The Wingate Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Belen Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Wingate beat Ruidoso 57-51.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for Belen on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Socorro out of the water with a 65-27 final score. The Eagles have beaten the Warriors the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Warriors has come to flipping the script.
Wingate better focus on containing Danilynn Bob and Alyssa Trujillo as the pair were huge in Belen's win. Bob shot 44% from the field to rack up 20 points in addition to seven rebounds and five steals, while Trujillo went 5-for-10 en route to 16 points and five steals. Trujillo is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in each of the last four games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Allie Wells, who posted seven points and four steals.
Belen was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Socorro only posted three.
The victory got Wingate back to even at 1-1. As for Belen, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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