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The Nile Conference of the 2023 BAL season is played from 26 April to 6 May 2023 and will be played in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in 6th of October, Cairo, Egypt. The four highest-ranked teams advance to the 2023 BAL Playoffs where they will each meet a team from the Nile Conference in the quarter-finals.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		PDL	AAH	CFV	CTT	SLC	COI
1	Petro de Luanda	5	5	0	463	363	+100	1.000	Advance to playoffs		—	91–90	—	87–48	—	89–71
2	Al Ahly (H)	5	4	1	425	380	+45	.800			—	—	92–73	—	80–70	—
3	Ferroviário da Beira	5	2	3	416	462	−46	.400			76–101	—	—	82–76	—	—
4	Cape Town Tigers	5	2	3	354	398	−44	.400			—	75–91	—	—	—	80–70
5	SLAC	5	1	4	409	427	−18	.200			78–95	—	97–109	68–75	—	—
6	City Oilers	5	1	4	375	412	−37	.200			—	70–72	96–75	—	68–96	—

1. ^ Head-to-head: Ferroviário da Beira defeated Cape Town Tigers 82–76 on 3 May 2023.
2. ^ Head-to-head: SLAC defeated City Oilers 96–68 on 2 May 2023.

Games

26 April

Al Ahly won their inaugural game in the BAL behind debutant Nuni Omot who scored 21 points for his team.

Al Ahly	92–73	Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 32–15, 21–19, 23–24, 16–16
Pts: Omot 21 Rebs: Oraby 6 Asts: Webster 9		Pts: Perry 19 Rebs: Three players 7 Asts: Perry 5

27 April

SLAC	68–75	Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 17–18, 8–13, 21–23
Pts: Miller Jr. 20 Rebs: Conde, Miller Jr. 12 Asts: Barefield, Nwabuzor 3		Pts: Ganapamo, Hall 15 Rebs: Hall 8 Asts: Wade 5

Petro de Luanda	89–71	City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 21–25, 24–20, 23–12
Pts: Gakou 16 Rebs: Hollis 10 Asts: Majok 5		Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Justice Jr., Roebuck Jr. 8 Asts: Justice Jr. 5

29 April

Petro de Luanda defeated Ferroviário by a wide margin, with twelve of Petro's players scoring at least three points.

In the second game of the day, Al Ahly led by as many as 33 points in the third quarter before a late rally by the City Oilers. The Oilers managed to cut the lead to 2 points with 2.6 seconds remaining in the game.

Ferroviário da Beira	76–101	Petro de Luanda
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 28–26, 17–31, 20–23
Pts: Young 17 Rebs: Gueye 6 Asts: Perry 6		Pts: Morais 18 Rebs: Hollis 6 Asts: Gonçalves 5

City Oilers	70–72	Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–20, 9–21, 34–11
Pts: Roebuck Jr. 28 Rebs: Roebuck Jr. 11 Asts: Enabu 4		Pts: Omot 17 Rebs: Oraby 10 Asts: Tarek 5

30 April

Ferroviário da Beira had a lead of as much as 22 points before losing their advantage and trailing 95–92 in the fourth quarter. Point guard Will Perry of Beira scored 41 points, tying the league's single-game scoring record and setting a new record for most three-point field goals in a game with 9 three pointers. Four of Perry's three point field goals came in the fourth quarter, and gave Beira the advantage to improve their record to 1–2 and stay in the race for a playoff spot.

SLAC	97–109	Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 20–26, 33–20, 28–33
Pts: Miller Jr. 30 Rebs: Miller Jr. 8 Asts: Iroegbu 5		Pts: Perry 41 Rebs: Gueye 8 Asts: Perry 8

In their second meeting in two seasons, Petro de Luanda blew out the Cape Town Tigers by as much as 39 points. Five players scored in double digits for Petro, while Josh Hall led Cape Town in scoring with 14 points.

Petro de Luanda	87–48	Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 20–12, 26–9, 13–15
Pts: Gonçalves 15 Rebs: Gonçalves 9 Asts: Four players 4		Pts: Hall 14 Rebs: Gbinije 8 Asts: Hall, Wade 3

2 May

City Oilers	68–96	SLAC
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 12–20, 24–33, 19–19
Pts: Justice Jr. 30 Rebs: Barnaba 9 Asts: Roebuck Jr. 4		Pts: Iroegbu 22 Rebs: Conde 9 Asts: Miller Jr. 10

Cape Town Tigers	75–91	Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 22–16, 14–18, 19–17
Pts: Ganapamo 26 Rebs: Cele 6 Asts: Ganapamo, Gbinije 5		Pts: Omot 28 Rebs: Omot 5 Asts: Amin 8

3 May

Petro de Luanda became the first club from the Nile Conference to qualify for the 2023 BAL Playoffs, as their bench outscored SLAC's bench 44–2.

SLAC	78–95	Petro de Luanda
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 21–34, 17–23, 20–16
Pts: Miller Jr. 24 Rebs: Conde 12 Asts: Miller Jr. 7		Pts: Majok 15 Rebs: Hollis 10 Asts: Diabate 7

Ferroviário da Beira	82–76	Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 16–17, 17–26, 26–11
Pts: Young 26 Rebs: Sidibe 17 Asts: Perry 9		Pts: Gbinije 20 Rebs: Gbinije 7 Asts: Gbinije 6

5 May

In the match-up between Petro de Luanda and Al-Ahly, the Angolan champions won the game on a buzzer-beating tip-in by Gerson Gonçalves. Carlos Morais hit eight three-pointers, just one shy of the league record.

City Oilers	96–75	Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 27–21, 24–15, 22–23
Pts: Justice Jr. 25 Rebs: Roebuck Jr. 9 Asts: Justice Jr. 6		Pts: Young 29 Rebs: Perry, Young 8 Asts: Perry 4

Petro de Luanda	91–90	Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–25, 24–26, 20–21
Pts: Morais 34 Rebs: Morais 6 Asts: Majok 5		Pts: Omot 25 Rebs: Ismail 7 Asts: Webster 8

6 May

The Cape Town Tigers qualified for their second straight playoffs following their win against the City Oilers. Before the last game of the Nile Conference, SLAC was already eliminated because of the result earlier that day.

Cape Town Tigers	80–70	City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 17–20, 26–19, 17–14
Pts: Cele 28 Rebs: Gbinije, Cele 8 Asts: Prinsloo 6		Pts: Jones 27 Rebs: Jones, Justice Jr. 8 Asts: Dribela, Justice Jr. 4

Al Ahly	80–70	SLAC
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–25, 31–8, 11–19
Pts: Oraby 20 Rebs: Ismail 9 Asts: Thompson 6		Pts: Nwabuzor 19 Rebs: Conde 7 Asts: Nwabuzor 4

References

1. "Omot scores 21, leads Al Ahly past Beira in opening of the Nile Conference". The BAL. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
2. "Petro becomes first team to reach 100-point mark in the 2023 Nile Conference". The BAL. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
3. "Al Ahly survive City Oilers' scare to stay perfect". The BAL. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
4. "Stoglin breaks own BAL scoring record, but Monastir win". ESPN.com. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
5. "Wade hopes to face Petro again after blowout loss". The BAL. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
6. "Petro de Luanda become first Nile Conference team to qualify for the Playoffs". The BAL. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
7. "Petro de Luanda are the 2023 Nile Conference champions". The BAL. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

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