Preview: Belen Eagles vs. Albuquerque Academy Chargers
The Belen Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Albuquerque Academy Chargers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Belen is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Belen struggled with assists on Tuesday (Highland had seven more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Belen took a hard 71-54 fall against Highland. While losing is never fun, Belen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while Highland is ranked seventh).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Jordi Rojo and Jesus Licon. Licon had a great game and scored 21 points along with six assists and two steals. Meanwhile, Rojo did his best for the losing side, scoring 11 points.
Meanwhile, even though Del Norte scored an imposing 69 points on Friday, Albuquerque Academy still came out on top. Albuquerque Academy took their game against Del Norte 82-69.
Belen has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-15 record this season. As for Albuquerque Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Belen couldn't quite finish off Albuquerque Academy in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 and fell 63-60. Can Belen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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