Uganda, April 24 -- Robinson Opong has struggled to get into the lineup for City Oilers in the ongoing Basketball Africa League Nile Conference in Cairo, Egypt but got some minutes in the 9-8 loss to Libya's Al Ahly Benghazi on Monday.

The shooting guard came off the bench to contribute 11 points and six rebounds in 24 minutes and was a big part of the Oilers' defence that limited the damage in the second half of the game.

In the end, City Oilers had dug themselves a hole too deep and were unable to come out of it despite good displays in the third and fourth quarter.

Al Ahly LY held on for their second win of the tournament to condemn the Ugandan champions to a 0-3 mark at the end of the first round.

"Obviously, we started slow. We g...