POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
2017 Lesotho Basketball Association (LBA) Annual Summer Slam Charity Tournament that took place at Lehakoe Recreational Centre over the weekend saw Foxes males' team from Zimbabwe being crowned the champions in the male category while Phoenix Flames ladies from South Africa are the females' category champions. Foxes earned themselves a chance to sit on the throne after beating the tournament last year's champions- Bokamoso 'Rebels' with 71-65 in the finals on Sunday night and the Rebels were forced to take position two.
In the ladies category, Bokamoso ladies 'Dolphins' became the runners following their 61-35 painful loss against the champions- Phoenix. Phoenix were the defending champions in this category. The champions in both categories were blessed with gold medals and 'A Framed Summer Slam Charity Tournament Jersey' while the runners-up went home with silver medals. Talking to this paper, Bokamoso Basketball Development Program, Faku Masupha hailed his teams for reaching the finals in both categories. 'Even though in the male category we failed to defend our title, I am proud that we reached the finals and that was enough to show how determined we were to stay the champions,' said Masupha. According to Masupha they could have done much better if not for players' school work commitments which he said affected their preparations. He added that other countries' teams are likely to have advantage over Lesotho teams due to the fact that they raised under academies and have international exposure. LBA assistant spokesperson and coordinator, Mookho Ntebe declared that the tournament was fair and competitive. She said the organisers were satisfied with teams' attendance from outside the country. The tournament was scheduled for Friday but that was disturbed by the rainy unfriendly weather. On behalf of LBA, Ntebe gave thanks to the tournament sponsors. She also congratulated the champions. Apart from creating platform for teams to test powers against each other, the tournament collects gifts for charity and Ntebe said they haven't yet decided which orphanage to donate the collected items to.
Courtesy of: informativenews.co.ls
