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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Strathmore University Blades will recruit five players to bolster the team’s chances in the 2022\/23 season, according to coach Tony Ochieng.<\/p>\n

The tactician said the varsity will hold trials between May 23 and 25 at the campus courts.<\/p>\n

Ochieng said he has so far received good response from teachers and expects young players who will make the team a force reckon with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new players will be expected to make direct impact in the team,\u201d said Ochieng.<\/p>\n

He said he will go by the 2021 recruitment trend that brought young players like Dennis Koja, Garang Ding and Timothy Ayieko to the fore.<\/p>\n

Ochieng is targeting two power forwards, two shooting guards and a point guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreviously, we recruited from the school games but since we have not had these games recently, we have resorted to hosting the trials,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The players selected, he said, will get a sports scholarships before the league kicks off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team will add more players for Division One league after a two year absence due to the pandemic,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ochieng said he is satisfied with the teams\u2019 third-place finish in the Premier League last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started the league at a slow pace because of the hectic academic program but the team will now to reach the finals,\u201d revealed Ochieng.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe squad is intact. I will maintain the players since it is a very young team going through a transition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s league is set to tip off June 4.<\/p>\n

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