrick Monxhwedeye | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Glenn Nimley | Guard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles Abiodun | Forward-Center | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Samuel Willie | Guard | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Joel Martor | Guard | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | Sam Paye | Forward-Center | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | George Stevens | Forward-Center | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | John Williams | - | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 69 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 43 | 39.5 | 6 | 19 | 31.6 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 28 |
Oilers
| # | Player | Position | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 2PM | 2PA | 2P% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jerome Sherman | Guard | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Joshua Didi | Guard | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Alex Nagbo | Forward-Guard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Samuel Davidson | Forward-Guard | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Mohammed Ahmed | Guard | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | Nicholas Koffa | Guard | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Samuel Kpannie | Guard | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Roosevelt Ndaborlor | Forward-Guard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Emmanuel Perry | Forward-Center | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Keith Wureh | Forward | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Frank Dahn | Guard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Isaac Anosike | Guard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 72 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 49 | 46.9 | 3 | 25 | 12.0 | 17 | 40 | 42.5 | 12 | 24 | 21 | 28 |
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