2025 BAL: Rivers Hoopers Will Do Better In Next Game - Odaudu Assures

2025 BAL: Rivers Hoopers Will Do Better In Next Game - Odaudu Assures

Precious Oham

Rivers Hoopers head coach Ogoh Odaudu has assured his team will do better in the next game of the Kalahari Conference, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The KingsMen were handed their first loss of the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) campaign, falling 80-100 to Egypt’s Al-Ittihad in their third game of the Kalahari Conference at the Salle Omnisports Moulay Abdellah on Tuesday.

He said: "We had 20 turnovers today; luckily, they didn't really score from there. We also need to box out better. With 41 rebounds? We can't afford to play basketball like that," Odaudu said.

"We gave them so many second chance opportunities. These are part of the things we can't afford to do in our next game. We lost badly and so we will go back and work on that."

With two wins and one defeat, the Rivers Hoopers will look to bounce back when they face Morocco’s FUS Rabat on Thursday, April 10. A victory will be vital in their quest to secure a playoff spot in South Africa.