Bokamoso vow to defend title

Lesotho national basketball league 2016/2017 defending champions, Bokamoso South coach, Nkhethuoa Makhorole, said her team is looking forward to successfully defend their league title regardless of the challenges they endured after losing some of their key players during the off-season. Makhorole told this paper that the absence of players like Nako Mofube was a huge loss to the champions. She said Bokamoso is under pressure because it is obvious that each team will be willing to topple them from the throne. Therefore she said they really needed the service of such players. Players like Mofube had to leave their former teams to join their school teams following a recent demand by schools that they needed all their players back. Mofube was one of the best small forward for Bokamoso and he is now playing for his college team, Lerotholi Polytechnic (LP). Makhorole made a firm vow that even though they are enduring such huge losses they are ready to stand the pressure. So far Bokamoso has played two games against Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) and Khube-State in the ongoing 2017/2018 national league and managed to win all games. Mokhorole said that was good and promising start for her side. 'LUCT and Khube-State showed great improvement but our encounter against these teams really couldn't give us clear picture of our standard this season. We are looking forward to face our big rivals like Khubetsoana All Stars (KTA) and after that we will then be able to rate our performance,' added Makhorole. Lesotho Basketball Association (LBA) public relations officer Rats'olo Molupe also told this publication that they were happy with the recent performance shown by the teams in the league and that the association is proud to see that almost every team had recruited their respective ladies teams to join the contest. He confirmed that the standard of the league was growing as all teams had beefed up their rosters with quality players during the break.
Courtesy of: informativenews.co.ls