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| Bokamoso South (in red) have been on fire... |
Bokamoso South
and Lichocha Shooting Rifles meet in a potentially explosive top of the
standings National Basketball League (NBL) clash on Friday evening at Lehakoe
Recreational Centre.
The game is an
early test of both sides’ credentials and a rematch of last year’s NBL
semi-finals in which Bokamoso South shocked Lichocha to advance to the finals.
Underdogs Bokamoso
eventually lost 3-0 to KTA All Stars in those NBL finals but seem to have grown
from the experience. The youthful club is top of the NBL A-Division standings
after winning their opening four matches and their victories have come in
impressive fashion. Bokamoso’s plus-125 point differential is the best in the
league.
Lichocha, who
topped last season’s regular season standings before their shock playoff loss
to Bokamoso, have also impressed.
Last Wednesday,
Lichocha outlasted reigning champions KTA All Stars 76-74 in a high-profile win
and they have already registered 250 points in their three games this season.
Lichocha will
again be favourites against Bokamoso who moved to the top of the standings with
a 83-37 demolition of Lesotho College of Education (LCE) in Teyateyaneng on
Sunday. However, Bokamoso’s confidence is high as they seek to establish
themselves as new force in Lesotho basketball.
To football
and the premier league and 2016 Independence Cup sponsors Standard Bank Lesotho
and Metropolitan Lesotho will embark on their CSI project to give back to the
communities of the four teams participating in this year’s Independence Cup,
Lioli, Matlama, LCS and Sundawana.
The initiative
is a new addition to the Independence Cup festivities.
The project
will start on Friday with Butha-Buthe based Sundawana.
Sundawana have
chosen to give
back to St Paul primary school in Butha-Buthe and will hand over school apparel
to pupils. The project will then move to Teyateyaneng and Lioli next Wednesday
before finishing in Maseru next Friday with visits to Matlama and LCS.
The 2016 Independence Cup will be played
on October 22 and 23.
NBL Results:
Sunday, 25 September
Bokamoso South
87-37 LCE
Leseli 66-37
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
NUL Rovers
20-0 Botho University (forfeit)
Fixtures:
Friday, 30 September
Bokamoso South
v Lichocha Shooting Rifles (18:00, Lehakoe)
NBL
Standings
NBL - A
|
|
P
|
Points
|
W
|
L
|
PF
|
PA
|
Diff
|
L10
|
1
|
Bokamoso
South
|
4
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
235
|
110
|
125
|
4-0
|
2
|
Lichocha
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
250
|
131
|
119
|
3-0
|
3
|
NUL
Rovers
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
121
|
61
|
60
|
3-0
|
4
|
KTA
All Stars
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
149
|
129
|
20
|
2-1
|
5
|
Leseli
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
117
|
85
|
32
|
2-1
|
6
|
Bashana
Baheso
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
109
|
74
|
35
|
1-1
|
7
|
Khubestate
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
63
|
87
|
-24
|
1-1
|
8
|
Limkokwing
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
86
|
159
|
-73
|
0-3
|
9
|
LCE
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
95
|
213
|
-118
|
0-3
|
10
|
Bokamoso
North
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
51
|
81
|
-30
|
0-2
|
11
|
Lerotholi
Polytechnic
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
58
|
164
|
-106
|
0-2
|
12
|
Botho
University
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
40
|
-40
|
0-2
|
