The Highland Hornets are taking a road trip to take on the St. Pius X Sartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Highland is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Wednesday as they easily beat Belen 84-56. The Hornets pushed the score to 59-39 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had little chance of recovering from.
Jesus Licon
| 02/26/25 vs Belen | 36 |
| 01/31/25 vs Valencia | 31 |
| 02/14/25 vs Grants | 30 |
| 02/24/25 vs Valencia | 25 |
| 02/11/25 vs Belen | 24 |
| + 9 more games |
Jesus Licon and Juan Limas were among the main playmakers for Highland as the former went 8-for-10 from beyond the arc to rack up 36 points and six boards and the latter dropped a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Licon has become a key player for Highland: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 30 points, but 12-13 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerry Moody, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X waltzed into their contest on Friday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They came out on top against the Hornets by a score of 58-45.
Highland's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-13. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to threes: they averaged an imposing 9.75 three-pointers in those games compared to only 3.67 in the others. As for St. Pius X, their victory bumped their record up to 20-5.
Highland came up short against St. Pius X when the teams last played on Friday, falling 58-45. Can Highland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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