Australian Basketball coach Liz Mills arrived in the country to boost Morans technical bench for the AfroBasket qualifiers in Cameroon.
"I am very impressed with my first practice with the team," she said adding, "they executed some new plays well, and trained with intensity," said Mills during her first training session with the team at Nyayo National Stadium gymnasium.
The Australian coach noted that there are some areas that need to be polished before the games in February, even though she was impressed by the enthusiasm and focuses the players brought to practice.
She added, "We didn't play our best I would say in November, we need to clean up what happened on the court."
Mills, who was an assistant coach at Patriots in Rwanda, praised the Kenyan team for the great tournament in the inaugural AfroCan in Bamako, Mali in 2019. She showed her excitement in building on that image.
"The last five years Kenya has grown in basketball, the skill level has improved immensely, I am really excited to see where Kenyan basketball is going," she highlighted.
Mills' knowledge of African basketball is great as she been in the continent since 2011. Also, she has been coaching since she was 16.
According to her, the talent in the country has improved since the last time she was here in 2015/2016 as the head of Zuku sponsored university league.
Mills has been involved with clubs at both regional and continental level. She handled Cameroon in 2011 in their World Cup qualifiers.
Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) chair Paul Otula aims at lifting the Morans to the top five rankings in Africa.
On February 19, Morans face Senegal after which they will meet Angola a day later. They will tackle Mozambique in their last group B fixture.
In order to book a ticket to their first continental showing in 27 years, the Morans need to post a win.
Last November in Kigali, Kenya lost to Senegal and Angola but beat Mozambique in the first window.
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