Uganda, April 23 -- City Oilers fell to their third straight defeat in the Basketball Africa League Nile Conference on Monday night. A 79-68 loss to Libya's Al Ahly Benghazi saw the Ugandan side slump to a 0-3 mark in the conference to further wipe away hopes of making the playoffs.

But even in defeat, head coach Karim Nesba had positives to point to, starting with the performances of the players who had initially struggled to get minutes in his lineup.

Fayed Baale came off the bench to play 18 minutes in the second half while team captain James Okello started the game and played 20 minutes.

The two, and Robinson Opong, inspired Oilers' defensive effort in the second half and limited Al Ahly LY, who had scored 50 first half points, to ...