2022–23 Petro de Luanda basketball season

Petro de Luanda
ChairmanTomás Faria
Head coachJosé Neto
(3rd season)
BALThird place
Unitel BasketChampions
Angolan CupWinners
Angolan SupercupWinners

Petro de Luanda plays the 2023–24 season in the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for a third straight season, as well as in two national cup competitions.

It was the third season under head coach José Neto. Domestically, Petro won the treble of the Unitel Basket, Angolan Cup and Supercup.

In the 2023 BAL season, Petro de Luanda were eliminated from title contention by AS Douanes in the semi-final. They lost the third place game to Stade Malien from Mali.

Roster

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Petro de Luanda roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 0 Ivory Coast Diabate, Solo (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 37 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987
PG 1 Angola Domingos, Gerson 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996
PF 2 Angola Chime, Anadji 19 – (2005-09-05)5 September 2005
SF 4 Angola Bastos, Pedro 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1993-01-08)8 January 1993
PG 5 Angola Dundão, Childe 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998
SG 6 Angola Morais, Carlos (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 39 – (1985-10-16)16 October 1985
C 7 Angola Pedro, Jone 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1990-05-28)28 May 1990
CG 10 Angola Gonçalves, Gerson 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996
C 13 South Sudan Majok, Ater (I) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987
PF 15 Angola Gakou, Aboubakar 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997
G 23 Egypt Hendawy, Seifeldin (E) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2005-09-05)5 September 2005
PF 24 Angola Buiamba, Glofate 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999
F 45 Hungary Hollis, Damian (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1988-08-19)19 August 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 25, 2023

Transactions

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Date Source
24 F Angola Glofate Buiamba 23 Interclube Angola Free agent Undisclosed
23 G Egypt Seifeldin Hendawy 16 NBA Academy Africa Senegal Drafted Undisclosed
0 G Ivory Coast Solo Diabate 16 US Monastir Tunisia Free agent Undisclosed September 23, 2022 [1]
F 88 Hungary Damian Hollis 33 Free agent Free agent Undisclosed January 4, 2023 [2]
13 C South Sudan Ater Majok 35 Piratas de La Guaira Venezuela Free agent Undisclosed March 10, 2023 [3]

Competitions

BAL

Main article: 2024 BAL season

Nile Conference

Main article: 2023 BAL Nile Conference
27 April 2023
1
 Petro de Luanda Angola 89–71 Uganda City Oilers 6th of October, Egypt
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 21–25, 24–20, 23–12
Pts: Gakou 16
Rebs: Hollis 10
Asts: Majok 5 		RealGM Report Pts: Jones 22
Rebs: Justice Jr., Roebuck Jr. 8
Asts: Justice Jr. 5 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 657
29 April 2023
2
 Ferroviário da Beira Mozambique 76–101 Angola Petro de Luanda 6th of October, Egypt
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 28–26, 17–31, 20–23
Pts: Young 17
Rebs: Gueye 6
Asts: Perry 6 		Livestats Pts: Morais 18
Rebs: Hollis 6
Asts: Gonçalves 5 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Ian McClenny, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Aya Ahmed
30 April 2023
3
 Petro de Luanda Angola 87–48 South Africa Cape Town Tigers 6th of October, Egypt
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 20–12, 26–9, 13–15
Pts: Gonçalves 15
Rebs: Gonçalves 9
Asts: Four players 4 		Livestats Pts: Hall 14
Rebs: Gbinije 8
Asts: Hall, Wade 3 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 883
Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza
3 May 2023
4
 SLAC Guinea 78–95 Angola Petro de Luanda 6th of October, Egypt
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 21–34, 17–23, 20–16
Pts: Miller Jr. 24
Rebs: Conde 12
Asts: Miller Jr. 7 		BAL Report Pts: Majok 15
Rebs: Hollis 10
Asts: Diabate 7 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 500
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Marie Cherubin, Walelign Gebeto
5 May 2023
5
 Petro de Luanda Angola 91–90 Egypt Al Ahly 6th of October, Egypt
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–25, 24–26, 20–21
Pts: Morais 34
Rebs: Morais 6
Asts: Majok 5 		BAL Report Pts: Omot 25
Rebs: Ismail 7
Asts: Webster 8 		Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
Attendance: 3,015
Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Annie Joyce Muchenu

Playoffs

Main article: 2023 BAL playoffs
22 May 2023
Quarter-final
 Petro de Luanda Angola 88–84 Ivory Coast ABC Fighters Kigali, Rwanda
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 18–25, 23–22, 24–21
Pts: Morais 18
Rebs: Pedro 8
Asts: Diabate 5 		Report
Livestats 		Pts: Abada 21
Rebs: Three players 3
Asts: Abada 8 		Arena: BK Arena
Referees: Klyde Mulla, Yann Vezo Davidson, Mbaye Seye
24 May 2023
Semi-final
 Petro de Luanda Angola 86–92 Senegal AS Douanes Kigali, Rwanda
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–29, 18–20, 23–23
Pts: Hollis 19
Rebs: Pedro 8
Asts: Pedro 6 		Livestats Pts: Boissy 28
Rebs: Crawford 7
Asts: Ndour 5 		Arena: BK Arena
Attendance: 4,554
Referees: Marcy Williams, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Mbaye Seye
26 May 2023
Third place game
 Petro de Luanda Angola 65–73 Mali Stade Malien Kigali, Rwanda
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 19–16, 20–14, 11–23
Pts: Morais 15
Rebs: Morais 9
Asts: Morais, Diabate 4 		Livestats Pts: Diarra 25
Rebs: Diarra 12
Asts: Three players 5 		Arena: BK Arena
Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Marie Leslie Cherubin, Mbaye Seye

BAL player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
After all games.[4]
Petro de Luanda statistics
Player GP MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Carlos Morais 8 27.5 .442 .413 .789 4.4 3.3 0.8 0.0 15.6
Damian Hollis 8 21.5 .478 .474 .944 6.9 1.4 0.6 0.3 11.3
Childe Dundão 8 22.6 .394 .400 .750 2.5 2.5 1.5 0.0 10.6
Jone Pedro 8 18.7 .674 .000 .593 5.4 1.5 0.1 0.8 9.3
Gerson Gonçalves 8 23.4 .520 .375 .750 3.9 3.4 1.3 0.0 9.1
Ater Majok 8 20.9 .522 .000 .696 5.8 2.5 0.4 1.6 8.0
Solo Diabate 8 21.0 .391 .294 1.000 3.1 4.5 1.0 0.1 7.1
Aboubakar Gakou 8 18.8 .360 .314 .727 3.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 6.9
Glofate Buiamba 7 9.8 .519 .000 .875 1.9 0.4 0.6 0.1 5.0
Gerson Domingos 8 8.3 .455 .357 .500 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.0 3.5
Pedro Bastos 6 8.5 .214 .250 .600 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 2.0
Seifeldin Hendawy 4 4.2 .000 .000 .667 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Anadji Chime 2 1.1 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

References

  1. ^ lumanhula, Jose (23 September 2022). "SOULEYMAN "SOLO" DIABATE É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ lumanhula, Jose (4 January 2023). "DAMIAN HOLLIS É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ Wane, Amy (10 March 2023). "BAL 2023 : Ater Majok signe au Petro Luanda". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Petro de Luanda Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.