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Belize Loses In Basketball
posted (June 16, 2011)
Last night when we reported that Belize's under 16 national Basketball team had squeaked by with a win in the opening game of the Centrobasket Tournament in Mexico City, we warned that game two would be against Puerto Rico, one of the hemispheric powers in basketball.

And, regrettably, that caution proved prophetic: this afternoon at the Centro Olímpico Deportivo Mexicano Belize fell to the Puerto Ricans 108 to 80. Anthony Moses led Belize with 28 points.

The 28 point loss surely stings but to put it in context, Puerto Rico beat Guatemala by 97 points yesterday - you heard right, 97 POINTS! So, in the larger picture Belize losing by 28 - while not admirable 28 is respectable. It gets no easier for Belize as our next game is against the home team, Mexico.

That game is playing late tomorrow - so we can only hope to have results by newstime. We'll kepi you posted.

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