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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

A good weekend for Lichocha in the NBL

Reaching for the top... Lichocha Shooting Rifles
It was a hectic weekend of action in the National Basketball League which ended with Lichocha Shooting Rifles closing the gap on A-Division leaders Bokamoso South to just two points.

Lichocha again rode their prolific scoring offence to make it an enjoyable weekend for their fans.

Lichocha are the league’s highest scoring team and they demonstrated their firepower once again by thumping Leseli Tigers 71-38 and Bokamoso North 57-19 in Saturday's action in Roma.

It means Lichocha have scored an incredible 706 points in their eight games this season, an average of 88.25 points per game. The next best average is 64 points per game by leaders Bokamoso South.

Lichocha’s duet of wins brought them to within two points of the top after log leaders Bokamoso South suffered their first loss of the season with a shock 54-50 defeat to Leseli Tigers on Sunday at LCE.

The weekend's results have caused a log-jam at the top of the A-Division table. Only four points separate the top six teams. In fact, even the bottom team Limkokwing University still has a realistic hope of finishing amongst the top four playoff teams at the end of the season despite being 11th.

The parity in the league is shown by the fact defending champions KTA All-Stars are currently in seventh place. KTA have been Lesotho's dominant club and have won two of the last three NBL titles. However, they have already lost three times in seven games this season.

Just like in the A-Division, the ladies league is also led by a Bokamoso team, this time it is Bokamoso North who solidified top spot with two crucial wins on Sunday.

Bokamoso beat Bashana Baheso 36-17 and then overcame NUL Rovers 29-22 in a top of the table battle. Rovers are second, one point behind Bokamoso. KTA All-Stars are third and reigning champions Lichocha Shooting Rifles are fourth.

To football and Vodacom Premier League giants Matlama say they will help the family of deceased club supporter Molise Tsatsi.

Tsatsi was shot last week Sunday during an altercation between Matlama and Lioli fans after the teams' abandoned league match at Setsoto Stadium.

Tsatsi later lost his life at Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital last Monday. Matlama have said they will help with arrangements for Tsatsi's funeral.

Weekend NBL Results
Friday
A-Division
Khubestate 40-37 Bashana Baheso

Saturday
A-Division
Limkokwing University 30-47 Lerotholi Polytechnic
Bokamoso North 33-41 Khubestate
Lichocha Shooting Rifles 71-38 Leseli Tigers
Lichocha Shooting Rifles 57-19 Bokamoso North
NUL Rovers 51-20 Limkokwing University
NUL Rovers v Lerotholi Polytechnic (postponed)
Ladies
NUL Rovers 32-22 Bokamoso South
Lichocha Shooting Rifles 40-21 Leseli Tigers
KTA All-Stars 66-9 Limkokwing University
NUL Rovers 33-10 Limkokwing University

Sunday
A-Division
Bashana Baheso 61-31 Limkokwing University
Khubestate 44-50 Lerotholi Polytechnic
Bokamoso South 50-54 Leseli Tigers
Ladies
Bashana Baheso 17-36 Bokamoso North
KTA All Stars 49-11 South Warriors
Bokamoso North 29-22 NUL Rovers

NBL – A


P
Points
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Last 10
Streak
1
Bokamoso South
9
17
8
1
576
347
229
8-1
L1
2
Lichocha Shooting Rifles
8
15
7
1
706
335
371
7-1
W4
3
Bashana Baheso
8
14
6
2
422
288
134
6-2
W1
4
NUL Rovers
8
13
5
3
373
324
49
5-3
W2
5
Leseli Tigers
8
13
5
3
384
370
14
5-3
W1
6
Khubestate
10
13
4
6
335
454
-119
4-6
L1
7
KTA All-Stars
7
11
4
3
359
305
54
4-3
L1
8
Bokamoso North
9
11
2
7
277
404
-127
2-7
L2
9
Lerotholi Polytechnic
7
10
3
4
284
400
-116
3-4
W2
10
LCE
8
9
1
7
269
507
-238
1-7
L1
11
Limkokwing University
8
8
0
8
222
473
-251
0-8
L8

NBL – L


P
Points
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Last 10
Streak
1
Bokamoso North
8
16
8
0
286
79
207
8-0
W8
2
NUL Rovers
8
15
7
1
287
147
140
7-1
L1
3
KTA All-Stars
8
13
5
3
346
235
111
5-3
W2
4
Lichocha Shooting Rifles
6
12
6
0
230
92
138
6-0
W6
5
Leseli Tigers
8
11
4
4
299
202
97
4-4
L1
6
Bashana Baheso
8
9
3
5
195
185
10
3-5
L1
7
Limkokwing University
7
7
1
6
54
317
-263
1-6
L6
8
LCE
6
6
0
6
74
217
-143
0-6
L6
9
South Warriors
6
6
0
6
70
276
-206
0-6
L6
10
Bokamoso South
4
3
0
4
54
176
-122
0-4
L4

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