Oluoch unimpressed with WolfPack's show despite win over Absa
Africa Nazarene University’s WolfPack head coach
Michael Oluoch has slammed his charges for a slow start in Wednesday's game
against ABSA, saying it almost cost them a win.
WolfPack defeated the Bankers 53-49 in a closely contested match
of the Kenya National Men’s Basketball Premier League played at Nyayo
Gymnasium, Nairobi.
The coach thus wants an improved show in the next match, from
the outset.
“The game was not that bad, but we started badly. I think my
boys were underrating our opponents. The first half was really bad but then in
the second half is we stepped up and lucky enough we got the win,” Oluoch said.
“We need to change our
mind-set going forward. We need to look at the way we start our games because
that also affected us when we played against University of Nairobi’s Terror
last weekend,” Oluoch added.
In the midweek match,
both teams had a low scoring first quarter as they netted seven points each
before the Bankers controlled the second quarter winning 20-14.
ABSA continued with their
impressive display in the third quarter scoring again 20-14 before ANU
responded with a massive win of 18-02 as the game ended 53-49 at the final
buzzer.
With four games to go in
the regular season, ANU have played 18 matches winning ten and losing eight,
accumulating 28 points.
Meanwhile,
despite beating Strathmore Swords 56-38, Zetech Sparks head coach Maurice Obilo
has conceded that his girls punched below their weight.
The win saw the students
reach 35 points from 18 matches, having won 17 and lost one only against the
defending champions Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
“Yes we won but we played
so badly, the game didn’t click, we had a lot of turnovers, we were giving a
lot of fouls. We were missing the easy baskets that were supposed to be converting.
"We need to correct it
before we go to Mombasa for a weekend match, otherwise we take the win as we
face the next team. We take one game at a time,” Obilo said.
Zetech will be facing
defending champions KPA away in Mombasa on Sunday at the Makande Gymnasium.
Meanwhile,
Obilo has commended his Nairobi Select side head for their
stellar performance against Twende Ladies on Wednesday, in a friendly match at
Nyayo Stadium Gymnasium.
Nairobi edged Twende 44-42 to win the match, despite a short
time to assemble the team according to Obilo.
“Definitely we feel good about the match, we did not train due
to the short notice for the duty. We just had a talk before the game and from
the results we are happy,” he said.
Despite facing an initial setback in the first two quarters,
Obilo praised his team's resilience, highlighting their remarkable turnaround
in the second half of the game.
“In the first and second quarters, we really struggled because
the players had never played together. We used most of our time outs in the
quarters trying get them play as a team. They picked up in the second half and
it was a good show.”
In a separate friendly also organised by the Twende Foundation, Nairobi Thunder secured a 77-69 win over visiting South Sudanese Cobras Basketball.
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