San Juan, PR – Mexico and Uruguay, two teams that got into a bench-clearing fight leading up to the FIBA Americas, will face off again today.

The match will kick off the fifth and final day of the preliminary round of the 2009 FIBA Americas tournament. Coming into the game, Mexico (1-2) and Uruguay (2-1) have advanced into the quarterfinals round.

Uruguay is led by former NBA player Esteban Batista’s 20 points and 11 rebounds. Uruguay has surrounded the big 6-10 Bastista with solid players, such as Leandro Garcia Morales who is second on the team in scoring at 14.3 points, as well as point guard Martin Osimani, and naturalized center Reque Newsome.

Mexico’s top-scorer, surprisingly not Romel Beck, is Noe Alonso Chavez at just 12.3 points per game.

After scoring 26 points in the intial game, Beck, who was one of the main attractings during the brawl, has reportedly has some disagreements with his coach. In Mexico’s game against Puerto Rico, he scored just three points in 18 minutes and played only five minutes in Mexico’s sole win against the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Going into the last day, only Brazil and hosts Puerto Rico are undefeated at 3-0. Since both Mexico and Uruguay have moved onto the next round, perhaps both teams will rest their players to avoid any problems. Or maybe not.

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