AGUASCALIENTES (Interstat) — The Aguascalientes Panteras will host the Dorados on Thursday in Mexican LNBP play at Hermanos Carreon in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Aguascalientes enters with a 12-4 record. Dorados are 8-9. The Panteras are coming off a 97-88 win at Irapuato, led by Shaun Willett’s 25 points and 15 rebounds. Mikyle Mcintosh added 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Christian Negron scored 14 points with six rebounds in that victory. Aguascalientes has posted several high-scoring home wins this season, including 111-78 over Correcaminos and 104-88 over San Luis Potosi. The Panteras also earned a 100-88 home win over Correcaminos. Aguascalientes added an 86-82 road win at Cancun El Calor and a 95-93 road win at Zacatecas. Aguascalientes also won 102-87 at Leon. The Panteras have won four of their last five games.

Willett is the player to watch for Aguascalientes. In his most recent outing, he played 29 minutes and finished with 25 points, 15 rebounds and one assist. He had nine points, seven rebounds and three assists in the game before that, and earlier posted eight points, 10 rebounds and two assists, plus 17 points, nine rebounds, two assists and three blocks. He also recorded 14 points, four rebounds, one assist and two blocks in one game and 12 points, six rebounds and two assists in another. Willett has scored at least 25 points in two of his recent games.

Dorados will look to Mikhael Alexander Mckinney. In his latest game, a loss to Soles, Mckinney had 14 points, two rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes. In the previous game, also against Soles, he scored 20 points with one rebound, six assists and one block in 30 minutes. Markeith Cummings added 11 points and five rebounds in the most recent loss, while Austin Trice had 10 points, three rebounds, one assist and one block.

Dorados have dropped their last two games against Soles, falling 97-64 in the most recent meeting and 98-81 in the prior contest. Mckinney, Cummings and Trice were the top producers in the latest outing. Earlier this season, Dorados earned a 95-71 home win over Zacatecas and a 102-94 road win at San Luis Potosi, but also absorbed a 106-87 home loss to Leon and a 104-77 road loss at Lobos Plateados. Dorados split a pair of games with Correcaminos, winning 86-79 and losing 85-83. Dorados also lost 92-82 at home to Zacatecas.

The teams are scheduled to meet again in Aguascalientes the following day.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Aguascalientes to win 85-76.