Uganda, April 21 -- Khaman Maluach played his best Basketball Africa League but ended up on the wrong side of a 101-88 scoreline as Uganda's City Oilers fell to Central African Republic's Bangui Sporting Club in the Nile Conference Saturday night in Cairo, Egypt.

The 17-year-old was the one functional bit about the Oilers, who collapsed on defence and were heavily punished by a Bangui side playing in the BAL for the first time.

It was Bangui's first-ever BAL win, having fallen 93-71 to Libya's Al Ahly Benghazi in the opener on Friday.

The stats sheet read 29 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and one steal for the South Sudanese BAL Elevate player, who has committed to join Duke University.

"We started the game very well. We played defe...