The Valencia Jaguars will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Belen Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for Valencia and four for Belen.
On Tuesday, Valencia ended up a good deal behind Highland and lost 67-53. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Valencia in their matchups with Highland: they've now lost eight in a row.
Meanwhile, Belen pushed their score all the way to 74 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 79-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of Grants.
Valencia has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-14 record this season. As for Belen, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-17.
Valencia came up short against Belen in their previous matchup on February 6th, falling 71-60. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Belen's Jordi Rojo, who scored 20 points along with seven assists and two steals. Now that Valencia knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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