KNBL: Ochieng urges 'afraid' Blades to play without fear
AbdiQuan Hussein L and Hudefya Ahmed of Mustanos blocks Gabriel Menya of Strathmore Blades during their Kenya Basketball Federation League match at Nyayo National stadium Indoor Arena on August 27, 2022. Photo by Oliver Ananda / Sportpicha
The students defeated Africa Nazarene University (ANU Wolfpacks) 56-50 in the Kenya National Men’s Basketball Premier League.
The Blades will be playing fellow varsity side USIU Tigers and UON Terror to complete the first leg.
“The toughest matches, I need the boys to step up, we need to work well as a team, and we need to help each other in terms of rotation, covering the space and also work well on execution which was a very big factor during our game against ANU.”
We need to have a target of at least 15 or 20 points per quarter but I’m optimistic since we have a two week break that will help me to work on our weaknesses.
Despite winning last weekend's match, Ochieng was not convinced on how his boys played.
“It was a very scrappy win; we didn’t play well although we won. Our shooting percentage was very low, we managed to make two three points only in that game which is a very big concern.
“We need to play every game as if it is a final, we were over confident which is not good” Ochieng said.
Strathmore have so far played nine games, winning four and losing five with 13 points so far.
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