The 2023-2024 season of Bangui Sporting Club marks the debut season of the team in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), following their successful qualification through the Road to BAL. Bangui SC becomes the first team from the Central African Republic to play in the competition.
Overview Bangui played in the Road to BAL following their 2023 Bangui Basketball League championship that was earned after beating New Tech Bantou in the finals. They were headed by Australian head coach Liz Mills in the qualification campaign. On November 4, 2023, Bangui clinched their spot in the 2024 BAL season. Bangui then wet on to win the West Division title after beating FUS Rabat.
Amidst financial issues and payment issues, coach Mills contract was not extended. On March 22, 2024, Justin Serresse was announced by the team as their new head coach. However, Serresse left the team over payment disputes and on the opening day on April 19, 2024, Cameroonian coach François Enyengue coached the team. Of the Road to BAL squad, four players remained (Evans Ganapamo, Rolly Fula Nganga, Jimmy Djimrabaye and Omega Ngaïfei) and eight new players were brought in.
Bangui finished third in the Nile Conference with a 3–3 record and had to wait for the Sahar Conference to finish to find out if it would qualify of the playoffs. On May 12, 2024, Bangui was officially eliminated after US Monastir and Cape Town Tigers qualified as best third-ranked teams.
Rosters
Road to BAL roster The following was Bangui's roster for the Elite 16 round of the 2024 BAL Qualification.
BAL roster
Games
Road to BAL
First round
Elite 16
Semifinal
Final
BAL
Nile Conference
Player statistics
| || 6 || style=""| 37.6 || .524 || style=""|.478 || .688 || 3.2 || 1.5 || style=""|2.0 || 0.7 || style=""|20.2 |- | || 6 || 30.0 || .410 || .250 || .800 || style=""|8.7 || 3.5 || 0.8 || style=""|1.0 || 17.7 |- | || 6 || 30.6 || .548 || .417 || .643 || 6.7 || 3.3 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 10.0 |- | || 6 || 24.8 || .448 || .364 || .818 || 3.2 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 10.8 |- | Michael Nwabuzor || 4 || 27.1 || .342 || .154 || .667 || 5.5 ||style=""| 4.8 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 8.0 |- | || 3 || 26.5 || .239 || .083 || .625 || 2.0 || 1.7 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 9.3 |- | Yasser Kamayengue || 5 || 9.6 || .375 || .333 || .667 || 1.6 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 3.8 |- | Metson Nambaï || 5 || 10.2 || .444 || .375 || style=""|1.000 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 4.0 |- | Omega Ngaifei || 6 || 17.9 || .419 || .000 || .733 || 6.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 6.2 |- | || 6 || 9.9 || style=""|.636 || .500 || .667 || 3.2 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 3.5 |- | || 2 || 4.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
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