Belen hasn't had much luck against Highland recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Belen Eagles will challenge the Highland Hornets at 6:00 p.m. One thing working in Belen's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matchups.
On Monday, Belen needed a bit of extra time to put away Grants. They came out on top against the Pirates by a score of 71-63.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Highland). They blew past Valencia 80-59 on Monday.
Belen better focus on containing Jesus Licon and Juan Limas as the pair were huge in Highland's win. Licon to rack up 25 points and seven assists, while Limas en route to 28 points along with seven boards and five assists. The dominant performance gave Limas a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Cheng, who posted seven points.
Highland was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Highland is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-13 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points over those games. Belen's record now sits at 12-14.
Belen suffered a grim 58-34 defeat to Highland in their previous matchup two weeks ago. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Belen was down 30-9.
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